In our most recent round of bargaining, your Union secured a Professional Development Fund for Post-Doctoral Fellows. That’s right, a PDF for PDFs. It provides up to $150/year for conference participation, professional association fees, and academic books.
Information is available here.
With the semester coming to an end, many Sessionals will be out of work. You can- and should – apply for Employment Insurance. More information is available here.
Our next General Membership Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 25th at noon.
The agenda will feature the election of one trustee, a Chief Steward (Unit 2), and a Chief Steward (Unit 3), as well as notice of a pending change for by-laws.
The location will be in KTH B132.
We just wanted to let our Sessional Faculty know that the Winter 2018 deadline for Professional Development Fund application is Monday April 9th. Information about the Fund is available by clicking here.
UNIT 2 Members, PLEASE NOTE! April 2018: We are in the process of changing our Unit 2 Emergency Medical Travel Insurance carrier company because our former carrier, RSA/VIATOR/Global Excel no longer insures small groups. If you are a Unit 2 member and are planning on using the Unit 2 travel coverage in the near future, please contact administrator@cupe3906.org in advance of your trip for more information. We will post and distribute more information for Unit 2 members on our website here as more information becomes available.
Our Annual General Membership (AGM) meeting occurs each year in late March or early April and is when we (re)elect the entire 13-member executive committee to a 12-month term.
A reminder that this year’s AGM will be held on Wednesday March 28th in BSB B155. Pizza and sign in gets under way at noon, the formal meeting will begin at 12:30
The agenda will include the election of the 13 executive positions, as well as our committees (by-laws, benefits, etc.).
A pizza lunch and free CUPE 3906 will be included. Pizza served at noon.
Questions- staff@cupe3906.org
As you might have heard, our sister locals at Carelton (Local 2424- support staff) and York (Local 3903- academic workers) are on strike. Local 2424 is protecting their pensions, while Local 3903 is fighting against precarious work. We have letters of support for both these locals. The neoliberal university will be defeated and CUPE members are on the front lines of this struggle.
Solidarity letter to CUPE 3903
Solidarity letter to CUPE 2424
Our Annual General Membership (AGM) meeting occurs each year in late March or early April and is when we (re)elect the entire 13-member executive committee to a 12-month term.
This year’s AGM will be held on Wednesday March 28th in BSB B155. Pizza and sign in gets under way at noon, the formal meeting will begin at 12:30
The agenda will include the election of the 13 executive positions, as well as our committees (by-laws, benefits, etc.).
A pizza lunch and free CUPE 3906 will be included. Pizza served at noon.
Questions- staff@cupe3906.org
***PLEASE NOTE: The nomination deadline has changed!!!****
Are you a great TA/RA? Of course you are! Do you know someone else who is a great one as well? Of course you do!
The 2018 CUPE 3906 TA/RA awards are open to all CUPE 3906 Unit 1 members (Graduate and Undergraduate TAs and RAs in lieu). Members may be nominated by their students, employment supervisors (supervising Professor) or other TAs.
Successful candidates will receive a certificate recognizing their excellence, a letter of acknowledgement from the CUPE 3906 Executive Committee, and a cheque for $200.00.
There will be a total of six awards given, one for each faculty listed. Please fill out all applicable fields and deliver a completed TA2018 CUPE TA Award Nomination Form (<– click for attachment) in person to the CUPE 3906 office (B111 Kenneth Taylor Hall) or via email a saved copy to chiefsteward_tas@cupe3906.org before March 23, 2018. Awards will be given out during our Annual General Membership Meeting (March 28, 2018)!