The Unit 3 membership has voted to ratify the tentative agreement reached in negotiations with McMaster for a new Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
Thanks to everyone for your hard work and support throughout the bargaining process, we wouldn’t have been able to reach this deal without the support of members from across campus.
The annual rally and march to commemorate International Womens’ Day will be taking place in Toronto on March 3rd (see details below). This year’s theme will be “Reclaim the City: Good Jobs, Services, Dignity – Together we are Stronger”
The rally will take place:
Saturday, March 3, 2012
11:00am
OISE (252 Bloor St W)
The rally will be followed by a march leaving OISE at 1:00pm and ending at the Ryerson Student Centre (55 Gould St) at 2:00pm.
2:30-4:30pm
Monday, March 5, 2012
Wentworth Lounge
Join us for light refreshments and a talk by Michel Thusky, a community spokesperson from the Algonquin community of Barriere Lake
Come hear about the long-standing resistance of Mitchikanibikok Inik, the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, to forced assimilation and cultural extinction. Michel Thusky, a spokesperson from the Algonquin community, will talk about community identity in the context of his people’s struggle to defend their land, their way of life, and their traditional governance system against attacks by the colonial governments of Quebec and Canada.
This is a chance for the Hamilton and McMaster communities to learn about a remote community’s struggle for justice, presented by members of the community who we rarely have a chance to hear from first-hand.
The event is a fundraiser to help cover the community’s legal costs incurred in a costly court battle they’ve been forced into by the Canadian government. All proceeds (after costs are covered) will go to the Barriere Lake Legal Defense Fund.
Light refreshments will be served.
There’s a special rate for union members to attend the game between
The Hamilton Bulldogs & The Toronto Marlies
Friday March 9, 2012
7:30pm
$12 per ticket
If you’re interested in attending please email Trevor Trotman at the Hamilton Bulldogs by noon on March 8th and let him know that you’re member of CUPE 3906.
Voting on the Unit 3 agreement will continue
Wednesday, February 29th
from 10:00am-5:00pm
in the entrance to Thode Library.
Click here to download the Bargaining Bulletin outlining the gains made in this round of bargaining.
Who can vote?
To be able to vote you need to either:
• be working as a Post Doctoral Fellow, or
• have a contract-in-hand for a future PDF position – a copy of the letter would be required as proof of the appointment.
If you have any questions please email staff@cupe3906.org.
There will be a General Membership Meeting
February 29, 2012
5:30pm
MUMC 1A5
There will be free food served at 5:00pm. There will also be an orientation session for members attending their first meeting at 5:00pm.
Childcare is reimbursed on request.
NOTE: General Membership Meetings this term fall on the last Wednesday of each month (March 28th & April 25th) at 5:30pm in MUMC 1A5.
Agenda Items Include:
Bylaw amendments
Report from Political Endorsements Committee
Elections for CUPE Ontario Division Convention
Please note – This meeting is different from the Special General Membership Meeting on February 28th for Unit 3 members to discuss the contents of the deal just arrived at in bargaining. We apologize for any confusion.
Dear international members,
Grazyna Drzazga is one of the PhD students in linguistics who had one of the most interesting workshops for international TAs during the TA day. Luckily, she has kindly offered to hold her workshop again this term. The description of this workshop is as follows:
Teaching in a Different Language
Communication breakdown due to limited vocabulary is one of the biggest fears of international graduate students and teaching assistants. This workshop discusses how to compensate for linguistic imperfections. An array of strategies to overcome communication barriers will be presented and discussed.
The workshop will be held on Thursday March 1st, from 12 to 2pm, at CLL (Center for Leadership in Learning) Teaching Commons Inquiry Classroom, Mills Library 504.
If you are interested, please email international@cupe3906.com before the day of the workshop in order to have an estimate of the number of people who want to come to order enough food.
CLL is kindly providing coffee and the space for the workshop.
Dear Unit 3 members,
We are pleased to announce that, after an extensive negotiation period, we have reached a tentative agreement with the Employer on the Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
Details of this agreement will be put forward to the membership at an upcoming Special General Membership Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, February the 28th at 5pm in MUMC 1A5. Details of the deal will not be released prior to the meeting. A confirmation email with the location and further details of this meeting will be sent within the next few days.
We would like to thank you all for your participation and important feedback throughout the negotiation.
David Montiel
Chief Steward, Unit 3
We are very close to a deal in bargaining a new contract for Post Docs. The University continues to hold out on money for members after the first two years of the agreement. We need your support to urge the University to come to the table on the 13th with an offer that can resolve bargaining once and for all.
Click here to send a message to the McMaster administration.
The latest Bargaining Bulletin is out with updates about Unit 3 Bargaining.
