Want to know more about how the employer is unilaterally preventing dependents of international students from accessing healthcare funds? Curious what CUPE 3903 is doing to resist this? Check out this graphic explainer to know all the key details!
A grievance has been filed to address the employer’s move this summer to unilaterally stop allowing money from the GA Bursary Fund (which has a surplus) to be used to cover dependents for UHIP. This means that members have to pay out of pocket for their families’ healthcare, even though this money already exists. The union was told in June 2024 that the employer had already decided on its own in April 2024 not to pay retroactively for the entire 2023-2024 year.
The unilateral changes to UHIP funding by York are unfair and impact some of our most vulnerable members, especially at a time when international students and workers are already subject to growing attacks and instability! Get the facts below.
