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Unit 4 Memorandum of Settlement Signed November 26th, 2024

On Tuesday, November 26, the CUPE 3903 Executive tentatively approved a Memorandum of Settlement for Unit 4 proposed by the Employer. The Bargaining Team for Unit 4, with support from the Executive Committee, recommends this deal for ratification. This deal will now go to the Unit 4 membership for ratification from Wednesday, November 27 at 3pm to Monday, December 2 at 3pm. You can look through the complete tentative agreement document here.

The three-year proposed collective agreement for the period September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 includes an increase of 3.1% on September 1 2024; 2.85% on September 1, 2025 and 2.85% on September 1, 2026. The revised contract also provides for moderation period pay increases of 1% effective September 1, 2021, 2% effective September 1, 2022 and 3% effective September 1, 2023.

Another Arbitration Victory for Disabled Graduate Students! 

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Statement Regarding September 16th

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September 30: National Day for Truth & Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day

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Pro-Tem Results: Employment Equity and Research Grants & Travel Costs Committees

At today’s Executive Committee meeting, two members were appointed via pro-tem nomination to the Employment Equity Committee (EEC) and one member was pro-temmed to the...

Renseignements sur les congés parentaux – disponible en français !  

The webpage about parental leaves is now available in French, courtesy of the Communications Committee’s Bilingualism Representative! Si vous avez la garde d’un nouveau-né –...

Disability Caucus: Call for Input!

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York University: We Demand An Open & Consultative Presidential Search

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CUPE 3903 represents the contract faculty, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and research assistants, part-time librarians and archivists, and Canadian Observatory on Homelessness workers at York University. 

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