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In brief Seven positions are vacant across our Bargaining and Executive Committees. For Research Employees: the University has frozen all raises until a new collective agreement is signed, and negotiations cannot proceed without delegates at the table. For Postdocs: the negotiation for the first collective agreement began this July. A virtual Special General Assembly in…

Protect Your Labour Rights! What is a Grievance? A grievance is a formal complaint made by a union. It is a means for the union to protect members’ rights. Filing a grievance is a legal right when there has been a violation of a right outlined in the collective agreement and/or a member has been…

A union aims to provide a fair representation of all members and negotiates in good faith on their behalf.  What Are the Union’s Roles?  But a union is NOT meant to protect low-performing employees. Work standards and conduct are just as important in a unionized workplace, and management still has a responsibility to address poor performance. Unions…