On Tuesday April 30th 2024, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) filed the attached petition for the certification of academic support workers employed by McGill. The academic support workers in the attached list are targeted by this unionization drive.
The following message is being sent on behalf of McGill’s Human Resources Department
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Dear members of the McGill Community,
We are pleased to announce that McGill and the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) reached an agreement in principle on April 15, 2024.
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Published on: 17 Apr 2024
The following message is being sent on behalf of McGill’s Human Resources Department.
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Dear members of the McGill community,
As noted in my March 23 message, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) representing Teaching Assistants began a strike on March 25. Since then, we have received various questions from our community, which I aim to address below.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2024
Saturday, March 23, 2024
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The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) has informed us of its intent to go on strike on Monday, March 25, 2024. This follows a vote held between March 13 and 16, 2024, providing AGSEM with an 8-week strike mandate, pending negotiation progress for the renewal of their collective agreement.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2024
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
LABOUR DISPUTE AGSEM - TAs
Course Instructors/supervisors
In the event of a labour dispute, the University will continue its operations. The academic integrity of programs will be honoured, and students, faculty and staff will have the freedom to enter and exit the University building and grounds. The University wishes to take all measures necessary to ensure that students are not unduly affected by a strike, particularly the graduating class.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2024
The AGSEM Unit 2-Union of Invigilators held its General Assembly on November 17, 2022 to present the tentative agreement to its members. We are pleased to announce that members voted in favor of the proposed new collective agreement. The current agreement expired on April 30, 2020. The new agreement will come into effect upon signature by the parties and will expire on December 1, 2025.
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Published on: 7 Dec 2022
We are pleased to inform you that, after nineteen months of negotiations between the parties, a tentative agreement with AGSEM for the Invigilators was reached on November 1st with the support of a conciliator appointed by the Ministry of Labor.
The union will hold an assembly on November 17th for their members to vote on the tentative agreement.
We will keep you posted on the vote results as soon as we know.
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Published on: 10 Nov 2022
The parties met on Sept. 17 and Sept. 27, 2018. They shared their respective proposals concerning the renewal of the collective agreement, which expired on June 30, 2018. Each party explained its proposals and a discussion plan for the various articles was established. Discussions around the articles pertaining to the objective of the agreement and to the definitions led to agreements which will be ratified at a subsequent meeting. Three meetings are planned in October and other meeting dates will soon be confirmed.
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Published on: 11 Oct 2018
