Sessional Job Cuts settlement cheques have FINALLY arrived

sessional_badge1We have finally received the cheques from the University from the settlement to the actions taken by the Union to fight the sessional job cuts in the S09 and F09 semesters.

Sessionals who have taught at the university for four or more years and who lost jobs in the College of Arts and the College of Management & Economics have received a payout of $1000 for each course lost, as well as the associated seniority points and Right of First Refusal for those courses.

If you believe that you qualify under this settlement please contact the office at 519.824.4120 x 56268 or cupe3913@uoguelph.ca.

Pending Strike at Guelph-Humber

g-h_logoThere is a pending strike by college faculty, with a strike deadline of Feb 11, that could impact sessionals and TAs with appointments at Guelph Humber.

The University is in discussions with Humber college to determine a plan in the case of a strike, including the impacts on CUPE 3913 members working at Guelph Humber. We will update the membership as soon as a plan is confirmed.

On Wednesday, February 10th the college faculty members of OPSEU will vote on the “final offer” from the employer. The union is urging that members reject the offer, which contains major concessions on workload, and have offered binding arbitration as a resolution to bargaining. Watch the video message from the chair of the union’s bargaining team below. Updates on negotiations can be found on the OPSEU website.

In the meantime if you have any questions, please contact the office at x56268 or cupe3913@uoguelph.ca.

Special donation for Haiti approved at GMM

IMG_0985Thanks to everyone who came out to the GMM on the 28th.

At the meeting the members approved a special one-time deduction of $2 per member to be donated to Doctors Without Borders for Haiti earthquake relief. The deduction will be taken off of each member’s paycheque on February 4th.

With a matching donation from the government this deduction will bring in $4,388 towards relief efforts.

On another note, congratulations to Jaime Brenes Reyes and Deidre Rose who were elected as Unit 1 and Unit 2 Chief Stewards respectively.

Thoughtfully Global, Thankfully Local – LISTEN TO THE RECORDING

Thanks to everyone who came out for the panel discussion on labour rights both at home and abroad. A huge thanks to the panelists for their inspiring speeches.

Check out more photos on our Flickr page.

Click here for a recording of the event.

Janice Folk-Dawson and Ryan White speak at the event

January-February 2010 Newsletter

Featuring the University of Guelph as the “most caring University in the world,” pensions, markers vs graders, hate crimes on campus, and much more.

Download the January-February 2010 Newsletter here.

Donate to Haiti Earthquake Relief

Image from Twitter

Image from Twitter

On January 12th an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the richter scale devastated the island nation of Haiti leaving upwards of 50,000 dead and millions more injured or homeless.

We are accepting donations in the office to support earthquake relief work done by organizations that already have a presence on the ground in Haiti.

We will also be bringing a donation motion to the General Membership Meeting on the 28th of January.

You can also donate directly to these organizations by using the links below:

Partners in Health
Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières
Haiti Action
Grassroots International
Oxfam

Click here for an excellent article from Harper’s magazine on recent history in Haiti and the media’s slanted coverage of the tragedy.

Protest Proroguing!

n236495265747_3070On December 30th Stephen Harper announced that he will be Proroguing Parliament and suspending democracy until March 3. This is the second time he has done this in under two years. Proroguing means:

  1. All 37 bills being debated in Parliament are thrown in the trash. Discussion on bills starts from scratch in March, wasting months of hard work by all parties. These bills included new crime legislation, limits on credit card insurance rates, etc.
  2. Committees investigating accusations of torture of Afghan detainees stop working
  3. Discussions and decisions about the pension crisis affecting Canada’s seniors stops
  4. Questions about Canada’s inaction at the Copenhagen climate-change summit are silenced. Opportunities to move forward with Canada’s plan for sustainable development are stalled for over a month.
  5. Your MPs cannot raise your concerns in Ottawa

In Guelph there will be a rally to protest the proroguing starting in St. George’s square on Jan 23rd at 1:00pm.

For more information check out the website noprorogue.ca, or the local chapter’s Facebook page.

Maquila Solidarity Network launches campaign in the run-up to the Olympics

In the run-up to the February Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, an international coalition of worker rights organizations is releasing its rating of commitments made by major sportswear brands to eliminate sweatshop abuses in their global supply chains. The ratings are being released on the newly launched Clearing the Hurdles website.
Click here to find out how you can support the campaign.

What Have Unions Ever Done For Us?

The Agenda: “Ontario’s Labour Peace: Bought or Brought?”

An interesting panel on labour relations in Ontario from TVO’s The Agenda.

Welcome to 3913
CUPE 3913 is the union representing Teaching Assistants (Unit 1) and Sessional Lecturers (Unit 2) at the University of Guelph.
Online Job Postings
We put all postings we receive digitally online, there are still some in the binders outside our office that we've only received in hard copy.

If there are current postings in your department they will appear in the drop-down list below. To view postings, select the department name.
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  • Mon 3/8/2010: International Women's Day
  • Thu 3/25/2010: Annual General Meeting
  • Thu 7/8/2010: General Membership Meeting
  • Thu 9/30/2010: General Membership Meeting
  • Thu 11/25/2010: General Membership Meeting
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cupe3913 posted a photo:Members of the University community gather at the funeral held to mourn the loss of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Guelph.cupe3913 posted a photo:cupe3913 posted a photo:CUPE 3913 Chair Trudi Lorenz and Women's Council Chair Sara Lacarte staff the donation table for the Bathtub Project organized by the CUPE 3913 and CUPE 1334 Women's Councils. The event collected donations of toiletries for Women in Crisis as part of Woman Abuse Prevention month.cupe3913 posted a photo:Janice Folk-Dawson, Chair of CUPE Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee, and President of CUPE Local 1334, speaks as part of the panel.cupe3913 posted a photo:(From left to right) Janice Folk-Dawson, Nick Gielen, Bill Boudreau, Nanci Morley from CUPE 1334 (Trades, Maintenance and Service workers at the U of G) on the floor of the CUPE National Convention in Montreal from Oct 5-9, 2009.cupe3913 posted a photo:Members of the Ontario University Workers' Coordinating Committee, including 3913 Chief Steward Wilson Harron (in burgundy sweater) met in Guelph Nov 7-8 to discuss the position of Sessional lecturers across the country.
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