Bargaining Process
How exactly does bargaining work?
📌 U5 Bargaining Survey
Dear postdoc friends, ARE YOU A UNIT 5 POSTDOC? Unit 5 Postdocs are currently negotiating a new Collective Agreement with the University. These contract negotiations are your opportunity to improve your compensation and working conditions. As part of this process, your Bargaining Committee has launched the 2023 Bargaining Survey.
🗳 Bargaining Committee Election
Dear postdoc friends, I am writing to provide information about the Unit 5 Special Membership Meeting to elect a Bargaining Committee, which will take place Wednesday, 9th from 5-7 PM. Here is the agenda package. At this meeting you will elect up to five members to join the Bargaining Committee which is tasked with negotiating a new collective agreement for Unit 5 (Postdocs). You…
Our Unit 1 Tentative Agreement for the 2021-2023 Term is Now Ratified!
We opened a Unit-wide vote on our Tentative Agreement on Tuesday, March 30th, and closed it on Thursday, April 1st. In total, 1914 of us voted on the ratification of the Tentative Agreement and 94.2% voted YES to form a new Collective Agreement (renewed for the term from January 1, 2021 until December 31, 2023)!…
Unit 1 Ratification Vote Closes on Thursday, April 1st at 6 PM!
Cast your ballot this week in the Unit 1 Tentative Agreement Ratification Vote! Click through for more information and to review summaries of the Tentative Agreement.
Unit 1 Tentative Agreement on the Table: Membership Meeting on Monday, March 29th at 3-6 PM and Days 31-33 Bargaining Update!
We’ve been working non-stop to get the best Collective Agreement we can. On Wednesday, March 24th, hundreds of you participated in creative displays of solidarity at our Prepare to Strike actions throughout Toronto! All your mobilizing work throughout the year and at Wednesday’s action has culminated in a possible Tentative Agreement that we spent the…
Prepare to Strike Day!
Prepare to Strike Day! (Wednesday, March 24th at 1-3 PM) Come out to small, casual, COVID-safe gatherings in several neighbourhoods across the GTA on March 24th from 1-3 PM. Make your own picket signs and show that you’re ready to strike if the University refuses to cooperate with us at the Bargaining Table. Linked to…