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CUPE 3903

CUPE 3903: Proudly representing Teaching Assistants, Contract Faculty, Graduate & Research Assistants, Part-Time Librarians & Archivists, and Canadian Observatory on Homelessness workers at York University

Latest News

March 11, 2025  To the Queen’s University Administration: Principal Patrick Deane (principal@queensu.ca)   Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Matthew Evans (provost@queensu.ca, matthew.evans@queensu.ca)   Vice-Principal (Finance and Administration) Donna...

On March 7th, the Unit 5 Bargaining Team met with the Employer for the second time, with their previous session having taken place on February...

The nomination period for the Executive Committee elections closed on March 9th at 5PM. Below is a list of acclaimed positions and candidates for contested...

Attention CUPE 3903 committee members! With the Annual General Meeting approaching on March 24, your term is coming to an end, and we want to...

As we approach our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 24, 1-4PM (register now!), we invite all members to nominate themselves for committee positions. Committees...

We had a big turnout at last week’s Cross Campus Alliance event! At March 5th’s York United for Equity and Against Austerity Open Forum, the...

At the February 28th General Membership Meeting, bylaw amendments to Articles 10 & 14 relating to committees were voted on and passed. Thank you to...

Good news for international student members! If you enrolled in Winter 2025 or have dependents covered by UHIP, you should have received a reimbursement of...

As of February 21st, the Unit 5 Bargaining Team has officially started bargaining for their unit’s first ever Collective Agreement. Unit 5 of CUPE 3903...

Upcoming events

March 17 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Trans Feminist Action Caucus Annual General Meeting (AGM) is happening on March 17, from 1:00-3:00 PM! It’s hybrid, so you can join on Zoom

March 18 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the

March 18 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Are you a Black and/or Indigenous and/or person of colour (BIPOC) interested in learning more about Unit 2 contract faculty work? As a part of

March 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

University educators, including teaching assistants and contract faculty, are often subject to issues of racism and sexism in the classroom, among other forms of discrimination

March 21 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the

March 21 @ 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be hybrid, with

What we fight for

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CUPE 3903 is composed of five units of members who do different kinds of work at York University. While our work may be different, all units share a common goal of improving working conditions at York University, and we support each other in achieving this goal.

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