On Friday, July 16th, the Executive Committee and Bargaining Team for CUPE 3903 units 1, 2, and 3 voted to send renewal collective agreements to ratification. This is not a wholehearted recommendation; rather, we are turning to the membership for direction. The Bargaining Team was in negotiations for over 50 hours in the four days since July 12th and believes this is the best deal that can be reached without job action. After much discussion and deliberation, the BT and Executive Committee have decided to hold an SGMM to present this final offer to the membership. If you believe this deal is sufficient, vote yes; if you are willing to go further, vote no.
The progress made this week was the result of the strike mandate granted last week. The BT and Executive would like to thank every member who voted to support the BT’s efforts to bargain fair contracts for all three units.
For a summary of the offers, please see our website here.
You can read the full unit-specific offers below:
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
For all 2020–21 bargaining documents and reports, please see our Bargaining 2020 tab.
Registration Link for Emergency Ratification SGMM
An emergency ratification Special General Membership Meeting will take place to discuss the offer on Monday July 19th from 12:00–3:00pm.
Please register here to attend this important meeting.
In order to register, you will need to provide your employee number (not your student number), which will be kept confidential. Your employee number is on your monthly pay stub. If you don’t know your employee number, please click here for instructions.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the meeting.
There will be CART closed captioning of this meeting. For other accessibility needs, please contact the Equity Officer, Nadia Kanani, at cupe3903equity@gmail.com
In order to register, you will need to provide your employee number (not your student number), which will be kept confidential. Your employee number is on your monthly pay stub. If you don’t know your employee number, please click here for instructions. After your registration is approved, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the meeting.
There will be CART closed captioning of this meeting. For other accessibility needs, please contact the Equity Officer, Nadia Kanani, at cupe3903equity@gmail.com
E-voting Period, Procedure and Eligibility
Voting Period: E-voting will take place over five days, from Monday, July 19th (3:00 pm EDT) to Friday, July 23rd (5:00 pm EDT).
Procedure: On July 19th, members will receive an email from SimplyVoting with their ballot. Email Michael Laurentius at sectreasurer3903@gmail.com if you believe you are eligible but did not receive your ballot. Please check all your email accounts and spam folders before writing to us. You will have until Friday, July 23rd (5:00pm EDT) to vote.
Eligibility: All members with contracts during the 2020–2021 academic year are eligible to vote.
Previously Unsubscribed: If you have previously unsubscribed from SimplyVoting emails but wish to take part in the ratification vote, you may re-subscribe by sending an email message to resubscribe@simplyvoting.com from the email address you previously received SimplyVoting emails from. There is no need for a subject or body text, as this is a bot account that will automatically re-subscribe you. Once you receive a confirmation of re-subscription email, please email Michael Laurentius at sectreasurer3903@gmail.com to have your ballot reissued.