Julie Allen: 7 votes
Tyler Chartrand: 21 votes – elected
Abstentions: 6

The following Bylaw Amendments were passed at the August 18, 2020 GMM. Please see agenda.

Bylaw Amendment: Appendix H (Internal Sexual Assault Policy)

Yes: 91%
No: 0%
Abstentions: 9%

Bylaw Amendment: Article 8.0 (Executive Committee)

Yes: (86%)
No: 0%
Abstentions: 14%

Bylaw Amendment: Article 7.f (Dues and Assessments)

Yes: 86%
No: 0%
Abstentions: 14%

At least $74,000, or 37 out of the 40 grants awarded through the Graduate Assistant Training Fund (GATF), were misappropriated through the employer’s negligent management of the GATF. This money is earmarked for faculty members who hire Graduate Assistants (GA), who are represented by CUPE 3903 Unit 3. Of the 40 available grants, only three resulted in a GA posting. It is unknown whether those three postings resulted in three members being hired as GAs.

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CUPE 3903 Equity Officer Job Posting [CLOSED]

Employer: Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3903
Position: Equity Officer
Website: https://3903.cupe.ca/

Position Type
Permanent part-time position

Location: 4700 Keele Street, York University, 143 Atkinson Building, Toronto ON, M3J 1P3 (Subject to change due to public health pandemic protocols)
Salary: $60.01 per hour for a 21-hour work week, plus benefits/pension plan
Posting Date: Monday, August 10th, 2020
Closing Date: Friday, September 4th, 2020
Interviews: Week of September 21st, 2020
Estimated Start Date: Tuesday, October 13th, 2020, or earlier where practicable (As per Article 13.01 of the CUPE 1281-3903 CA, newly hired employees shall be considered on probation for six months from the start of their employment)

Equity Commitment

CUPE Local 3903 is strongly committed to employment equity within our workplace, work environment, and broader community. We particularly encourage applications from persons with one or more disabilities, LGBTTQ persons, persons from racialized groups, Indigenous persons, and women.

If you require an accommodation in order to submit an application or participate in an online interview, please contact hiringcupe3903@gmail.com for assistance. An accommodation might be related to disability, sign-language interpretation, childcare, elder care, or other circumstances. Accommodation requests will be handled by the Logistics Coordinator (external to the Hiring Committee). We are committed to an equitable hiring process.

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On Friday July 24th, the Court of Appeal released a unanimous decision rejecting York’s appeal of the similarly unanimous judicial review decision from June 2019. Both decisions deny that York has the legal right to punish members through the York-controlled Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities for actions taken during the 2018 strike.

The York administration relied on a number of simply indefensible positions to justify their actions; some of these included the claim that Carol McCaulay, Vice President Finance and Administration, is not an agent of the Employer, or that the Student Code Tribunal had jurisdiction because they themselves decided that the reprised acted as students rather than employees during a strike.

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1. Registration Link
2. Anti-Racism Town Hall Statement
3. Agenda
4. Rules of Engagement
5. Resources

1. Registration link
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpd-GsrTIuHNE4YVvoDY06zbf_lP3kgmzS

2. Anti-Racism Town Hall Statement

Come join your colleagues on August 11^th at 11:30am for the CUPE 3903 Anti-Racism Town Hall. This meeting, co-chaired by Grievance Officer, Parbattie Ramsarran and Ahlam Abdelrahman, will be a space to discuss how racism shapes the experiences of racialized members both in their employment at York and in our union, as well as what steps can be taken to put meaningful anti-racism into practice.

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Following the committee elections at the AGM, several committees continue to have vacancies. The following positions are open for nominations. Please email Vice President Unit 1 Stacey at cupe3903vpu1@gmail.com by Friday August 7th if you would like to nominate yourself. All committee positions include an honorarium. More information on committees and their honoraria can be found on the Committees page.

• Accessibility Committee (1 vacancy)
• Bilingualism Committee (1 vacancy)
• Communications Committee (2 vacancies)
• Distribution Committee (2 vacancies)
• Forum Moderator (1 vacancy)
• Unit 2 LMC rep (1 vacancy; unit 2 only)
• Unit 1 Research Costs Fund Committee (1 vacancy; unit 1 only)
• Senate Representative alternate (1 vacancy)
• Toronto York Region Labour Council (7 vacancies)
• Union Trustees Committee – *1 year term due to resignation* (1 vacancy)

Voting in the general election closed on Thursday, July 16th at 4:59pm. The positions up for election were Communications Officer, Grievance Officer, and Unit 2 Bargaining Team member. Congratulations to all new members of the executive committee and bargaining team! Results are below.

Communications Officer

Firoza Elavia: 405 votes — elected
Assya Moustaqim-Barrette: 186 votes
Total ballots cast: 591

Grievance Officer

Parbattie Ramsarran: 307 votes — elected
Sylvia Peacock: 284 votes
Total ballots cast: 591

Unit 2 Bargaining Team

Zoe Newman: 168 votes — elected
Michael Fraschetti: 130 votes — elected
Julian Arend: 122 votes — elected
Christopher Luszczek: 112 votes
Kyle Belozerov: 71 votes (Candidate withdrew nomination)
Total ballots cast: 201

The official results letter from Simply Voting is available here.

Elections for the Employment Equity Committee, Postings Officers, and Teaching Development Fund Committee (Unit 2) were held at the AGM on July 9th. Results were announced in the meeting, and the vote counts can be found below.

Remaining nominations for vacant committee positions were acclaimed and nominations for the Bargaining Research and Preparation Committee are now open.

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