FYI, it's NEW INFO... Strike / lockout preparation: for information on alternate duties, childcare, and partial picket requests--in event of a strike / lock out--and picketing on our first day, click here

Click on the header above for these latest bargaining updates 
- April 8. Movement finally, but not necessarily on our priority areas (click here for the PDF)
- April 3. What's all this talk of a strike? An FAQ for members (click here for the PDF)
- March 28. Some movement, significant distance to go (click here for the PDF)

For earlier updates, click the link to access PDFs

• March 20: CUPE3903 calls No Board: click here
• March 16. CUPE  3903 gives strike mandate: click here 
• March 13. Union tables new offer; employer tables concessions: click here
• March 8. Conciliation update, meetings reminder: click here
• March 7: backgrounder about what we are bargaining for in this round and a frequently asked questions page about a strike mandate vote: click here for Units 1 & 3 and here for Unit 2
• March 6: click here
• February 24, 2012: click here
• January 24, 2012: click here
• January 22, 2012. A message from the Executive Committee and Bargaining Team regarding proposals click here
• January 18, 2012: click here
• December 12, 2011: click here
• To access a PDF that includes all updates to date, click here

Summary of our proposals
Click the image below for the complete proposal package still being negotiated (union proposals presented to the Employer in conciliation) [your browser will open a PDF].

If you only read one thing about how bargaining works, make it this... It is very difficult to jump into knowing what bargaining is all about (how it works, where we are in the process) without some background information. This section tries to address the ABCs, but that doesn't mean that the other sections (e.g. FAQs) are not full of useful info, too. 15 minutes here now = far fewer headaches as we move through this process.

Universities run on it! 

A little bit of jargon first
Why do we need to bargain?
How is the Bargaining Team selected?
Do members have input? / What informs the writing of proposals?
What will the employer do?
What is the timeline?
What are the issues?
How much flexibility does the Bargaining Team have?
Why are gains important? 
What can I do to help?

As of early November, the Bargaining Team is in the final stretch of revising proposals. Because bargaining is a complex and sensitive dialectical process, we’re not posting in-depth information about our proposals online at the moment. You can find information on our proposals by attending one of our General Membership Meetings, which are posted on the main page as they are announced, or by stopping in at the 3903 office. Here, though, is a basic rundown of priority areas.  

Information about the levy vote (1.5%) on October 26

For the past few rounds of bargaining CUPE Local 3903 has negotiated openly - this section tells you more about what that means. 

We have hard copies of these petitions making their way around departments, but just in case you've not seen them--and to get more context on what it is that we're bargaining to maintain or better for our members and undergrads--click on "Our Bargaining Petitions" above.