We’re calling on
#UofT
to reinstate a mask mandate, as well as for low-effort interventions to increase uptake: free masks, more mask distribution points, and advertising to promote a safe campus. 1/4
#UofTBackToSchool
#UTogether
🇵🇸Get on the CUPE bus from Toronto to Ottawa for the National March to FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸
Leaves @ 7am, returns ~11pm. Meetup location TBD.
Cost: free!
Register here:
📣 On November 25th at 1PM, people from all across Canada will be making their way to Ottawa to stand with Palestine. RSVP, organize a contingent, carpool, or get a bus ticket:
UNITED WE WON! For the 1st time ever, 5 units from CUPE 3902 +
@cupe3261
sat side-by-side at the table for final offers and signed historic collective agreements. Proof that solidarity works, and organizing gets the goods! Read our full update here:
Tomorrow, Monday March 4th, join
@UofT
teaching assistants, service workers, and postdocs fighting for respect, dignity and a living wage. 9am-1pm at King’s College Circle, St. George Campus.
Solidarity with CUPE education workers who are fighting poverty wages, billions of dollars of cuts to the education system & rollbacks on sick days.
Their fight is our fight ✊🏿
Support
@osbcucscso
at:
The Day of Action for Good Jobs at U of T has begun! Join us at Sid Smith on St George campus to tell
@UofT
that we need good jobs NOW 💪🏽
#GoodJobsUofT
#JobSecurityUnit3
The results are in, and they're historic! 4,641 members of Unit 1 and Unit 5 cast their Strike Mandate votes. 94.4% of Unit 1 voters and 95.1% of Unit 5 voters voted YES to authorize their Local to call for a strike if necessary to get a fair contract! United we win!!!
Monday night we voted to donate an unprecedented 💰25,000 to the
@CUPE3261
Strike Fund.
And to provide an interest-free loan of 💰100,000 to further sustain a
@CUPE3261
Strike.
Students sit on the floor and line the walls at a packed math review session, held last week at
@UofT
on the St. George campus. Images from students.
Does this look like a
#safereturn
to you?
#BackToSchool
#COVIDisAirborne
Seriously,
@uoft
? You’re not even going to inform students and workers of confirmed COVID cases on campus? We don’t need to invade privacy to know real health risks. If we needed any more proof that U of T has a public relations strategy, not a public health strategy, this is it.
We were sent these by members of the UofT community who are tired of waiting for the University to act on sexual & gender violence on campus! Accountability now!
@UofT
Join your coworkers TOMORROW Feb. 28th and show support for 8,000+ teaching assistants, service workers, and postdocs fighting for respect, living, and a living wage. RSVP here:
In the face of a full opening in the Fall with over 65 thousand students at the St. George campus alone, the University of Toronto has refused to take these simple steps to keep students and workers safe. This is unacceptable.
@UofT
, we demand better. 3/4
Significant evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of mask-wearing to curb COVID-19 transmission in University settings, with vaccine mandates and without. Masks are one of few protections against pre- and asymptomatic transmission–which cause a significant number of cases. 2/4
Did you know: tens of thousands of education workers across the province are preparing to strike for a living wage and improvements to the education system.
You can support
@osbcucscso
members by following the instructions below ⬇️⬇️
#39KIsNotEnough
#IStandWithEducationWorkers
Our colleagues on the
#UofT
Faculty Association
@utfaculty
brought a request to admin last Thursday to extend the mask mandate through to the Fall term and were ignored. When will
@UofT
respect public health science and keep community members safe?
#UofTDefyGravity
#maskup
@UofT
Admin decided that today should be the last day of the University's mask mandate.
@utfaculty
has shared with our members a principled set of arguments for why that's the wrong approach.
@osbcucscso
In that meeting, we voted to give the same donation and interest-free loan to the courageous CUPE K-12 education workers. We're backing you until you win your fight!
#39KisNotEnough
✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾
Picketing Unit 3 members light up
#UofT
campus calling for equality on our joint Day of Action with support staff: Hey hey! Ho ho! Where did all the money go? 🔥
So about that $726 million in surplus last year
@UofT
: can Sessionals get some job security?
#onpoli
#onlab
#onpse
Our local is applauding CAUT's decision to censure UofT and encourages members to boycott campus events. Read our statement below!
#onpoli
#onlab
#onpse
We join in solidarity with the 1,200
@UMFA_FAUM
members on strike since November 2. After 5 years of frozen wages, enough is enough: professors, librarians, lecturers and instructors at University of Manitoba deserve to teach and work with dignity!
This weekend, Unit 3 members at
@UofT
voted to ratify a new agreement!
The TA was accepted by a huge 94.3% bc it was negotiated freely, fairly, and w/out the imposition of Bill 124 wage restraint legislation. Every worker should have the right to bargain free from Bill 124✊🏾
Here's the situation. Weeks before the start of term, after months of planning and leases signed (or not),
@uoft
tells departments that Teaching Assistants and Course Instructors must live near campus in September, even when their work is online.
STOP privatization of health care and say NO to cuts! Rally this Wednesday at 5 PM at University & College.
The Ford government and Minister of Health plan to introduce legislation this week to deliver surgeries for profit, at private clinics. RSVP now!
Mark your calendars 📅!
@CUPE3261
service workers and
@CUPE3902
Unit 3 members are preparing to go on strike, and they need everyone's support.
Show your solidarity by joining us for a Day of Action to rally for
#GoodJobsAtUofT
in front of Sid Smith, on Wed at noon!
We are pleased to announce that after almost 24 hours of bargaining with the aid of a Conciliation Officer, your elected Unit 3 Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement. Details of the agreement as well as the process for ascension and ratification will be forthcoming.
The workers of
@CUPE3902
join in solidarity with the striking Teaching Assistants, Internally-Funded Research Assistants, and Contact Instructors of
@CUPE4600
at
@Carleton_U
!
You are showing the collective power of the labour movement 💪🏼✊🏾
U of T library workers demand a fair contract now! Join student casual, part-time, and full-time library workers at the CUPE 1230 Solidarity Rally tomorrow, March 21st from 12-1pm, outside of Robarts Common.
RSVP at the link:
While not an endorsement, the subcommittee was impressed by
@chloebrown4TO
’s political work and vision. We applaud her work and wish to identify her as an ally to our local’s causes and who’s got potential to have far reaching impact on Toronto politics. We got a photo too! (5/
The Unit 1 bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with the Employer. More news to come tomorrow. Thanks to all members and allies for your support!
94.2% of Unit 1 members voted YES to approve the Tentative Agreement! Over 1,900 votes cast! A big THANK YOU to the rank and file volunteers, members of the strike committees and the bargaining team who showed
@uoft
that UofT works because WE do!
#uoft
#onlab
#cupe
It takes a village! Thanks to everyone who helped make the day a success! Now let’s get the Collective Agreement we deserve!
#StrikeCountdown
#CUPE3902
The results are in: 3,304 Unit 1 members participated in the tentative agreement ratification vote, and 87.8% voted YES to adopting it as your new Collective Agreement (CA).
Your new CA comes into effect on March 12th, 2024. Stay tuned for more updates!
🚨Big News!🚨
Unit 3 members have WON THEIR STRIKE VOTE by a huge 85% margin!
This vote sends a strong message that they're committed and ready to fight for job security and so much more.
Tell the
@UofT
that you support Unit 3 members' fight here:
Academic workers, library workers, service workers and admin workers all agree: U of T's reopening plan is NOT safe enough. Please sign and share this petition to help us make our employer take our health and safety seriously.
@usw1998
@utfaculty
@cupe3261
🇵🇸Join the CUPE 3902 Delegation! We’ll meet at the North West corner of Queen St. W. and University at 1 pm.
🇵🇸We’ll go to Nathan Philips Square at 1:20pm sharp, so please arrive before then so we can move together. Look for the CUPE 3902 flags to find us! Bring signs!
In calling for a
#CeasefireNOW
in Gaza, CUPE Ontario stands in solidarity with labour and other allies. Read our statement and join an action near you on November 12; find out more at
@Ceasefirenow_ca
CUPE 3902 condemns the City of Toronto's encampment clearings, which have worsened the housing crisis and been undertaken with unnecessary force. We urge our members to demand a stop to these inhumane evictions!
We rise in solidarity with our fellow workers and educators of
@SW_Columbia
. You’ve had enough of your university’s unfair negotiating & their disinformation campaign to undermine worker solidarity. The university works because you do! To the picket lines!
Yesterday
@NewCollegeUofT
gave layoff notices to 30% of International Foundations Program instructors! Today these instructors organized an info-picket to demand New College and
@uoft
to stop these layoffs! World-class programs need world-class teachers!
@CUPEOntario
#onlab
#uoft
@cupe3902
president Amy is starting off the speeches at the Day of Action for
#GoodJobsAtUofT
She explains we’re here for
@cupe3261
members, who literally keep this university running, and for instructors and sessionals of Unit 3 who must reapply for their jobs every 3 months!
The sun will soon rise on this tired bargaining team... Unit 1 has been exchanging proposals with U of T all night (19 hours so far)! Stay tuned for news on progress.
CUPE 3902 BDS Committee Denounces Israeli Genocide in Gaza and Destruction of the Healthcare Sector: End Canadian Complicity Now!
Read the full statement written with Union members and students at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at UofT:
IFP instructors
@NewCollegeUofT
presented the administration with a super-majority petition asking to reconsider the upcoming layoffs! These
@uoft
educators gave their boss a lot to think about this weekend!!
#onlab
@CUPEOntario
#Solidarity
It’s been nearly 2 years of disruptions for students and workers across
@uoft
. We need improved ventilation, access to PPE and rapid testing, occupancy limits & physical distancing. We need transparency and accountability in the decision making
#NoMoreExcusesUofT
.
@cupe3902
stands in solidarity with Boğaziçi workers
@boundayanisma
who are facing police violence as they fight for their right to elect their university president!
Know you're not alone in your fight!
#BogaziciDireniyor
Our local stands in solidarity with those members of
@cupe3903comms
and students at York being subjected to a hearing under the Code of Conduct. There is nothing impartial about this process.
Allan, prez of
@cupe3261
says “service workers do all the heavy lifting - without us the university WONT operate!”
Allan says if we cannot work and live in this country without respect and dignity, why are we here?
🚨ICYMI: CUPE is sending a bus to the rally for a
#BetterMac
on Nov 28! It leaves from St George stn at 9am, and will be back in TO at 3:30pm.
Let's show up to show
@cupe_3906
that we've got their backs! 💪🏼
Please email gvp
@cupe3902
.org before TOMORROW to reserve a spot.
@oliviachow
’s platform speaks to the issues that are important to
@cupe3902
like housing, transit, and workers’ rights. She welcomed the chance to have a meet and greet with rank and file members! (4/
Tell
@UofT
and your MPP that you deserve a
#SafeReturn
to campus! Access to education for grad students and undergrads this year depends on meaningful health and safety measures, and adequate financial supports. Students can't learn if campus isn't safe.
#UofT
#onpoli
#onpse
Students deserve a
#SafeReturn
to campus! 📣📣📣 Let
@Uoft
@UTSC
@UTM
@fordnation
@JillDunlop1
and other university and government representatives know what we need to protect our campus community for a safe and successful semester! Send an email today:
Here's how
@UofT
can
#defyexpectations
: Income security and flexibility to work remotely. Stable learning conditions. Reduced density on campus and indoors. Expanded rapid testing. Consultation with students and workers.
⏰ Legal strike position reached TODAY!
#UofT
could still push us to strike and cancel exams! Tell
@UofT
now how much music instructors need fair pay!
#onpse
#onlab
U. of T. has some of the best guarantees for Graduate Students in Canada; these rights were won through almost 40 years of union struggle! You have gained the following (and much more) by members like you voting YES for a strike mandate:
Read CUPE 3902 +
@cupe3261
's latest table updates! Your collective strength has yielded valuable gains but key issues remain unresolved.
In this update, UofT's offers on:
-3261 healthcare + shift premiums
-3902 Unit 1 wages
-3902 Unit 5 salaries
Our community needs a University-wide mask mandate at
@uoft
and an education campaign on the significant risks associated with COVID reinfections—more than the bare minimum measures by the provincial government.
#UofT
#MaskUp
#UofTDefyGravity
Today
@uoft
health sciences deans put out a call strongly urging students, staff, and faculty to wear "high-quality, tight-fitting mask[s] when indoors in health sciences buildings at the University of Toronto."
@utfaculty
urges all of
@uoft
to join in
"
@UofT
management, can you at least have the decency to admit that your precarious employment scheme is about institutional profit and not at all about institutional quality?"
Take a min to read this great piece about Unit 3's ongoing job security fight ➡️
Hey
@uoft
education workers! Time to brush up on your geography! How far are you from campus? According to a new university policy, that might matter for your ability to work in September. More to follow.
CUPE 3902 Unit 5 has a new collective agreement: 430 postdocs voted in the Unit 5 ratification vote, and 97% of them voted YES! The new collective agreement comes into effect today, March 15th, 2024.
CUPE Local 3902 voted to send the current Tentative Agreement to the wider membership. If you’re a Unit 1 member, keep an eye out for an email on how to vote in the unit-wide vote.
#uoft
#boundless
#cupeon
Does this look like a
#safereturn
to you?
Images from
@cupe3902
workers teaching in-person humanities and social science seminars on the St. George campus. (Taken with the consent of students, and further anonymized😷.)
#BackToSchool
🚨Calling all
@CUPE3902
Unit 3 members: your bargaining team urges you to not upload marks to Quercus, E-marks, or any platform the Employer can access. This will ensure that in a strike, you have max leverage.
@UofT
can’t finish the semester without you if you hold on to marks!
Our colleagues in the Faculty of Music are airing out U of T's record of sexual harassment and misconduct by sharing testimony in public. We demand action to protect survivors and our community!
#UofTProtectsPredators
CW: Sexual violence and harassment.
UofT protects predators. Students in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence in the Faculty of Music have set up a Clothesline of statements and stories from survivors and allies on Philospher's Walk after an open letter condemning UofTs complicity circulated widely