Month: March 2024

Dear members,

The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) has announced that starting Monday, March 25th,at 7:30 AM the teaching assistants are officially on strike! Pickets begin at the Roddick Gates and the Macdonald Stewart Building and last all day. We invite all MUNACA members able to do so to join them on the lines before work and at lunchtime to show solidarity!

Furthermore, if there are AGSEM Teaching Assistants in your faculty who are on strike, remember that Article 18.02 of the MUNACA collective agreement protects your right to refuse to cross a picket line, with no penalty other than non-payment for the working day.  We encourage all MUNACA members in affected faculties to exercise their Article 18.02 rights according to their conscience. Members can also use their lunch hours, breaks, floater and personal days to join the picket lines.

We stand with AGSEM as they fight for a fair contract! For any questions about how this may affect your workplace, please contact reception@munaca.com.

In Solidarity,

MUNACA

Dear members,

Two of our fellow McGill unions, AGSEM (teaching assistants) and MCLIU (course lecturers), will be holding a rally in support of their bargaining demands in front of the James Administration Building, Wednesday, March 20th, at noon (12:00PM). With AGSEM’s strike vote having passed with an overwhelming majority, it is important that we turn out to support their cause. Your MUNACA officials will be attending in solidarity, so come join us and show McGill what union power looks like! 

In Solidarity,

MUNACA

MUNACA is proud to wish all our members a happy International Women’s Day this year! This holiday, a tradition begun at the turn of the last century by women in the socialist and labour movements, celebrates the fight for womens’ rights and equity around the world, and calls upon us all to join in their further advancement.

At MUNACA, women make up 70% of our membership and provide vital services to the McGill community, from student affairs to finance to lab technicians, and the many other positions we represent. But the struggle for equity at our union and at McGill, as it is for women everywhere, is far from over. 

As MUNACA, we commit to upholding equity and inclusion against all kinds of gender-based systemic barriers. Happy International Women’s Day to all!