The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) is the oldest Teaching Assistant Union in the province of Quebec. As a labour union, AGSEM represents graduate Teaching Assistants, Invigilators, and Course-Based Academic Casuals at McGill. AGSEM has bargained with the McGill administration to produce TA and Invigilator Collective Agreements, which are legal documents that protect student workers.
Recent NewsAGSEM Newsletter April 2025
Dear AGSEM members, old and new, The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) is the oldest TA union in Quebec. Our members are graduate Teaching Assistants (Unit 1), Invigilators (Unit 2), and Course-Based Academic Casuals (Unit 3) employed at McGill. Table of Contents Winter 2025 Events and Assemblies AGSEM News Come to our rally! Austerity is bad! Unit 3 Bargaining Update/Invite to OB Occupational Health and Safety Survey In the Community CREW Update Alliance Ouvrières Week of Action Against Amazon FNEEQ AI Survey Sign your membership form!
Unit 3 Bargaining Newsletter #1: AGSEM United for Quick Negotiations and Open Bargaining
Following two months of delays from McGill, negotiations have finally begun with AGSEM’s Unit 3!!! The first bargaining session on March 27 kicked off with a breakfast barbeque in front of Sherbrooke 680, with workers grabbing coffee and food while showing solidarity with AGSEM’s Unit 3. Beyond the graders, course assistants, graduate fellows, and McGill Writing Centre employees that are part of AGSEM’s Unit 3, members from AGSEM’s Units 1 and 2 representing Teaching Assistants and Invigilators showed up early to give their support to the bargaining committee and stand united with their fellow workers!
📢 Unit 3 Assembly – Your Voice Needed! Strike Vote Mandate Discussion & Bargaining Updates (March 17)
Calling all graders, course assistants, tutors, graduate teaching fellows, and members of the McGill Writing Centre. Your bargaining unit (Unit 3) in your union (AGSEM) is holding a Unit Assembly on Monday, March 17th! Your Unit 3 Bargaining Committee is ready to negotiate with McGill to win your first collective agreement—they have been since January—but McGill continues to stall. On the agenda of this important assembly are: Revisiting elements of the bargaining mandate established at the first November 2024 Unit Assembly Should the Bargaining Committee have the power to call members to vote on a strike?