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 NewsYou Deserve Clear Job Expectations - Unit 3 Bargaining Update #15
On January 23rd, we met with McGill for the first new-year U3 bargaining session! After meeting with our members at the January Unit Assembly (UA), we let McGill know we are ready to move forward with article 14.05, and pushed them to better define the role of tutor as they see it. Regarding Article 14.05, we spent a good number of sessions last semester arguing for the importance of a conflict of interest (COI) policy specific to Unit 3.
Unit 2 Bargaining Update #1: A better contract for invigilators - It’s not too much to ask!
It was great to see so many of you at our tabling sessions! At assemblies in April and November, invigilators voted on a bargaining mandate. We have been working hard to turn this mandate into a bargaining proposal over the last few months and we informed McGill back in September that we were ready to bargain. After our Collective Agreement expired on December 1, we finally heard back from McGill that they will be ready to bargain in early 2026.
Same Work, Less Pay: McGill’s Proposal Creates Job Positions that Undervalue your Labour – Unit 3 Bargaining Updates #13 & 14
Once again, we have a double-session newsletter! On November 24th and December 2nd, we met for some intensive bargaining sessions with McGill. Not only did we sign on Article 2 (Definitions), but we had some insightful discussions with McGill on Article 11 (Positions). Job positions are a crucial part of this collective agreement, so it is worth explaining where we have come and where we hope to go in the new year.