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 NewsMcGill finally gives ground on job postings — Bargaining Update #12
Last Wednesday, our bargaining committee met with McGill to discuss a number of clauses: these include the subjects of the last newsletter, job postings (Article 12) and hiring/onboarding (Article 13), but also definitions (Article 2), and positions (Article 11). These last two were pretty big, but we gained quite a lot of ground during this session! Notably, we have signed on article 12, and moved to the final steps on article 2.
Working Towards A Practicable, Transparent, and Fair Hiring Process - Bargaining Newsletter #11
On Friday November 7, our bargaining committee met with McGill to discuss two big clauses: job postings (Article 12) and hiring/onboarding (Article 13). We are pleased to say that significant progress has been made on both of them! For job postings (Article 12), your bargaining committee and McGill have reached an agreement in principle. Our goal was to give members enough time to apply for positions while ensuring that you can also be hired in a timely manner.
Trick (Workday Job Applications Pending Eternally) or Treat (Clear Conflict of Interest Policy?)—Bargaining Updates 9 and 10
On two equally rainy, tempestuous Wednesdays, our intrepid bargaining committee came from far and wide to fight for the contract unit 3 deserves. That is right, this is a double-update covering the bargaining sessions on October 22nd and 29th! By and large, both weeks were focused primarily on Articles 12 (job postings), 13 (Hiring, Onboarding), and 14 (Health and Safety, General Provisions). Regarding Article 12 (and 13), McGill had given their proposals piecemeal over the course of the summer, and we took these two sessions to engage with them in full, trading proposals back and forth.