Tentative Agreement Reached with 3 SEU Units

We are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement was reached on April 4th between McGill and three bargaining units represented by SEU: Facilities Management - Student Housing Services - Dining Services - Faculty Club, Printing Services and Data Centre. The Union will soon invite its membership to general assemblies to vote on the proposed new collective agreements. We will share the results of the votes which should be completed at the latest on April 22.

Negotiation Update: Post-doctoral Fellows

We are pleased to announce that the parties reached a tentative agreement on March 28 and that the Union will soon invite its membership to a General Assembly to vote on the proposed new collective agreement. The parties have agreed not to communicate the contents of the agreement until the vote has taken place.

Negotiation Update: AMURE Research Associates and Research Assistants

Negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement for Research Assistants and Associates between AMURE and McGill began in the Fall of 2022. The parties have been meeting on a regular basis and have been able to discuss and come to agreement on a number of non-monetary elements.

AGSEM Invigilators vote in favour of the proposed agreement

The AGSEM Unit 2-Union of Invigilators held its General Assembly on November 17, 2022 to present the tentative agreement to its members. We are pleased to announce that members voted in favor of the proposed new collective agreement. The current agreement expired on April 30, 2020. The new agreement will come into effect upon signature by the parties and will expire on December 1, 2025.

Negotiation Update: AGSEM Invigilators

We are pleased to inform you that, after nineteen months of negotiations between the parties, a tentative agreement with AGSEM for the Invigilators was reached on November 1st with the support of a conciliator appointed by the Ministry of Labor.

The union will hold an assembly on November 17th for their members to vote on the tentative agreement.

We will keep you posted on the vote results as soon as we know.

Negotiation Update: Post-doctoral Fellows

Negotiations for Post-doctoral Fellows (Researchers) between AMURE and McGill began in June of 2021 and the parties have met regularly since then. The parties have been able to discuss and come to agreement on several non-monetary elements within the collective agreement. In February 2022, the parties obtained the assistance of a Conciliator appointed by the Ministère du Travail to assist them in progressing towards an agreement.

MUNACA - New Collective Agreement

We are pleased to announce that the negotiation between McGill and MUNACA has now come to an end, after two years of discussions.

The appointment of an arbitrator by the Ministry of Labour allowed the parties to agree on more topics during the recent months of July and August, until she rendered a decision on the last item in dispute on September 9, 2022.

SEU Trades & Powerhouse - Downtown and Macdonald Campus

We are pleased to announce that all three units of the Service Employees Union (SEU) have voted in favour of the proposed new collective agreement. Following the vote last week by the Downtown Campus Trades Bargaining Unit, the Trades and Powerhouse employees of the Macdonald campus and Downtown Powerhouse employees represented by SEU completed their vote on June 15.

Negotiation update: SEU Trades & Powerhouse - Downtown and Macdonald Campus

Members of the Downtown Campus Trades Bargaining Unit of the Service Employees Union met on June 8 and voted in favour of the proposed new collective agreement. This new agreement replaces the agreement that expired on May 31, 2019 and will expire on May 31, 2025. General Assemblies for the ratification of the agreement by the remaining two units – Downtown Powerhouse and Trades & Powerhouse Macdonald – will be held on June 13 and 15 respectively.

MUNACA Negotiations Update

As we enter the annual compensation review period, the following information is provided to managers and supervisors to keep them abreast and help them discuss or answer questions from staff pertaining to the ongoing negotiations with MUNACA.

Global Agreement Reached with 3 SEU groups

McGill University has agreed on all aspects of new collective agreements with three bargaining units represented by SEU: Trades (Downtown Campus); Powerhouse (Downtown Campus); Trades & Powerhouse (Macdonald Campus). The Union will soon invite its membership to general assemblies to vote on the proposed new collective agreements. The parties have agreed not to communicate the contents of the agreements until the votes has taken place.

Negotiation Update - AMUSE (Casual Employees)

The AMUSE Union for casual employees held its General Assembly online on January 25, 2022 to present the tentative agreement to its members. We are pleased to announce that members voted in favor of the proposed new collective agreement. The current agreement expired on May 31, 2020. The new agreement will come into effect upon signature by the parties and will expire on May 31, 2025.

Negotiation Update - AMUSE (Casual Employees)

Agreement in principle – AMUSE/PSAC non-academic casual employees

We are pleased to announce that following a year and half of collective agreement negotiations between the parties, McGill and AMUSE (AMUSE/PSAC) reached an agreement in principle on December 16, 2021.

Negotiation Update: AMUSE (Casual Employees)

Since June 30, 2021, the parties have met 4 times to discuss their respective monetary proposals. Discussions are progressing, and the parties have discussed monetary items such as:

Negotiation Update: AMUSE (Floor Fellows)

Since June 8, 2021, the parties have met 5 times in the presence of the Conciliator appointed by the Ministry of Labour.

The parties have engaged in exploratory and detailed discussions regarding the inclusion of Student Housing and Hospitality’s principles and values in the collective agreement, the guest sign-in policy for staff, and the number of guests permitted in an employee’s room.