The University has 13 unions and two non-unionized associations representing academics and level M employees. The following are the certification dates of each group and the acronyms in referring to each.
Unions
AGSEM – Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill – affiliated with the Fédération nationale des enseignants du Québec (FNEQ), a unit of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
3 unions, 3 collective agreements
- teaching assistants, certified January 1993; 3-year collective agreement signed in November 2011
- course lecturers and instructors, certified August 2011; currently negotiating their first collective agreement
- invigilators, certified April 2010; currently negotiating their first collective agreement
AMURE/PSAC – Association of McGill University Research Employees/Public Service Alliance of Canada
2 unions, 2 collective agreements
- research associates, certified July 2010; members ratified agreement March 12-13
- research assistants, certified December 2010; members ratified agreement March 12-13
AMUSE/PSAC – Association of McGill University Support Employees/Public Service Alliance of Canada
1 union, 1 collective agreement
- non-academic casuals, certified January 2010; 3-year collective agreement signed in April 2012
MUNACA/PSAC – McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association/Public Service Alliance of Canada
1 union, 1 collective agreement
- clerical, laboratory and IT technicians, support staff, library assistants, MUNACA originally certified November 1994; 5-year collective agreement signed in June 2012 (contract expired Nov. 2010)
- MUNACA/PSAC certification April 2012
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SEU – Service Employees Union – affiliated with Quebec Labour Federation (QFL)
6 unions, 6 collective agreements
- SEU Computing centre, certified July 1978; negotiating contract renewal
- SEU Printing services, certified September 1979; negotiating contract renewal
- SEU Facilities management, residences, Faculty Club, certified December 1986; negotiating contract renewal
- SEU Trades and powerhouse, Macdonald campus, certified September 1997; 3-year contract signed June 2011
- SEU Powerhouse downtown, certified October 2000; 3-year contract signed in June 2011
- SEU Trades downtown, certified November 2002; 3-year contract signed in June 2011
Associations (membership is voluntary)
MAUT – McGill Association of University Teachers (professors)
MUNASA – McGill University Non-Academic Staff Association (M level employees)