Human Resources

We are pleased to announce that on December 23, 2020, the Course Lecturers and Instructors Union (MCLIU) and McGill University signed their second Collective Agreement. The first Agreement expired on October 29, 2018 and the second Agreement will end August 31, 2022.

In the coming weeks, the details of the Agreement will be shared with the community. The Collective Agreement will be posted soon on the Union and University’s websites.

This update is meant to inform our community and has been approved by the Union.

Consistent with McGill’s objective to prepare for increased on-campus activity in 2021, the University aims to progressively resume normal operations on campus as soon as possible, while respecting public health directives. To this end, if health directives allow, starting in January, employees will be asked to begin to return gradually to campus. Employees must therefore plan to be available to return to campus as soon as they are asked to do so by their immediate supervisor.

On September 10, 2020, the University met with MUNACA union representatives to begin negotiating the first collective agreement of their new bargaining unit accredited by the Tribunal Administratif du Travail on August 2, 2019. The parties agreed to meet on a weekly basis in order to ensure the progression of the negotiation. As per standard practice, a negotiating protocol outlining the framework for the negotiation meetings and their conduct was agreed on by the parties during that session.

Following almost two years of negotiations between the parties, an agreement in principle was reached on July 9^th in presence of the Conciliator appointed by the Ministry of Labour.

The parties’ negotiation committees have agreed to recommend the contents of this collective agreement to their respective constituents, and to keep the details confidential until the Union has had an opportunity to share them with its members.

On Thursday April 30th 2020, AGSEM filed the attached petition for the certification for academic support workers employed by McGill. The academic support workers in the attached list are targeted by this unionization drive. 

Dear colleagues,

As the rollout of the Flexible Work Arrangements Pilot Program and the development of a more flexible work culture continues, I am pleased to share two developments, one of which will give all eligible employees additional flexibility and another which will simplify the request procedure for MUNACA employees.

Although the novel coronavirus outbreak is accelerating in many parts of the world, the situation remains unchanged in Canada. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, overall risk remains low for Canadians. Currently, no case of the novel coronavirus has been reported in Québec.