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 News📢 Unit 3 Assembly – Your Voice Needed! Strike Vote Mandate Discussion & Bargaining Updates (March 17)
Calling all graders, course assistants, tutors, graduate teaching fellows, and members of the McGill Writing Centre. Your bargaining unit (Unit 3) in your union (AGSEM) is holding a Unit Assembly on Monday, March 17th! Your Unit 3 Bargaining Committee is ready to negotiate with McGill to win your first collective agreement—they have been since January—but McGill continues to stall. On the agenda of this important assembly are: Revisiting elements of the bargaining mandate established at the first November 2024 Unit Assembly Should the Bargaining Committee have the power to call members to vote on a strike?
Invigilator Survey: Want a pay raise? Help us win it!
The Invigilator Collective Agreement, that is, the document governing the working conditions for all invigilators at McGill, expires on December 1, 2025. This means that we have an opportunity to re-negotiate this agreement to improve our working conditions (anything from pay to breaks, to hiring, to protections against harassment). The first step of the bargaining process is understanding how invigilators feel about their work conditions and what they would like to change.
Invigilator Pre-Bargaining Survey
The Invigilator Collective Agreement, that is, the document governing the working conditions for all invigilators at McGill, expires on December 1, 2025. This means that we have an opportunity to re-negotiate this agreement to improve our working conditions (anything from pay to breaks, to hiring, to protections against harassment). The first step of the bargaining process is understanding how invigilators feel about their work conditions and what they would like to change.