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Dec 52 min read

AGSEM Adopts the Palestinian BDS National Committee Guidelines

On November 20 , the General Assembly, AGSEM’s highest governing body, overwhelmingly voted to adopt the Palestinian Boycott, Divest, and...

Nov 231 min read

AGSEM condemns McGill’s removal of the Great White Pine (Haudenosaunee peace tree)

At the 16 November 2023 General Assembly, AGSEM members passed a Motion in solidarity with the Mohawk Mothers/Kahnistensera . In this...

Oct 95 min read

Unit 3 Newsletter: All course-based Academic Casuals have a union!

Unit 3 Newsletter: All course-based Academic Casuals have a union! La version française suite All graders, course tutors, undergraduate...

Sep 910 min read

We're Back and We're Not Going Anywhere - AGSEM Newsletter September 2024

Follow us on: Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter ! Dear AGSEM members, old and new, We wish you a successful start of the academic...

Jul 301 min read

AGSEM Executive Committee Stands In Solidarity with Students in Bangledesh

In light of the recent events in Bangladesh, the AGSEM Executive Committee condemns the extreme police brutality.

Jun 112 min read

Cops Off Our Campus: A Response to the Police Brutality of June 6, 2024

We call for the administration to acknowledge that the events of June 6 2024 were a demonstration of police brutality, not expertise.

May 11 min read

AGSEM Stands in Solidarity with AMPL on Strike

The Association of McGill Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) wants to express its deepest words of solidarity with the...

Apr 178 min read

Bargaining Newsletter #17: A Tentative Agreement is reached! Will we accept it? You decide!

Monday 15 April 2024 Content warning: this newsletter describes AGSEM’s negotiations with McGill around policies on harassment,...

Apr 74 min read

AGSEM's update on negotiations, strike, and TA working conditions with regard to the mass email sent by McGill HR on April 5, 2024

April 7, 2024 Negotiations McGill’s latest email is their first public statement on negotiations. We have been publishing detailed...

Apr 38 min read

Bargaining Newsletter #16: A deal is within reach—will McGill do the work to reach an agreement?

Tuesday 2 April, 2024 Content warning: this newsletter describes AGSEM’s negotiations with McGill around policies on harassment,...

Apr 31 min read

McGill Refuses to unlock McGill Emails

McGill refuses to restore systems access, including employee emails, to TAs until the strike is over.

Mar 253 min read

Letter to the employer: Agreement regarding s. 109.1 ss. c of the Labour Code

Recently, the McGill administration has suggested that TAs who also hold other forms of employment on campus will be suspended or terminated

Mar 242 min read

TA work belongs to TAs

AGSEM calls on McGill to stop asserting their dubious and self-serving legal interpretations as fact and instead focus on coming to the...

Mar 222 min read

CEASE AND DESIST regarding the employer's directives to course supervisors

Two documents produced by the Employer have been shared with us and raise serious concerns.

Mar 204 min read

Bargaining Newsletter #15: McGill has the power to avert a strike—will they?

Tuesday 19 March, 2024 It has been two weeks since AGSEM and McGill last met for negotiations—and what an eventful two weeks it has been!...

Mar 74 min read

Bargaining Newsletter #14: Conciliation has begun with a strike vote less than a week away

A new chapter in bargaining with a strike vote a week away Tuesday, March 5, 2024 RSVP for the TA strike vote assembly! It’s been a busy...

Mar 25 min read

Bargaining Newsletter #13: McGill’s latest offer well below inflation and demands of TAs

McGill’s latest counterproposal leaves TAs no closer to a deal Monday February 26, 2024 On Monday, February 26th, AGSEM and McGill met...

Feb 223 min read

Bargaining Newsletter #12: With a strike vote weeks away, TAs are still waiting for a serious offer from McGill

AGSEM makes a counter offer. What will McGill’s next offer be? Tuesday February 20, 2024 On Tuesday, February 20th, AGSEM and McGill met...

Feb 222 min read

McGill Communities Council: Open Letter in Solidarity with Floor Fellows

On Thursday, February 15, 2024, AMUSE was informed of McGill’s decision via McGill Human Resources to end the Floor Fellows program.

Feb 206 min read

Bargaining Newsletter #11: McGill starts to budge on wages, but remains inflexible on healthcare and indexation

AGSEM and McGill have recently met twice for negotiations of a new Collective Agreement for TAs: on February 9th, and February 13th.

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