CUPE 3912 flag outside a brick building at Dalhousie University

New contract ratified by part-time academics, teaching assistants, markers and demonstrators at Dalhousie University

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3912 at Dalhousie University (Dal) have voted 77% in favour of their new four-year collective agreement. More than 1,600 votes were cast over a two-day period, ending on November 11, 2022. CUPE 3912 President Cameron Ells says, “Our members are receiving significant wage increases and contract improvements that will make a real, positive change in their lives.”  The deal includes: A course contract wage increase of 23 per cent over four years for new part-time academic instructors An hourly pay rate increase of 23 per cent over four years for all teaching assistants An hourly pay rate increase of 44 per cent over four years for both markers and demonstrators Full payment to members for their fall 2022 contracts with the employer The term of the collective agreement is from September 1, 2020, to August 31, 2024. “Our members brought … Read more…

Group of CUPE 3912 members outdoors, holding picket signs in front of a building at Dalhousie University

Tentative agreement reached at Dalhousie University for teaching assistants, part-time academics, markers, and demonstrators

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Dalhousie University (Dal) have reached a tentative agreement. CUPE 3912, representing approximately 1,500 members that work as teaching assistants, part-time academics, markers, demonstrators, and clinical markers, reached the deal today. Details of the contract will not be made available until it has been presented to CUPE 3912 members and a ratification vote takes place. The members will be asked to vote on the tentative agreement later this week. “I’d like to thank the bargaining committee who worked hard on behalf of our members. It’s been a long and difficult journey to achieve this deal,” said Cameron Ells, CUPE 3912 president, “and we couldn’t have done it without the solidarity and dedication shown by our membership.”

Web banner that says, "CBRM's cycle of training and losing staff must stop. It's unsafe and costly." Illustration of a cityscape in the background.

Cycle of training and losing staff must stop – Rally at CBRM city hall on Tuesday, November 8

Please join us on Tuesday, November 8 at 5 p.m., as municipal workers call on Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) city council and management to end the current cycle of training and losing staff by offering better compensation, which would help address staffing shortages and would save CBRM taxpayers money. Members of CUPE 933, who are currently in contract negotiations with the city, say that jailers,  communications operators, and other staff are frustrated by CBRM’s failure to recruit and retain workers in these high-pressure roles that are crucial for public safety. “Our members are committed to providing quality public services to CBRM residents, but they’re unable to maintain staffing levels. The cycle of training new staff and losing them to better paying employers is unsafe and costly,” says CUPE 933 Vice-president Cheryl MacDonald. TIME: Tuesday, November 8 at 5 p.m. LOCATION: City Hall, 320 Esplanade, Sydney (map) SPEAKERS: CUPE 933 Vice-president Cheryl MacDonald, … Read more…