We have reached a historic tentative agreement!
Today, for the first time ever, all five units of CUPE 3261 and CUPE 3902 sat side-by-side at the table during our final pass of counter proposals. Many hours later and just minutes before midnight, we received the university’s final offer, and signed a historic tentative agreement.
Your coordination and solidarity have secured historic gains for thousands of CUPE members in both 3261 and 3902. You have shown that when teaching assistants, caretakers, postdoctoral researchers, and food service workers stand together, you can achieve real gains that improve your working conditions.
Each of the five units has secured historic wins.
Here are some of the highlights for CUPE 3261:
Full-Time Part-Time
- $25 minimum wage for ALL workers upon ratification
- Hundreds of dollars saved per year on dental and extended health premiums
- Evening and overnight shift premiums — $1 AND no exclusions for food service!
- 9% increase retroactive to July 1, 2023, followed by 2% and 1.8% increase
- One extra paid personal day
- And more—details to come!
89 Chestnut
- $25 minimum wage for ALL non-tipped workers
- 9% increase retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024, followed by 2% and 1.8% increase
- One extra paid personal day
- Alignments with Full-Time Part-Time:
- Sick leave (from three days to 15 weeks)
- Extra week vacation by July 2025
- Evening and overnight shift premiums — $1
- Bereavement
- And more—details to come!
Casual
- $18 minimum wage retroactive to July 1, 2023, $19/hr July 1, 2024, and $20/hr July 1, 2025
- Historic equal pay for equal work provision!
- Two extra sick days, up to a total of four per year (from zero in less than one year!)
- Equitable distribution of shifts
- Uniform allowance for all hospitality workers
- And more—details to come!
Next Steps:
All members are to report to work as usual.
If you are available, join us for our joint rally this morning at 9 a.m. at Convocation Hall on St. George Campus!
In the next week, you’ll be able to review the gains from the tentative agreement ahead of a ratification meeting to be held early next week.
In solidarity,
Your CUPE 3261 Bargaining Committees