Our annual Christmas parties are coming up! Come out for a fun time with your union for the holiday season. There will be lots of food, drinks and amazing prizes — and it’s all free! See the details below for more information. All members are welcome to bring one guest.

There will be a party for each campus, and a separate party for the Faculty Club. You may attend one party, whichever is most convenient for you. Make sure to RSVP as soon as you can with your full name and the name of your guest. 

St. George Campus 
Location: Chestnut Residence (89 Chestnut St., Toronto)
Date: Saturday, December 15th @ 7:00pm-1:00am
RSVP Info: Sign up forms will be distributed throughout workplaces by next week. There is a mandatory $50 deposit per person (provided by cheque) that will be returned at the party.

Forms must be given to shop stewards or delivered to the union office (703 Spadina Ave. Floor 2) by December 7th

Scarborough Campus 
Location: Mandarin (2206 Eglinton Ave E., Scarborough)
Date: Saturday, December 8th @ 7:00pm
RSVP Info: Email Allan ASAP at service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620  

Mississauga Campus
Location: Wok of Fame (7700 Hurontario St. #602, Mississauga)
Date: Saturday, December 1st @ 8:00pm-10:00pm
RSVP Info: Email Allan ASAP at service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620  

Faculty Club 
Location: Dragon Pearl Restaurant (865 York Mills Rd, Unit 2, North York)
Date: Saturday, December 22nd @ 7:30pm
RSVP Info: Email Tuan Vuong by December 7th at tuanvuong@hotmail.com 

Check out this article in the Varsity about Doug Ford’s proposed repeal of Bill 148 as well as UofT’s controversial membership to an anti-Bill 148 lobby group. The article includes comments by our own President Allan James as well as CUPE 3902’s Chair Jess Taylor!

“The Doug Ford government broke their promise to the people of Ontario today by standing with the corporate lobbyists and announcing significant rollbacks to our new labour laws.”

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Check out this form on 15andfairness.org to email your local MPP about keeping the January 1st $15 minimum wage increase, in addition things like equal pay for equal work legislation. These gains for labour won’t last if Doug Ford and the big business lobbyists have their way!

CUPE’s new campaign addresses increasing precarity for post-secondary workers, decreases in government funding, skyrocketing tuition fees, and more. Check out cupe.ca/our-time-act for the details and on what you can do to get involved!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the St. George BBQ on Friday! We hope you enjoyed the delicious buffet prepared by our own members at the Faculty Cub, and we also hope you’ve kept your raffle tickets…

The three $100 gift card winners are tickets #5259985, #5259968, and #5260058.

If you have one of these tickets, please get in touch with Allan James in order to arrange a time for you to come by the union office to claim your prize. Don’t forget to bring your ticket!

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As you read this, CUPE 3903 — teaching and graduate assistants at York University  — are still on strike, making their strike the longest post-secondary strike in Canadian history.

Earlier this week, the new Conservative government released its “Top Legislative Priorities for Upcoming Sitting” and the first item on the list is taking away rights from education workers at York University by tabling back-to-work legislation.

CUPE 3903 is holding Days of Action at Queen’s Park this upcoming Tuesday & Wednesday and invites support and solidarity. We urge any members who are able to join the picket lines at Queen’s Park to support our brothers and sisters.

When: Tuesday, July 17 & Wednesday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Queen’s Park

Show your solidarity with these workers, and fight for workers’ rights in Ontario!