Spring greetings!
Celebrating the season and its many holidays.
Academic Assistants
Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3904
Unit 3
TA/GA Equity & Inclusion Award Winners
Congratulations to our Unit 3 recipients.
Member Open House
All members are welcome to join us on January 15th!
GAF Reminder
Both the Health Benefit Fund and General Assistance Fund are still open and can be claimed through November.
HBF Reminder
Please submit Health Benefit Fund claims by December 15, 2023.
How many seniority points do I accrue each term?
Unit 3 Graduate and Teaching Assistants accrue one (1) seniority point for each semester that they hold a Unit 3 appointment.
How would I lose my seniority points?
Unit 3 Graduate and Teaching Assistants lose their seniority points if they do not hold a Unit 3 appointment for three (3) consecutive semesters during which time there is no
employment relationship with the university.
How would I lose my seniority points?
Unit 3 Graduate and Teaching Assistants lose their seniority points if they do not hold a Unit 3 appointment for three (3) consecutive semesters during which time there is no
employment relationship with the university.
How do I find out how many seniority points I have?
The department/school(s) where you hold a Unit 1 appointment(s) keeps track of the seniority points for all CUPE 3904 Unit 1 members who teach in that department/school. In Unit 1, seniority points are department/school specific, but not course specific. The seniority list for each department/school is required, under the new Collective Agreement, to be made public on the job postings for each semester.
When are TA/GA positions posted?
Decisions about how many GA/TA positions will be offered and the hours of these jobs are not identified by the different departments until prior to the beginning of the term or during the first week of the term. The union encourages Unit 3 members to keep checking the different departmental postings at least once a week for ten (10) weeks leading up to classes commencing once classes begin each semester and several weeks subsequent to classes beginning.