The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) is the oldest Teaching Assistant Union in the province of Quebec. As a labour union, AGSEM represents graduate Teaching Assistants, Invigilators, and Course-Based Academic Casuals at McGill. AGSEM has bargained with the McGill administration to produce TA and Invigilator Collective Agreements, which are legal documents that protect student workers.
Recent NewsUnit 2 Bargaining Update # 1 - Negotiations for a better invigilator contract begin!
Negotiations for a new collective agreement for Invigilators are officially underway! Your bargaining committee had their first meeting with McGill’s negotiating team on Tuesday, February 9th, and are off to a strong start already. Several of your colleagues joined us on Monday for pre-bargaining coffee and donuts, and some of them even joined the bargaining team in the negotiations room for open-bargaining. Interested in joining in on future bargaining sessions? Let us know by filling out this form!
Inching Closer to Monetaries: McGill Resistant to Basic Protections - Unit 3 Bargaining Update #16
Our bargaining session with McGill on February 4th was a dense one. We made progress on several fronts, pushed hard on protections our members need, and clarified where McGill is still refusing to move. As we approach our discussion on monetary items, we’re entering a phase where the stakes get higher and the pressure on McGill increases. Non‑monetary items have revealed clear fault lines: where the employer is willing to modernize our working conditions, and where they are still resisting basic protections and transparency.
You Deserve Clear Job Expectations - Unit 3 Bargaining Update #15
On January 23rd, we met with McGill for the first new-year U3 bargaining session! After meeting with our members at the January Unit Assembly (UA), we let McGill know we are ready to move forward with article 14.05, and pushed them to better define the role of tutor as they see it. Regarding Article 14.05, we spent a good number of sessions last semester arguing for the importance of a conflict of interest (COI) policy specific to Unit 3.