Mutual Aid Fund

Apply to the Mutual Aid Fund

AGSEM’s Mutual Aid Fund is intended for solidarity initiatives including, but not limited to:

• Strike support
• Legal support including legal or paralegal fees, court fees, and other costs associated with facing charges as a defendant or bringing a civil or criminal suit against an individual or institution.
• General financial hardship resulting from precarity, inequality, and/or institutional austerity, including difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.
• Community childcare or other family care
• Healthcare
• Counselling and other mental health care related to trauma, abuse, and/or sexual violence

The Mutual Aid Fund is intended to support both individuals and organizations/collective initiatives.

The Mutual Aid Fund has a limited budget of $20,000 to distribute for the union’s fiscal year (from March 1, 2023 until February 29, 2024) and operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Questions? Email the Mutual Aid Fund Committee.