Unit 2 of PSAC 901 is composed of postdoctoral researchers from Queen`s University. A new collective agreement was ratified in March 2017. All CUPE members work under the protection of a contract called a collective agreement. Your local negotiates the terms of the agreement. Elected local union leaders also work with the employer to resolve issues in the workplace. If you would like a hard copy of your collective agreement, please speak to your steward. If you don`t know who your steward is or how to get to your home, contact your local CUPE office. PSAC`s local 901 Postdoctoral Bargaining Team and Queen`s University reached an interim agreement on the new contract on February 13, 2017! From time to time, certain parts of the collective agreement are amended by mutual agreement of the parties set out in the memoranda of understanding. The memoranda of understanding signed after the printing of the collective agreement are presented in the form of links below. Where necessary, the online version of the collective agreement has been updated to reflect these memoranda of understanding. According to Article 4.3 of the collective agreement, the version published online is the “official copy of the collective agreement”. TAs and FTs are now paid for the unpaid health and safety training provided by the Queen`s University employer through our collective bargaining.

If you have questions about your rights at work, the best person to talk to is your steward or local leader. You will know the specific details of your agreement. The Professional Staff Congress is the union that represents more than 20,000 full- and part-time speakers and professionals at the City University of New York. With the exception of a small number of excluded titles, all faculty and specialized staff belong to the collective bargaining unit, and the PSK negotiates contracts (collective agreements) for the bargaining unit. Regulation of employer-employee relations through collective bargaining and joint consultations. . The PSC Queens College Chapter has an elected Executive Committee that represents the interests of full-time and part-time faculty members in the college`s bargaining unit. His first task is to supervise and ensure the execution of the contract for the protection of all faculty members of the college. This responsibility includes assisting members in the event of complaints and, where appropriate, formal complaints. Any member with a complaint must contact the chapter`s complaints officer or chapter president. All communications regarding complaints or possible complaints are strictly confidential. PSAC Local 901 is the association of graduate teaching assistants, teaching fellows, research assistants and postdoctoral fellows at Queen`s University in Kingston, Ontario.

We are a directly accredited local of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Our non-profit organization strives to protect, preserve and promote the interests of local members. We are committed to promoting equality and social justice within the local, PSAC, Queen`s University and the Kingston community at large. Fill out our trading survey for a chance to win $100 gift cards! In addition, the Section`s Executive Committee organizes events that support its commitment to social justice, including the fight against tuition fee increases that unfairly weigh on our students. and anti-war work, including teachings, counter-recruitment tables and conferences. In this section of the website, you will find information on PSAC Local 901 Unit 1, which represents Queen`s University Teaching Assistants (TAs), Teaching Fellows (FTs) and Research Assistants (RAs). POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS VOTE ENOUGH TO RATIFY NEW COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT During four sessions, March 13-15, postdoctoral researchers from the Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901 indicated that they were satisfied enough to ratify their new preliminary contract with Queen`s University. To learn more, click here. Policy Studies: Joshua McEvoy [[email protected]] Note: TA/RA/TF members can work from their country of residence for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency! More information and the ratification kit are available here.

Religious Studies: Francisco Zepeda [[email protected]] Please note that this does not include any changes made for the final version of Article 33 included in the own version. . For this new treaty to enter into force, a simple majority of the ratification vote is required from the total number of votes. We urge postdoctoral fellows to participate in this anonymous and democratic process. Click here to view the budget for the current year and last year. Policy and Legal Thinking [Collaboration]: Ryan Wilcox [[email protected]] Improve the quality of research at Queen`s University by actively participating in the establishment of working conditions for postdoctoral fellows in Composite Local 2. To protect, maintain and promote the interests of members of Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901. Welcome to New Graduates: Congratulations to our new graduates on their assignments and wish them a productive (and fun) time here in Kingston. Please familiarize yourself with the Unit 2 collective agreement, in which you set out your rights and benefits during your membership. Please contact Silja Freitag, Vice-President-Postdoctoral at PSAC 901 via [email protected] if you have not received a USB key with the employer`s full collective agreement.

I look forward to meeting with you and hope you will consider joining some of our PSAC 901 committees, particularly the Postdoctoral Bargaining Committee. 2019-2022 Collective Agreement between Queen`s University and qufa (Clean Dec. 1, 2020) Biomedical and Molecular Sciences: Harshavardhan Lingegowda [[email protected]] Pathology and Molecular Medicine: Samira Kheitan [[email protected]] Art History: Astrid Hobill [[email protected]] Biology: Heather Vanderlip [[email protected]] Industrial Relations: Tanya Iakobson [[email protected]] Chemical Engineering: Mona Kanso [[email protected]] Civil Engineering: Rohit Shukla The first collective agreement between Queen`s University and its postdoctoral researchers, represented by her Union, Unit 2 of the Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901 from October 24, 2013 to June 30, 2016. . .