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Our Executive has temporarily suspended the unlimited strike of its members against
@mcgillu
. AMPL made this decision in the best interests of its members in light of the general slowdown in outward facing activities at universities, including at
@LawMcGill
, over the summer. 1/6
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.
@mcgillu
filed for judicial review today denying the right of its faculty members to form a union as they wish and as every other university allows. We will vigorously resist this abusive action which has no basis in law or fact.
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We will be in court tomorrow opposing
@mcgillu
's overreach in seeking to ban all protests on all subjects that it does not approve, including what it considers to be a peaceful protest. McGill is pitting itself against constitutional rights of free expression & assembly.
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We view attending Congress on
@mcgillu
grounds as crossing a picket line. Some in precarious financial situations may have to attend in order to have expenses covered. If so, we ask that you attend for as short a period as possible & speak out against
@federation_hss
& McGill.
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Those attending
#Congress2024
: entire
@mcgillu
campus to be picketed. Attending any event without a pass from us will be considered strike breaking by us & unionized faculty across Canada. You can support us in many ways. See FAQ:
#NoContractNoCongress
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It is official:
@mcgillu
has pulled the trigger forcing a strike that will inconvenience students, their parents, staff, & the annual meeting of the
@acds_clsa
that had been scheduled at
@lawmcgillu
in June. Join us on the picket line.
#polqc
#solidarity
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Due to
@mcgillu
's refusal to bargain in good faith, our members are going on strike Tuesday, February 13! Join us on the picket line!
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Media Advisory: Striking
@mcgillu
law professors march on McGill tomorrow amid collapse of the
@federation_hss
's Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Join us at noon at the McTavish Gate.
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We agree with
@maut_apbm
's statement on peaceful assembly on campus (see ), particularly its call to not involve police on campus which has, in the past, escalated tensions and led to physical harm.
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Good morning
@McGillU
! We are here. We are strong. We are resolute. We are also willing to negotiate a fair & comprehensive collective agreement when you are ready to bargain in good faith!
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For the record:
@lawmcgill
students are a credit to the profession of law: they show up at meetings prepared, they act in good faith, they are careful in stating legal opinions, and they don't make up facts.
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Clarifying picketing rights in Quebec after
@McGillU
wrongly warned against picketing on "University grounds."
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Shame on
@federation_hss
for not exercising its termination rights under its agreement with
@mcgillu
re
#Congress2024
due to conditions on McGill campus. Shame on it for imposing costs on associations that are doing the right thing when it is not.
#NoContractNoCongress
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This is what we did at
#Congress2024
with our colleagues across Canada today. Is it a preview for fall registration at
@LawMcGill
if
@mcgillu
's
@McGillPresident
and
@ProvostManfredi
do not return to the bargaining and actually bargain in good faith?
#AMPL_AMPD_strike
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Thank you colleagues who are supporting us throughout
#congressh
by picketing, moving activities off
@mcgillu
campus, wearing stickers, & issuing statements of support. You have shown solidarity in the face of the lack of collegiality of
@McGillPresident
@provostmanfredi
.
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This takes us beyond verklempt. We are overwhelmed, honoured, grateful, & stunned, in equal measure. This $1 million donation sends a clear message to
@mcgillu
,
@LawMcGill
,
@DeanLeckey
&
@ProvostManfredi
that it is time for McGill to join us as partners and bargain constructively
Solidarity with Association of McGill Professors of Law who are on strike. AMPL is asking the employer to show up & bargain in good faith for a first collective agreement. Evan Fox-Decent, AMPL President receives $million from CAUT DefenseFund
@CAUT_ACPPU
#AMPL
#CAUT
#Solidarity
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We have successfully advocated for our
@lawmcgill
students who were hired as research assistants and forced
@mcgillu
to backtrack. It now acknowledges the right of research assistants to work and be paid during our strike!
#solidarity
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We are thrilled beyond words to receive $1,000,000 from the CAUT Defence Fund to support our strike and efforts to conclude a fair collective agreement that will serve as a model for Education, Arts and others,
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We are pleased that the Superior Court has rejected a request for an extraordinary temporary injunction that would have prevented all protests on campus, potentially limiting our right to picket.
A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected an injunction request that would have forced protesters at the pro-Palestinian encampment on McGill University's downtown campus to leave. .
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As law professors, we know that a contract where one side can unilaterally change the terms is not a contract.
@McgillU
is insisting on terms that would let them change the collective agreement after we sign it. That's a big part of why we are striking.
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Last chance for
@mcgillu
to avoid inconveniencing students, lawfirms, and parents: if the university does not come to the table & negotiate a tentative collective agreement by April 23, our members will be on an unlimited strike.
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June 14, 2024, striking law professors at
@mcgillu
, supported by colleagues and students from across Quebec and Canada, held a march and ceremony to lament McGill’s failures that led to the gutting of Canada’s ... 1/20
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McGill legal is so bad they can't even get the Faculty's famed B! See for full exam answer.
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We ask
@SSHRC_CRSH
to respect our picket line on the
@mcgillu
campus during
#Congress2024
. Come join us on the picket line instead of crossing the line!
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@Cour_superieure
We are pleased by the decision of the Superior Court today denying McGill’s injunction against peaceful protest, including our right to picket on the
@mcgillu
campus.
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Francis Desjardins of
@mcgillu
literally has one job: to negotiate with McGill labour unions. We have been on strike for 31 days yet he has refused to do this one job by returning to the bargaining table to reach a collective agreement. Is he on strike?
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Several associations organizing events at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences to be held in Montreal have asked us for information on how to help support us as we strike against
@mcgillu
. This is for you but see our full FAQ: .
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We offer to cover the net pay loss of our
@lawmcgill
colleagues -
@deanleckey
, AVP Angela Campbell, AVP Lara Khoury, AD Tina Piper, AD
@DarrenRosenblum
, and AD Daniel Weinstock - should they exercise their right of conscience to forgo doing work struck by our members.
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Feel sorry for
@McGillPresident
Deep Saini. He is having a bad day & is engaging in uncollegial actions. He is (rightly) blamed for the disaster that is
#congressh
, for failing to negotiate with student protesters, & for having unions spring up on him due to his poor management.
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This week, we excavate the hidden world of
@mcgillu
finances, particularly the diversion of funds from teaching to senior administration. Starring
@ProvostManfredi
,
@McGillPresident
, and
@F_Labeau
.
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Today,
@mcgillu
announced that it would not allow research assistants to work or get paid during a faculty strike. The Tri-Agencies informed
@CAUT_ACPPU
that this would breach the university's funding obligations with the federal government. McGill must allow profs to delegate.
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Today, we marched on
@mcgillu
campus with colleagues and students from across Quebec and Canada in protest against the uncollegial behaviour of
@McGillPresident
&
@ProvostManfredi
who refuse even to speak with us so that we can resolve our strike.
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Already, 2/3 of associations normally participating in Congress have moved activities, in whole or in part, off the
@mcgillu
campus. In light of this,
@federation_hss
, why are not facilitating choice among your members? Why insist on penalties for doing the right thing?
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Law professors call indefinite strike in attempts to bring McGill back to the bargaining table:
@LawMcGill
professor "Janda asserted that AMPL has sufficient funds for their strike and will not be outlasted by the university."
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With
#Congress2024
starting tomorrow, come join us on the picket line. Except those to whom we granted a picket pass, all participating in Congress are strike breakers. Thank you
@CAUT_ACPPU
,
@FQPPU
& colleagues, staff, & students from across Canada for standing by our side.
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ALERT: Through its lawyer, Corrado De Stefano,
@mcgillu
's senior administration confirmed that it is putting the
@lawmcgill
Fall 2024 semester in jeopardy by refusing to negotiate between June 8 and August 18 inclusive. Make your plans accordingly.
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As we have said many times,
@LawMcGill
students are smart and independent. They are demonstrating that they are already leaders in the legal community. Students deserve a public apology & a
@mcgillu
administration willing to end inconvenience by returning to the bargaining table.
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Congratulations to our colleagues in Arts! We fully support AMPA in its efforts to certification and call on
@mcgillu
to accept certification without wastefully using public funds to fight the inevitable.
🚨 LABOUR ALERT 🚨
As
@agsem_aeedem
TAs continue day 3 of their strike, professors in the
@mcgillu
Faculty of Arts
@McGillARTS
have announced that over 60% of us have joined together to form the Association of McGill Professors in the Faculty of Arts ✊
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We thank
@lawmcgill
graduate students for their support. We know that
@mcgillu
is imposing costs on you for that support.
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The
@mcgillu
campus will be picketed during
#Congress2024
. Anyone attending Congress without a picket pass will be considered a strike breaker.
@SSHRC_CRSH
would be better off meeting students on the picket line than by crossing it!
Are you at
#CongressH
@McGillU
? Have a question about SSHRC scholarships and fellowships? Visit us at the SSHRC Lounge!
@federation_hss
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We are verklempt! We are getting so much support, solidarity, and kind words that it is hard to keep up. Our colleagues across the country are quickly mobilizing to support us in the face of
@mcgillu
's failure to bargain in good faith.
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@SSHRC_CRSH
Thank you,
@SSHRC_CRSH
, for respecting our pickets by cancelling this info session. We are willing to meet with students and postdocs on the picket line to give advice and hope that
@SSHRC_CRSH
finds another time to run the session!
#NoContractNoCongress
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We cannot thank our friends & colleagues at
@acds_clsa
who will move their annual meeting at
@mcgillu
scheduled for June if
@mcgillu
fails to reach a collective agreement with us!
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We are on strike today! We are overwhelmed from the support from individuals,
@FQPPU
,
@CAUT_ACPPU
, & fellow unions at
@mcgillu
!
Due to
@mcgillu
's refusal to bargain in good faith, our members are going on strike Tuesday, February 13! Join us on the picket line!
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McGill's No. 2 apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ email about law student in reply blunder via
@mtlgazette
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We teach
@lawmcgill
students to read beyond the surface (bargaining): when they read
@mcgillu
saying it participated in 22 bargaining sessions, our students understand 22 sessions at which the admin was unprepared, cut the session short, and was obstructive.
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Our strike captain,
@munizfraticelli
, speaking to participants at
#congressh
about our strike & the unfair bargaining practices employed by
@McGillPresident
and
@ProvostManfredi
.
#NoContractNoCongress
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Teach-in at
@mcgillu
's McCall MacBain Arts Building this morning on faculty unions, unresponsive & uncollegial senior administrators, and how
#solidarity
from colleagues inside McGill & across Canada is critical to getting to a fair collective agreement.
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The AMPL Executive condemns the use of force by the Montreal police, including the use of tear gas, against student protestors at
@mcgillu
. McGill consistently calls in the police to take action against its own students, faculty, & community rather than deal with matters itself.
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Off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of
@mcgillu
,
@McGillPresident
Deep Saini and his sidekick
@ProvostManfredi
. Be collegial: return to the bargaining table.
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Overwhelmed by support of 150
@LawMcGill
alumni calling on
#McGill200
to stop misusing funds to fight certification of only ununionized Quebec Law Faculty. Rather than donate to
#McGill24
, some are sending support to
@CAUT_ACPPU
Harry Crowe Foundation.
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Thank you, colleagues across Quebec & Canada for sending support, issuing statements, joining us on picket lines, & writing to
@mcgillu
's
@McGillPresident
,
@ProvostManfredi
&
@F_Labeau
about their appalling behaviour in refusing to meet with us. 1/3
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We wanted to stay but
@mcgillu
walked away from collective bargaining today until August 19.
@ProvostManfredi
insists that any collective agreement be binding on our members but not on the University.
#BargainingWithoutBargaining
#NoContractNoCongress
#AMPL_AMPD_strike
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Bloated by raises and pension plans they give themselves,
@mcgillu
executives cannot arrive at the negotiating table until June while
@LawMcGill
student exams go ungraded or are graded by those who know nothing about the course or exam questions.
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It's not too late
@McGillPresident
Deep Saini: you can turn the situation around by turning back to negotiating with us. Wouldn't it be nice to resolve one problem? Wouldn't it be nice to have us as allies in solving
@mcgillu
's other problems? Just turn around. (Sound on).
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#FactCheckMcGill
:
@mcgillu
says it is cancelling its flagship Transformative Business Law Summer Academy "given the uncertainty caused by the strike." The uncertainty is entirely of
@mcgillu
's making: it has refused our requests to negotiate & is waiting until June 7 to meet.
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Big day on the picket line today at
@LawMcGill
, with colleagues ✈️ flying in from across the country!
@CAUT_ACPPU
&
@CautFund
will be there, calling on
@mcgillu
to bargain in good faith. Fun for everyone!
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There is so much misinformation (to put it kindly) in the
@mcgillu
FAQ on our members' strike, that we have compiled a rebuttal and posted it to our webpage, in both English and French. Please read it to find out the many ways in which McGill (mis)leads.
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We filed for certification 5 months ago. Due to
#McGill200
raising spurious & known anti-union arguments, we are still waiting for our unfairly delayed constitutional rights. Let
@mcgillu
know what you think of its delaying tactics while they use your money to fight us!
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After having declined to return to the bargaining table with its law professors for over six weeks,
@mcgillu
senior administrators abruptly closed yesterday’s one day of bargaining: the only one to which it had agreed in all the months of May, June, and July. 1/21
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.
@mcgillu
is comprised of the people who learn, teach & work there, not the senior administrators who have created an inordinate number of crises: funding by Quebec government, Indigenous Peoples worried about graves on McGill land, student protesters,
#Congress2024
, & unions.
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Thank you to all who joined the picket, who retweeted or liked our tweets, who tweeted original content, & who supported us today with such warmth & generosity! Let's hope that
@McGillU
listened & will return to the negotiating table quickly to conclude a collective agreement!
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We are hearing from
@LawMcGill
alumni, representing employers and unions, that
@mcgillu
attempt to overturn our certification has no chance of success. They are angry that their donations are being used in this abusive process.
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Why the professors at
@LawMcGill
unionized / Pourquoi les professeurs de
@LawMcGill
se sont syndiqués.
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Academic associations won’t attend
@mcgillu
conferences due to law professor strike - Montreal |
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Despite our efforts to negotiate a collective agreement with
@mcgillu
, it have not come to the bargaining table in good faith. Our Members have overwhelmingly granted our Executive with a mandate to call up to 5 days of strike: 85% yes vote with a turnout of over 90%.
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What a turnout! Friends and colleagues from across Quebec and Canada are joining in our bbq at
@LawMcGill
!
@CAUT_ACPPU
@FQPPU
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Thank you,
@McGillPresident
,
@ProvostManfredi
, Fabrice Labeau, & Francis Desjardins for creating such strong friendships across Quebec & Canada with our colleagues at other universities. Thank you
@CautFund
,
@CAUT_ACPPU
&
@FQPPU
for becoming our best friends!
After-hours solidarity with Capo Nord,
@AMPL_AMPD
member
@PZumbansen
on drums!
@CAUT_ACPPU
@dalfacultyassoc
@UOITFA
@StFXAUT
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AMPL deeply laments the time, energy & public resources that will be put to ill use because of
@mcgillu
's abusive litigation to prevent its faculty from unionizing as it wishes.
@lawmcgill
is the only law faculty in Quebec where the admin is fighting the existence of a union.
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McGill law professors launch unlimited strike over pay and working conditions via
@mtlgazette
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We thank
@acds_clsa
,
@CAWLS_ACETS
&
@societyforsoci1
for having moved their meetings off of
@mcgillu
campus & thank other associations for making the same decision soon. We will indemnify, with
@CAUT_ACPPU
&
@FQPPU
support, up to $15K per association should you move from McGill.
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A timely reminder.
Clarifying picketing rights in Quebec after
@McGillU
wrongly warned against picketing on "University grounds."
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#StrikeNewsMcGill
: Today, our members are joined by
@CAUT_ACPPU
members flying in from across Canada to picket, play music, & celebrate our
#solidarity
. Join us outside Chancellor Day Hall starting at noon for this family-friendly event.
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Time to amass by the McTavish Gate at
@mcgillu
for a march to protest against the uncollegial conduct of
@McGillPresident
,
@ProvostManfredi
, Fabrice Labeau, and Francis Desjardins (who likes to write letters but not actually do the work of negotiating). Be there at NOON!
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#FactCheckMcGill
:
@DeanLeckey
says "McGill is not refusing to come to the bargaining table."
@mcgill
has refused to negotiate throughout our strike, is refusing to set up timely bargaining sessions, and is refusing to bring proposals to the table.
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.
@mcgillu
has an opportunity to right its wrong of refusing to bargain in good faith & of using students as pawns: it could extend the one day of bargaining on June 7 for as long as it takes to reach a collective agreement. We are wiling to do so. Ask
@ProvostManfredi
if he is.
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8
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Congratulations to our colleague,
@munizfraticelli
, for his election to
@mcgillu
Senate by
@McGillARTS
! To have this announced on the same day that AMPFA filed for certification makes this is doubly happy day!
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We call on
@mcgillu
to use
#Budget2024
support to invest in its own profs, not to pay out salary increases to its senior admin
“We congratulate the Government of Canada,
@cafreeland
and
@FP_Champagne
for the welcome investment through
#Budget2024
in research that will enhance the well-being and prosperity of people through Canada,” says
@McGillPresident
Deep Saini.
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Drum roll... We have a winner in the great
@mcgillu
Best Union Organizer of the Year award!
@ProvostManfredi
eked out a narrow win over
@McGillPresident
for top place, with Fabrice Labeau winning best team player & Francis Desjardins as most improved! Congratulations all!
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We are inundated (and happily so!) by letters of support in our quest to bring
@mcgillu
back to the bargaining table. Here is a sample. We thank each and every one of you!
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The failure of
@mcgillu
to negotiate at all (let alone in good faith) is aimed at harming students who seek assistance from their professors. We continue with our grading of the
@LawMcGill
's FAQ, pointing out how students are being used as pawns.
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10
26
With the election of our Executive, we have taken the last step needed to start collective bargaining process with
@mcgillu
. We have notified McGill that we are ready and set up a meeting for Monday, November 28 to begin! We look forward to meeting McGill's negotiation team then.
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Education❤️Law!
#McGill
professors of Education stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Law during their strike today--the first strike by tenure-track professors in McGill's history.
@mcgillu
@AMPL_AMPD
@Edumcgill
@LawMcGill
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We welcome the hard decisions that our colleagues in learned societies had to take to put
@mcgillu
on notice that, unless it returns to the bargaining table and enters into a fair collective agreement, they will cancel their annual meetings scheduled to be held at McGill.
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The
@mcgillu
admin refused our proposal to make instructors available to stand by during exams in case students needed clarification. They also refused to move exams so that students would not have to cross picket lines against their conscience.
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#McGillFactCheck
: McGill says students will graduate on time. Days until
@LawMcGill
graduation: 29. Days until
@mcgillu
has agreed to sit down to restart negotiations on a collective agreement: 38. There can be no legal grades & graduation until we have a collective agreement.
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We are grateful to
@UMFA_FAUM
for the enormous support you have shown us by showing up, by being great colleagues and through your weekly financial contributions (5 times already!). Thank you!
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Congress for the Humanities & Social Sciences, organized by
@federation_hss
, is scheduled for next week. Having ignored the demands of its associations that they will not cross picket lines on the
@mcgillu
campus, the Federation & McGill face the prospect of a failed Congress.
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Tomorrow is the day when
@mcgillu
&
@LawMcGill
will show whether they are committed to rebuilding trust & goodwill on campus or whether they want to further undermine them. We will be there to negotiate as long as it takes to solve the crisis. Will they?
It takes two to be reasonable. The first step is to actually talk.
@mcgillu
has offered only one day of negotiations in all of May, June, and July: June 7. Reasonableness requires that we continue that session for as long as it takes to reach a deal. We are willing to do so.
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The only people who can decide whether the apology by
@ProvostManfredi
is real & sufficient are
@lawmcgill
students, represented by the
@McGillLSA
. We back them either way.
McGill's No. 2 apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ email about law student in reply blunder via
@mtlgazette
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Unanimously approved at AGM today: "BIRT the Association of McGill Professors of Law/l’Association mcgillienne de professeur.e.s de droit (AMPL/AMPD) whole-heartedly supports the workplace actions of our striking colleagues at l’Université de Laval, the University of PEI, 1/2
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We are delighted that you are here with us on such a beautiful Friday!
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