Old Bistro menu, welcome back. You've been sorely missed.

I did not enjoy the limited selection of food and raised prices during the strike.


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this is post 911...ahahhahahah lololo

Does this mean the buses go back in school tomorrow? All this walking in the cold is terrible.

Originally Posted by eullwm

Holy hell, the GO bus "hassle" is a slight inconvenience. Enjoy the extra little walk, you need it.

Its less the walk and more the cold temperatures and the actual hassle at the stop. The walk is only 10 minutes, once you get to the stop its a hell hole. There's a reason all the GO buses have their own stop at the terminal behind Keyes. That many people should not be standing in massive groups on the edge of the road. Also there's been a few really cold days and you have to leave earlier to get to that stop, and you have to walk and stand out in the cold longer. The GO bus stop on campus has shelters that have heat when it drops below a certain temperature.

Before you jump to conclusions there are always numerous factors in a situation. Yeah I do need the extra little walk, I would just enjoy it more if I wasn't freezing cold and being pushed into the road.

Err, there is another contract negotiation coming up in the next few months, the Sessional Prof's if I'm not wrong.

Originally Posted by huzaifa47

Err, there is another contract negotiation coming up in the next few months, the Sessional Prof's if I'm not wrong.

Alas, I knew it was only a matter of time :(

Originally Posted by huzaifa47

Err, there is another contract negotiation coming up in the next few months, the Sessional Prof's if I'm not wrong.

Faaaaaaaaaantastic!!

Originally Posted by huzaifa47

Err, there is another contract negotiation coming up in the next few months, the Sessional Prof's if I'm not wrong.

By next few months I'm sincerely hoping you mean in or after April.

How would a strike of sessional Professors work I wonder? Would all classes be canceled or only those with sessional Professors? Presumably many other non-sessional Profs would be inclined to support the striking Professors.

I definitely don't want to find out first hand though. I'm ready to finish up this term and graduate.

The contract for the TAs and RAs (who went on strike September 2009) is up again either at the end of the summer or early fall term, so contract negotiations will begin again over the next few months. That's the only one I know about - I THINK sessionals is a bit later, but could be wrong.

i think sessionals just renegotiated, cause they almost went on strike like a couple weeks before exams

+1 for york situation am i right

Originally Posted by McIntyre

The contract for the TAs and RAs (who went on strike September 2009) is up again either at the end of the summer or early fall term, so contract negotiations will begin again over the next few months. That's the only one I know about - I THINK sessionals is a bit later, but could be wrong.

The sessional contract was ratified by the sessional faculty in November and was scheduled to be ratified by the BoG in December. It runs for 3 years (May 1 2010 to April 30, 2013)
For more info: http://www.cupe3906.org/wordpress/ab...t-2-sessionals

The TA contract ends on August 31, 2011. Bargaining has not yet commenced, but is likely to commence something this semester.
For more info: http://www.cupe3906.org/wordpress/about/unit-1-tas

The Postdoc contract ends on August 27, 2011. Bargaining has not yet commenced.
For more info: http://www.cupe3906.org/wordpress/about/unit-3-postdocs

The MUFA (Faculty association) contract is up as of July 1, 2011 and they're currently negotiating.
For more info: http://www.mcmaster.ca/mufa/negfac.htm

Originally Posted by dsahota

The sessional contract was ratified by the sessional faculty in November and was scheduled to be ratified by the BoG in December. It runs for 3 years (May 1 2010 to April 30, 2013)
For more info: http://www.cupe3906.org/wordpress/ab...t-2-sessionals

The TA contract ends on August 31, 2011. Bargaining has not yet commenced, but is likely to commence something this semester.
For more info: http://www.cupe3906.org/wordpress/about/unit-1-tas

The Postdoc contract ends on August 27, 2011. Bargaining has not yet commenced.
For more info: http://www.cupe3906.org/wordpress/about/unit-3-postdocs

The MUFA (Faculty association) contract is up as of July 1, 2011 and they're currently negotiating.
For more info: http://www.mcmaster.ca/mufa/negfac.htm

This is definitely going to be a good year.

Originally Posted by ~*Sara*~

This is definitely going to be a good year.

One to look out for is the Faculty one. The administration wants to cut new faculty hires out of the pension plan and to freeze wages for 2 years. Neither of those are going to go over well with profs and if they go on strike then McMaster would really have to shut down. Note that the just averted staff strike last year (CAW, Fall 2009) was primarily over the same two issues.

any news on the results of the vote?

Originally Posted by ooburii

any news on the results of the vote?

The union approved the contract with 91%. Strike is over