Monday, November 4th

12 pm Austerity at McGill and in Quebec
presented by the Art History and Communication Studies Graduation Student Association with the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiant(e)
SSMU Building, Madeleine Parent room (2nd floor), 3480 McTavish Street

*5:30 pm Direct Action in the Workplace
Bronfman Building, room 045, 1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest

Tuesday, November 5th

12 pm Anti-Oppression and Active Listening in the Workplace
SSMU Building, 4th floor (Clubs Lounge), 3480 McTavish Street

*5:30 pm Panel: Current Issues in Labour
Bronfman Building, room 001, 1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest

Wednesday, November 6th

*5:30 pm Thatcher Who?: Remembering the UK Coal Miners’ Strike
Bronfman Building, room 001, 1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest

Thursday, November 7th

12 pm The Struggle Continues: Temporary Foreign Workers in Quebec
presented by the Immigrant Worker’s Centre of Montreal
SSMU Building, Madeleine Parent room (2nd floor), 3480 McTavish Street

*5:30 pm Panel: Media Strategies for Labour
Bronfman Building, room 422, 1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest

Friday, November 8th

12 pm Two Talks on the Future of Academic Labour
SSMU Building, Club’s Lounge (4th floor), 3480 McTavish Street

Childcare will be available at all evening workshops – you may RSVP by contacting Jaime McLean. 

AMURE, in collaboration with AMUSE and AGSEM, invites you to a special event which will take place at McGill on November 6.

Student worker unions in Québec find themselves in a unique situation: precarious jobs, a complex balance between “student” and “worker”, working conditions that are less than ideal, but with a young and active membership. This situation presents challenges as well as opportunities.

We invite all union activists from student worker unions in Québec to a day of reflection, discussion and exchange. Themes to be discussed include collective bargaining in Québec universities, media strategies, how to mobilize student workers, and q democracy.

Discussions will begin at 10am. We strongly encourage all participants to share their experiences and ideas. Breakfast and lunch will be provided!

To register, click here.

Today, we are launching a brand new website. When we started working on a redesign, we set out to pursue three objectives: the collective agreements should take front stage, members should have access to a variety of resources and content should be accessible in both languages.

On the site, you’ll find information about the collective agreements, including answers to frequently asked questions, a summary of the grievance procedure, and the full collective agreements. You’ll learn about AMURE’s structures and ways to get involved in the union. You’ll find links to Public Service Alliance of Canada campaigns, and get to know our team.

AMURE is not going to sleep until the next round of collective bargaining. Securing an agreement is only a first step: we have to make sure it is properly implemented and that it is able to safeguard members’ rights. As a union, we need to build a stronger presence on campus and allow for more members to get involved in union activities. And for that, we need your help.  Take a moment to browse the website and share resources with your fellow coworkers. Take the health & safety survey. Stay in touch with AMURE activities via Facebook and Twitter. There’s a lot more to come.