Post-secondary institutions around the world have begun taking steps to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 among their students, faculty and staff. Here in Canada, we are starting to see schools cancelling classes and events, moving to online or remote methods of instruction. Some institutions have put restrictions on approved travel.
We appreciate the efforts that are being made.
University sector
March 13, 2020
June 10, 2019
Over 200 invigilators at the UOIT in Oshawa, Ontario, are now PSAC members.
March 29, 2019
For the first time in PSAC’s history, representatives of every bargaining unit of university workers were invited to take part in a university roundtable, which took place in Ottawa from March 25 to 27.
The university sector membership of the union has been growing in recent years, and now includes over 23,000 members in 57 bargaining units across Canada. Working conditions in the university sector are highly precarious and jobs are mostly temporary, which creates unique and significant challenges for union locals and members in this sector.
March 26, 2019
Right now, Research Assistants at Queen’s University in Kingston are working to achieve their first collective agreement.