Please note that the MUNACA Office will exceptionally be closed today, Friday, December 20th.

For urgent issues, please contact reception@munaca.com or research@munaca.com.

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate this big milestone anniversary with us. It was great to see so many people gathered to celebrate our collective success! Members old and new, and colleagues near and far, are an important part of this accomplishment. Here’s to the next 30 years of working together to achieve our goals… *Cheers*

“Ohhhhh Yeah” “This is where the power lies!”

Dear Members, 

Our 30th Anniversary Holiday Party is only 23 days away (November 22nd, 2024). Hundreds have already signed up and the party is shaping up to be an incredible experience! Here are some important updates.

By popular request, we are moving up the time doors open to 18:00! You are welcome to come later if you wish, but this earlier start time will allow time for more people to come and enjoy the party. We have also taken into account the various dietary restrictions members have listed, and will have a large canapé selection that ensures nobody goes hungry.

The enthusiasm for our party has been incredible. Many members have asked about bringing +1’s to the party, unfortunately as so many of our members have signed up, we will not be able to allow members to bring non-MUNACA guests to the party. This is shaping up to be our most well-attended holiday party yet, and we could face issues with venue capacity if we allow all members to bring +1’s. We will be verifying RSVP’s at the door via a prepared list!

Coatcheck, parking passes at the venue(while available), and food are all paid for by MUNACA. Members will be provided 3 drink tickets on entry that may be used for alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. Additional beverages may be purchased at the bar at the member’s expense(No outside food or alcohol please!) 

If you missed the chance to register, please email vpcomm@munaca.com and we will see if there’s room to register you. There are 52 valuable prizes to win at the event, so please get in touch! 

Hope to see you there!

Join us for our Special General Meeting decide MUNACA’s bargaining priorities on:

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

12:00 – 14:00

Agenda

1. Moment of Silence
2. Land Acknowledgement
3. MUNACA Code of Conduct
4. PSAC Statement on Harassment
5. Introductions:
   1. Administrator
      1. John MacLennan
   2. Negotiations Committee
      1. Mathieu Brulé – PSAC Porte Parole
      2. Thomas Chalmers – President & Chair of Negotiations Committee
      3. Robin Stanford – Vice President Labour Relations
      4. Sherrie Child – Vice President Internal Affairs
      5. Sophie Hough-Martin – Chief Steward
      6. David Roseman – Chief Steward
      7. Khalud Adam – Chief Steward
      8. Dino Dutz – Chief Steward
   3. Negotiations Support Committee Chair
      1. James Newman, Vice President Communications & Mobilisation and Chair of Negotiations Support Committee
6. Presentation & Ratification of Negotiations Priorities
7. Varia
8. Adjournment

To register, please fill out this form, at least twenty-four hours before the meeting begins. Your union membership will be confirmed and the video link will be sent in advance of the meeting.

In Solidarity, 

, The MUNACA Executive Committee and MUNACA Negotiations Committee

*You may ask your supervisor to add an hour to your lunch time, which you will need to make up.

The MUNACA office will be closed for the day on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.

Any members needing assistance can still call 514-398-6565 or email reception@munaca.com.

Dear members,

As we are planning our vacations for the upcoming reference year, please keep in mind the following:

As unionised employees, vacation scheduling is not at the whims and discretion of our supervisors. When multiple employees want the same time off and the department cannot accommodate, seniority is to be the deciding factor. It doesn’t go to the supervisor’s favourite, or to the person willing to work unpaid overtime. Seniority is used as an objective criteria to make a fair decision.

In order to have seniority as a consideration in your vacation request, you need to submit your requests for the next reference year (June 1st, 2024 – May 31st, 2025) by April 30th, 2024. They will be approved or denied by May 10th, 2024. This gives us time to address any problems.

Vacation can, of course, be requested after this period, but it will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis rather than by seniority. It is also subject to operational needs.

In some departments, there may be times when they need everyone present.  This may be due to a special event, a deadline, or another short-term reason. These are called blackout periods. The Collective Agreement specifies that these must be kept to a minimum and must be communicated to the affected employees by March 1st, 2024, so they can be challenged if necessary and taken into consideration when submitting your requests.

If you feel that the blackout periods for your department are unreasonable, if they were not communicated to you by the deadline, or if other restrictions are being applied that are not in the Collective Agreement, contact reception@munaca.com and we can work with you to rectify the problem.

In solidarity,

MUNACA

Dear members, 

In another resounding victory for the labour movement at McGill, the professors of the Faculty of Arts have announced that over 60% of the faculty have signed unionising cards and will be filing for certification this Wednesday as the Association of McGill Professors of the Faculty of Arts (AMPFA)! This makes Arts the third faculty, after Law, and Education, to unionise at our university. We at MUNACA welcome them into our ever-expanding union family and hope that every other faculty at McGill swiftly follows their example. 

Their union intends to cover both tenure-track professors and faculty lecturers at the Faculty of Arts, though the full extent of their certification will be determined by the Labour Tribunal when they file. 

We invite all MUNACA members to attend AMPFA’s press conference and rally announcing their certification on Thursday, April 4th, 2024, at 2:30 PM, on the steps of the Arts Building.  A guest speaker from AGSEM will be present as well, to acknowledge AMPFA’s solidarity with the TA strike. If you are able, please come out and show solidarity with our new union siblings! 

In solidarity,

MUNACA