We’re thrilled to announce that Sessional Instructors at the University of Waterloo are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
See the statements sessional instructors made in favor of voting yes for a union.
BREAKING NEWS: The OrganizeUW Sessionals’ union campaign has filed an application to certify our union at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB)! We've exceeded the requirement of 40% of Sessional Instructors signing union cards, demonstrating loud and clear that Sessionals at the University of Waterloo want to form a union!
Mandarin translation of the steps we have to go through to get a union for academic workers at uWaterloo.
Late last month we told you about an important vote coming up on July 24th at the UW-GSA Council. Well, the results are in! Council voted in favour of the GSA supporting student-led unionization efforts. Read on to find out more!
Our campaign was featured recently in a news article in Imprint by Nicola Rose. It discusses an upcoming vote at the GSA (including how to contact your Councillor!), a response from UW administration, and more. Here are a few highlights, and be sure to check out the [full article](http://uwimprint.ca/article/union-efforts-by-uw-grad-students-face-first-vote/)!
How does unionization happen? These are the steps we have to go through to form a union of academic workers at the University of Waterloo.