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Labour union representing Teaching Assistants, Contract Faculty, Graduate & Research Assistants, Part-Time Librarians & Archivists, and Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Workers @ York University ✊ cupe3903.org
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Nominate yourself for the CUPE 3903 Bargaining Team! ❤️

Bargaining Team nominations are now open for Units 1, 2, and 3 — TAs, Contract Faculty, and RAs/GAs.

Make sure to submit your nomination by Dec. 3 at 4PM. ⏰

Find more info and the form on our website: cupe3903.org/news/bt-nominations/
A simple red and peach graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo that reads: cupe3903.org/news/bt-nominations. Nominate yourself for the CUPE 3903 Bargaining Team (Units 1, 2, & 3). Nominations open until December 3rd, 4PM.
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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📣 SO- SO- SO-
🗣️ SOLIDARITY!

Here’s a few pics from today’s rally for striking CUPE 1281 YUFA staff! 🪧 All workers deserve job security and a safe workplace free from harassment. ❤️ @cupescfp.bsky.social
Two CUPE 3903 and three CUPE 1281 members posing together on York campus, with CUPE Ontario flags and a CUPE sign reading “No Scabs!” A large group of community members posing together with flags (CUPE Ontario, CUPE 1281), picket signs, and fists raised.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Join fellow members for a watch party of Dean Spade’s online session: “Navigating Conflict”.

We’ll tune in on Nov. 20 @ 3PM in the CUPE 3903 Office (or on Zoom)! 💢

Because of limited capacity, please RSVP by emailing [email protected]. 💥

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A dark red graphic with moth imagery and the CUPE 3903 logo star and flourishes. The text reads: Navigating Conflict Watch Party! Atkinson 143 or Zoom! Nov. 20, 3PM. Learn together with a talk from Dean Spade.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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TFAC is hosting an Accelerated Safety Assessment & Risk Management Workshop on November 24 at 12:30PM!

This session is designed to help attendees recognize + respond when someone may be experiencing abuse. ❤️‍🩹

TFAC members who attend get $20! 🐈‍⬛

Register & info: cupe3903.org/event/a-sarm-workshop/
A green and brown graphic with the CUPE 3903 star and flourishes, the TFAC logo, and an image of two seated individuals, one comforting the other. The graphic’s text reads: CUPE 3903 Trans Feminist Action Caucus. Accelerated Safety Assessment & Risk Management Workshop. Register! November 24. 12:30-2PM. TFAC members get $20 to attend! Learn to recognize & respond to signs of abuse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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See you at the next General Membership Meeting! 😄 It’s on Wednesday, November 19th from 10AM – 1PM. 🗓️

All CUPE 3903 members are encouraged to attend, so you should register! ❤️ It’ll be hybrid, on Zoom and at CC109.

🔗 cupe3903.org/event/gmm-nov/
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November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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What you can do as an individual and what unions can do:
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HURRICANE MELISSA RELIEF - Toronto and York Region Labour Council
See further below for what you can do as an individual and what unions can do. Hurricane Melissa has ripped across the Caribbean and shattered communities across Jamaica leaving tens of thousands displaced and at least 75 dead. Canadian labour, community organizations and the Toronto Community Benefits Network have come together with an urgent call […]
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November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Join us this Friday and have your say about the next round of bargaining! 📣

⏰ 1-3 PM
🎃 Friday, October 31
🛜 Virtual on Zoom!

Speak up about what you think matters for new Unit 1, 2, & 3 CAs. 🗣️ Let’s discuss where we're at now and how we get ready!

cupe3903.org/event/bargaining-townhall-1/
A warm-toned graphic with an illustration of many raised fists, the CUPE 3903 logo, and a background of fallen leaves. The graphic’s text reads: Bargaining Town Hall! Friday, Oct. 31. 1-3PM on Zoom!
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Want to de-stress? 😮‍💨 Come play board games with fellow CUPE 3903 members! 🎲

📍 CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)
🗓️ 2-4PM, Thursday, October 23

This is a chance to make friends and have fun. ♟️ We hope to see you there! ❤️
A red, pink, and beige checkered graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and imagery of dice, board games, and playing cards. The graphic’s text reads: Board Game Social! 2-4PM. Thursday, October 23. 143 Atkinson. Make friends, de-stress, & have fun!
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Part-time faculty at 3 N.S. universities could go on strike at end of month

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Part-time faculty at 3 N.S. universities could go on strike at end of month: CUPE
Three Nova Scotia universities could be on the edge of strikes by part-time faculty members if negotiations don’t produce new collective agreements later this month.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Join us for a workshop on the name & gender marker change process in Ontario & Canada! 🪪

TFAC will be hosting a Trans ID Workshop: Oct. 20th, 12:30PM, with Dana Teagle. 🏳️‍⚧️

Followed by a meeting for women, trans, gender queer, & gender variant 3903 members! 🐈‍⬛

Register: cupe3903.org/event/trans-id/
A photo of the trans flag, accompanied by the TFAC logo and the star and flourishes from the CUPE 3903 logo. Superimposed text reads: TFAC Trans ID Workshop. Oct. 20, 12:30PM. Register now! Free workshop followed by a meeting for women, trans, gender queer, and gender variant CUPE 3903 members!
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Have you registered for the October General Membership Meeting? 🍂

If you’re a CUPE 3903 member, join us on Tuesday, October 21 from 3-6PM, either online via Zoom or in Accolade West 203. 🗓️

There’ll be reports from Convention delegates, important votes and more! 💫 cupe3903.org/event/oct-gmm/
A red graphic with torn paper, pencil and autumnal nature imagery, and the CUPE 3903 logo. The text reads: CUPE 3903 General Membership Meeting, October 21, 3-6 PM, Accolade West 203 & Zoom.
October 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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That’s a wrap for the 2025 CUPE National Convention! 👋

All week, delegates from CUPE 3903 were at Convention using their voices and votes to push for equity, inclusion, and liberation. 🩷

Enjoy these pictures for now, and stay tuned for a full report back! 📝 @cupescfp.bsky.social
Two photos of delegates seated along a table. In the first photo, three delegates in CUPE 3903 shirts are smiling, surrounded by laptops, crafts, and voting materials. In the second photo, four delegates raise their voting paddles, along with many others in the room. A delegate at a microphone, speaking heatedly. Two delegates holding signs, one reading “Proud CUPE Member” and another reading “I Heart Public Services”. A seated delegate holding a voting paddle, with text reading “Votez”.
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The next Stewards’ Council meeting is on October 14th, 10:30AM-12:30PM! 🗓️ It’s hybrid, online and in the CUPE 3903 Office.

We’ll be having a debrief of the CUPE National Convention, discussion about Unit 1 TA issues, plus info about a Know Your Rights session! 👀

cupe3903.org/event/october-sc/
A white and red collage-style graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo, fist imagery, and a photo of two CUPE 3903 members smiling together in union t-shirts at the Labour Day Parade. The text reads: CUPE 3903, Stewards’ Council, October 14, 10:30AM-12:30PM, Zoom & 143 Atkinson.
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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A huge thanks to everyone who came out to Monday’s CUPE 3903 Welcome Back BBQ! 🌭✨

Whether you were there to help out, have conversations, learn more about the union, or just get a free hot dog — we’re glad you came. ❤️

Here’s a few pictures from a day full of sunshine, sausages, and solidarity! ☀️
Two CUPE 3903 members smiling and posing outside of Atkinson Building, holding small signs: one sign with the CUPE 3903 logo and one that reads “Union Strong!”. Two CUPE 3903 members in sunglasses and CUPE 3903 shirts, grilling a variety of hot dogs and veggie dogs. Two CUPE 3903 members smiling and posing with small signs that say “Union Strong!” and “CUPE 3903”. Three CUPE 3903 members, smiling and holding small signs with the union logo, the words “Union Strong!”, and the words “Unit 1”.
October 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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You’re invited to a reception and exhibition tour for “A Union for Academics???: 50 Years of CUPE 3903”! 🎉

🖼️ Where: Eleanor Winters Gallery (129 Winters College, York U, Keele Campus)
🗓️When: Thursday, October 2, 3:30-5:30PM

Light refreshments will be served! 🍿 See you there. 🥳

#50YearsOf3903
A collage style red graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo’s star and flourishes superimposed with the number 50 and various archival materials overlaid. The graphic’s text reads: A Union for Academics??? Fifty Years of CUPE 3903. Reception! Eleanor Winters Art Gallery. October 2, 3:30-5:30PM. Reception & tour, with light refreshments!
September 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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In 2015, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued ninety-four Calls to Action for repairing the Crown’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. A decade later, most remain unfulfilled. Seven Indigenous writers reflect on the work still to be done: thewalrus.ca/truth-and-reconc...
September 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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“Our university community’s future requires a transparent, representative, consultative, and equitable search process.”

🔍 Read the full presidential search demands, signed by CUPE 1356 1-2, the CUPE 3903 Executive Committee, YFS, YUFA, YUGSA, and YUSA: cupe3903.org/news/presidential-search/
A black and green graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and a background photo showing Kaneff Tower. The graphic’s text reads: York University: We Demand An Open & Consultative Presidential Search. A black and green graphic with imagery of a lock, imagery of a magnifying glass with an eye inside, and a background photo showing Kaneff Tower. The graphic’s text reads: During the last York U Presidential search in 2016, student and worker unions twice publicly objected to a secretive search process led by unelected and unaccountable individuals. A black and green graphic with imagery of a piggy bank, imagery of a dollar bills, and a background photo showing Kaneff Tower. The graphic’s text reads: As in the past, we again reject a secretive search likely to be heavily skewed to financial interests. York requires renewed leadership committed to a vision of the University that serves us all, including students, staff, and faculty - rather than leadership that reflects York's Board of Governors, one of the most corporate and finance-dominated university boards in Canada. A black and green graphic with imagery of a warning sign, imagery of a broken pencil, a QR code leading to chng.it/sqRG4s4m7m with an arrow pointing to it, and a background photo showing Kaneff Tower. The graphic’s text reads: At York, where an unrepresentative Board has had the power to select a president, we see deferred maintenance, program suspensions, cuts to staffing levels resulting in unsustainable workloads, and undemocratic decision making. We deserve responsive leadership accountable to the York community: students, staff, and faculty. Sign the petition, and read our full demands!
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Today is the opening day of “A Union for Academics???: 50 Years of CUPE 3903”, a member-organized exhibition! 🤩

It’s taking place in the Eleanor Winters Art Gallery from September 22nd - October 3rd, open weekdays from 10AM-4PM. 🖼️

Here are a few behind the scenes sneak peeks from the lead up! 🤫
Two photos: One photo of a large banner displayed with an illustration of York University and the text “Knowledge is Not for Sale”. Another photo shows gallery walls with a variety of artefacts adorning them, accompanied by labels, in the process of being set up. Four members seated and doing archival work in the CUPE 3903 office, along a board room table covered with a flurry of papers and folders, some of which have made their way to the ground. A piled up variety of member-made buttons, featuring various designs including a stylized CUPE 3903 logo featuring the number “50”, archival pamphlets and illustrations, and more.
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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CUPE 3903 members joined thousands of others in the streets yesterday for Toronto’s Draw the Line march! 📢

Attendees were from many different movements for change. ❤️

We came together with them to rally for people, for peace, and for the planet. 🌎
A busy crowd shot at Yonge-Dundas (Sankofa) Square, with many rally signs visible relating to migrant and Indigenous rights. A blue sky, construction cranes, and many buildings are visible in the background. Three CUPE 3903 members, smiling and posing in Queen’s Park. They are holding one flag each: two CUPE Ontario flags and one CUPE 3903 flag. Two are wearing CUPE 3903 shirts, and two are wearing keffiyehs. A crowd shot of the rally at Yonge-Dundas (Sankofa) Square, with a Palestinian flag, signs reading “Let Gaza Live” and “Stop the War Machine”, and part of a CUPE 3903 flag visible. In the background, there are more signs and various buildings. A large red and green sign reading “Fund Families + Communities” and “People Over Profit”, with trees visible in the background.
September 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Meet new friends and catch up with old ones at the annual CUPE 3903 Welcome Back BBQ! 🌭

🗓️ Monday, September 29, 12PM-4PM
📍 Roy McMurtry Green (between Atkinson and Osgoode Hall)

Open to the whole York U community! ☀️ There will be vegan, halal, and kosher options, with accessible washrooms nearby.
A warm red-brown gradient graphic with hot dog illustrations and the CUPE 3903 logo. The graphic’s text reads: Welcome Back BBQ~ Sept. 29, 12-4PM. Roy McMurtry Green (just outside Atkinson!). Get a free hot dog, and chat about TA issues, international student concerns, precarious work, cuts happening at York, & more!
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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We’re drawing the line — For people. For peace. For the planet. 🔥

Join us on September 20 at 2PM for a rally & march starting at Yonge-Dundas Square! There’ll also be speakers and music at 4PM in Queen’s Park.

If you’re a CUPE 3903 member planning to attend, email [email protected] to coordinate.
Graphic promoting the "Draw the Line" Toronto climate and justice march. The poster has a red and light grey background and the CUPE 3903 logo, with bold black and red text reading: “Draw The Line.” Below, the text reads: “Toronto Rally & March, Sept 20 – 2 PM, Yonge & Dundas”. At the top, a message says, “For people, for peace, for the planet.” In bottom right, there is an image of a cheerful protestor with their fist held up. Website URL at the bottom: drawtheline.world.
September 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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We're counterprotesting a hate rally attempting to target trans kids' healthcare.

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Counterprotest against hate rally directed at trans kids Queen's Park Saturday, September 27, 2025 10:30 till 15:00 What this is about An organization known for anti-abortion activism has organized a hate rally calling for healthcare to be forcibly withheld from trans kids. High-profile extremists are supporting this rally. We’ll be there to show trans kids we’re willing to fight for them. We’ll also make it clear to politicians that we won’t tolerate interference by organized hate in our healthcare. Trans Rights Commission Toronto web: trctoronto.ca bsky: @trctoronto.ca email: info@trctoronto.ca
September 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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CUPE 3903 and other community members were out at a counter rally in Christie Pits Park today to say no to hate, yes to immigrants! 📣

There is no space for hate in the city’s gathering spaces. ❤️
Two photos: The first photo is a large crowd of rally attendees in Christie Pits Park, with protest signs, banners, and trees visible. The second photo features two CUPE 3903 members (in CUPE 3903 t-shirts). They are smiling and posing with two other rally attendees, one holding a dog. Two CUPE 3903 members, one holding a CUPE Ontario flag and one in a CUPE 3903 shirt, smiling and posing for a selfie, with a crowd of rally attendees visible in the background. A rally attendee holding a sign reading “Fascism is CRINGE (0/10). Would not recommend as an American.”
September 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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It’s a new term, and there are new chances to get involved with your union! 🌟

CUPE 3903 members, register and attend the next General Membership Meeting on September 18 from 2:30-5:30PM. 🗓️

You can attend either virtually or in-person at Accolade West 307. 📍

🔗 cupe3903.org/event/september-gmm/
A red graphic with torn paper, pencil and sunshine imagery, and the CUPE 3903 logo. The text reads: CUPE 3903 General Membership Meeting, September 18, 2:30-5:30 PM, Hybrid!
September 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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On Monday, Trans Feminist Action Caucus meetings are BACK! 🐈‍⬛

Come find community and make connections with other TFAC members on Monday, September 8th from 1-3PM, on Zoom or in the CUPE 3903 office. 🖤

🌟 cupe3903.org/event/tfac-sept/
A dark gray graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and collage style images overlaid of the TFAC logo (a snarling black cat) and photo of two TFAC members smiling and posing. September 8, 1-3PM, Zoom & 143 Atkinson. Are you a woman, trans, genderqueer, or gender variant CUPE 3903 member? You’re part of TFAC!
September 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM