A graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and an image of a gradient yellow-red thermometer showing the stages of bargaining. The graphic’s text reads: Bargaining will be heating up soon! Surveys, BT elections, drafting bargaining proposals. Earliest possible notice to bargain - June 1st. Bargaining with the employer begins! Strike Mandate Vote. Conciliation - a third party can help the sides get closer. Ratification OR strike vote.
Bargaining will be heating up soon! 🌡️
CUPE 3903’s bargaining with York has several stages that are important to keep your eye on as a member.
Check out this handy thermometer for a guide! 🔗 cupe3903.org/news/bargaining-stages/
04.02.2026 20:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red graphic with torn paper, snow imagery, and the CUPE 3903 logo. The text reads: CUPE 3903 General Membership Meeting, February 11, 10AM-1PM, Atkinson 143 & Zoom.
You don’t want to miss this GMM! 👀 BT updates, by-elections news, and more.
It will be on February 11, 10AM-1PM; all members are strongly encouraged to attend. 🗓️
Register, and attend virtually or in-person at the CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)!
🔗 cupe3903.org/event/gmm-feb/
02.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We’ll have Q&A & discussion about potential impacts for TA contracts, international students, and students with accommodations. 🗣️ Join the conversation!
30.01.2026 00:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A chalkboard-style graphic with the YUGSA and CUPE 3903 logos, plus imagery of a person thinking, speech bubbles, a calendar, a clock, and a QR code to RSVP. The graphic’s text reads: Open Forum on FGS Regulations: Milestones & Timelines. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1-3PM, YUGSA Conference Room & Zoom. Discussion and info about grad student milestones! Refreshments will be provided!
Come out to this upcoming open forum! 📣
At the event, YUGSA & CUPE 3903 members will speak about the context of FGS’ program milestones regulation. ⏰
🗓️ 1-3PM, Wednesday, Feb. 4
📍 YUGSA Conference Room or Zoom
🍇 Refreshments provided!
RSVP: cupe3903.org/event/open-forum-milestones/
30.01.2026 00:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A photo of five CUPE 3903 members sitting around the board room table, which is covered in various items including colouring pages, masks, and beverages.
Eight CUPE 3903 themed colouring pages affixed to the wall, all coloured differently, featuring union flags and striking workers. They are nestled between various union t-shirts, also affixed to the wall.
Thank you to everyone who came out to yesterday’s Disability Caucus Meet & Greet (with just a few attendees pictured here)! 😄
We were so glad to chat, snack, commiserate, colour, and think collectively about fostering disability inclusion + community at York. 🖍️🥒
24.01.2026 15:44 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A red, green, and white collage-style graphic featuring the CUPE 3903 logo with buttons, cut-out hearts and stars, tape, lined paper, and more. The graphic’s text reads: Join the CUPE 3903 BIPOC Caucus for Carefull Crafting. Biweekly Wednesdays, 1PM at 124 Atkinson. Bring your own, or start something new!
Join the CUPE 3903 BIPOC Caucus biweekly on Wednesdays at 1PM in 124 Atkinson for Carefull Crafting! 🧶
Starting January 21, meet fellow Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour members for crafts & conversation. 😄
Supplies will be provided, or you can bring your own projects! 🪡
19.01.2026 20:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A pink and dark gray graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and collage style images overlaid of the TFAC logo (a snarling black cat), graphing paper, and CUPE 3903 buttons. The text reads: January 21, 1:30-3:30PM, Zoom & 143 Atkinson. Are you a woman, trans, genderqueer, or gender variant CUPE 3903 member? You’re part of TFAC! January 31st: Fund Deadlines Approaching! Apply to the Trans Fund & Sexual Assault Survivor Support Fund.
The Trans Feminist Action Caucus is your space to connect with fellow woman, trans, genderqueer, and/or gender variant CUPE 3903 members. 🐈⬛
Meeting info:
🗓️ Wednesday, January 21
⏰ 1:30-3:30PM
📍 143 Atkinson & Zoom
cupe3903.org/event/tfac-jan/
18.01.2026 18:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Notice: This GMM will be moved to virtual only, due to inclement weather. 🛜 The CUPE 3903 office will also be closed that day (January 16).
Thank you for understanding, and stay warm + safe out there! ❄️☃️
15.01.2026 20:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red gradient graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and images of speech bubbles, crayons, and doodles. The graphic’s text reads: Disability Caucus Meet & Greet. January 23, 2-5PM, Zoom & 143 Atkinson. RSVP! Drop-in!
Connect with fellow disabled 3903 members! 🌟
📍 CUPE 3903 Office & Zoom
⏰ Drop-in anytime between 2-5PM
🗓️ Friday, January 23
There will be chill activities and light snacks! 🖍️🍓 Please RSVP if you can.
More info: cupe3903.org/event/disability-caucus-meet-greet/
15.01.2026 18:44 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Our office at 143 Atkinson is closed today (January 15th) due to the weather! Thank you for understanding. ☃️❄️🌨️
15.01.2026 12:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A white and red collage-style graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo, a photo of the back of a member wearing a 3903 t-shirt emblazoned with text that reads “York works because we do”, and a graphic of a raised fist. The graphic’s text reads: CUPE 3903, Stewards’ Council, January 20, 10:30AM-12PM, Zoom & 143 Atkinson. Discuss, organize, resist! All members welcome.
Welcome back to Stewards’ Council! 🤗
The next SC meeting is Tuesday, January 20, 10:30AM-12:30PM! It’s hybrid on Zoom and in-person at the CUPE 3903 Office. 💫
All members are welcome! 🫶 cupe3903.org/event/sc-jan-20/
14.01.2026 20:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red graphic with torn paper, confetti/sprinkle imagery, and the CUPE 3903 logo. The text reads: CUPE 3903 General Membership Meeting, January 16, 11AM-2PM, Atkinson 143 & Zoom.
The first General Membership Meeting of 2026 is THIS FRIDAY! 🌟
Start your year off right by registering for this month’s CUPE 3903 GMM, happening on January 16 from 11AM-2PM. 🎇
It’s hybrid as always, on Zoom and in-person. 🔗 cupe3903.org/event/gmm-jan/
12.01.2026 16:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
A red gradient graphic with images of megaphones, the CUPE 3903 logo, and a link to cupe3903.org/news/bargaining-surveys/. The graphic’s text reads: Fill out the bargaining survey! Have your say!
📣 HAVE YOUR SAY!
Bargaining surveys for York Teaching Assistants, Contract Faculty, and GAs/RAs are available now. ❤️
These 15-minute surveys will directly influence CUPE 3903’s 2026 bargaining for Units 1, 2, & 3! 📋
Share your input, then share with a friend: cupe3903.org/news/bargaining-surveys/
24.12.2025 13:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red and orange graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and meteor imagery. The graphic’s text reads: Freeze the Hotshot Clause. The hotshot clause is meant to be an exception, but recently, departments & Chairs at York are misusing it as a loophole to bypass seniority and incumbency provisions. The original intent is that if someone who is essentially famous (a "hotshot") wants to teach a York class, they can do so despite the usual seniority-based Unit 2 hiring process. Now it's being misused to excuse arbitrary hiring! (12.04.1.i in the Unit 2 Collective Agreement)
A red and orange graphic with the CUPE 3903 logo and solar imagery. The graphic’s text reads: What can misusing the hotshot clause look like? Hiring external candidates with relationships with the Chair. External candidates being used to push out an existing member. Even allowing a less senior member to leapfrog a more senior one. Bargaining starts soon. Let's demand an end to the abuse of this clause. Protect A Fair Hiring Process.
In recent years, York has been abusing the so-called ‘Hotshot Clause’ in ways that threaten to undermine the ENTIRE system of seniority and encourage arbitrary hiring at the whims of department Chairs. 😡
☄️ Find out more: cupe3903.org/news/freeze-the-hotshot-clause/
16.12.2025 14:53 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red graphic with torn paper, snowflake imagery, and the CUPE 3903 logo. The text reads: CUPE 3903 General Membership Meeting, Dec. 17, 11AM-2PM, Atkinson 143 & Zoom.
Can you believe it? 😲
It’s already time for the last General Membership Meeting of the year! ☃️ Join us for the GMM on December 17 from 11AM-2PM.
Register in advance and attend online via Zoom or in-person in the CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson). 💫
cupe3903.org/event/gmm-dec/
05.12.2025 19:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A warm-toned graphic with illustrations of mail and hands holding phones, the CUPE 3903 logo, and a background of question marks. The graphic’s text reads: Bargaining Town Hall! Monday, December 15. 1-3PM on Zoom!
Share your thoughts at the next Bargaining Townhall, where we’ll launch bargaining surveys for Units 1, 2, & 3. 📋 💬
⏰ 1-3 PM
❄️ Monday, December 15
🛜 Virtual on Zoom!
cupe3903.org/event/bargaining-townhall-2/
02.12.2025 13:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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/
22.11.2025 20:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
📣 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
13.11.2025 19:26 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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 chairperson@cupe3903.org. 💥
cupe3903.org/event/navigating-conflict-watch-party/
12.11.2025 21:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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/
10.11.2025 16:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red graphic with torn paper and plaid imagery, and the CUPE 3903 logo. The text reads: CUPE 3903 General Membership Meeting, Nov. 19, 10AM-1PM, Calumet College 109 & Zoom!
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/
08.11.2025 20:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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!
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/
27.10.2025 14:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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!
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! ❤️
17.10.2025 20:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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!
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/
15.10.2025 12:42 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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/
12.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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”.
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
10.10.2025 21:18 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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/
02.10.2025 16:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
