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! ☀️

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

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...

“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/

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! 🤫

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. 🌎

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.

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.

We're counterprotesting a hate rally attempting to target trans kids' healthcare. Details in the poster.

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. ❤️

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/

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/

We hope you had a great Labour Day! ❤️ Check out these pictures from yesterday’s Labour Day Parade, where CUPE 3903 members marched alongside many other workers in Toronto. 🌇 In these challenging times, it’s important to take a moment to connect, build solidarity, and keep fuelling the fight. 🔥✨

This fall, CUPE 3903 marks its 50th Anniversary with a public archival exhibition! 🌟 Organized by members, “A Union for Academics???: Fifty Years of CUPE 3903” will run Sept. 22 – Oct. 3 at the Eleanor Winters Art Gallery. 🖼️ Open weekdays, 10AM-4PM. Free admission, pics welcome! 📸 #50YearsOf3903

CUPE 3903 Members: Come lead the Labour Day Parade! ✊✨ If you’re a CUPE 3903 member who is planning to go, email the Lead Steward Unit 1, Prateeksha (in the picture!), to let her know: [email protected]. 💌 Find more logistics info in the reply! 🧵

We can’t wait to see you at Stewards’ Council! 🌤️ There’s lots of important items on the agenda at the next Stewards’ Council meeting, happening August 26th from 2-4PM. 👀 This meeting is open to all CUPE 3903 members, hybrid on Zoom and in 143 Atkinson. ❤️ cupe3903.org/event/august-sc/

Wow! 😮 Early this morning, the Air Canada Component of CUPE reached a tentative agreement, after defying the back-to-work order imposed on their strike. 🪧 Check out these pictures taken by CUPE 3903 members who were there in solidarity to say unpaid work won’t fly! ✈️ ✊ @cupescfp.bsky.social

Now that General Membership Meetings are back in swing, there are by-elections announcements up for committee and exec positions! 💫 You can find both by-elections announcements on our website: cupe3903.org/tag/aug-by-elections/

Congrats to CUPE 5525 after a long, hard fought struggle. Proud to hold the line with you. cupe.ca/cupe-5525-me...

General Membership Meetings are back! 🌟 The next General Membership Meeting will be hybrid, on Zoom and in Vari Hall 3006, on August 21st from 11AM – 2PM! 🗓️ All members are encouraged to attend, so make sure to register. ❤️ cupe3903.org/event/august-gmm/

CUPE stands in solidarity with US labour leader Chris Smalls and all the activists unlawfully detained by Israel while on board the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social #Handala, delivering aid to Gaza. We condemn this brutality and call for their immediate release. #LetAidIn #AllEyesOnGaza

The CUPE 3903 Executive Committee calls for the immediate release of Chris Smalls, co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union, along with any others who were taken from the Handala and are still being detained. Statement: cupe3903.org/news/3903-exec-calling-for-chris-smalls-release/

Attention: past & present members of CUPE 3903, CUEW 3, and the York U GAA! 📣 The CUPE 3903 Archive Committee is soliciting union memorabilia donations for the local’s 50th Anniversary Exhibitions, coming this fall. 🖼️ To donate (or for info), contact [email protected] 💌 #50YearsOf3903

I highly recommend this workshop for Cupe3903 members. If you’re able to attend, please do so. Lots of hands-on learning and thoughtful engagement with a range of very real scenarios.

Solidarity with CUPE 5525, on strike since May 28, fighting for paid sick days and a fair contract! ✊🩷 They were joined yesterday by community allies (including CUPE 3903 members!) as they held a hard picket to ramp up the pressure. 🪧 Send a message or donate here: cupe.on.ca/cupe-5525/

Less than one week away: the next mentoring program fund workshop! 🤩 Join us on Tuesday, July 29 in Vari Hall 3005 from 11AM-3PM for more of Being in Good Relationship: Empathic Listening & Setting Boundaries in the Academic Workplace. ❤️ RSVP: cupe3903.org/event/being-in-good-relationship-2/

CUPE 5525 - Week 8 of their strike - solidarity info picket today.

Solidarity! ✊❤️

Here’s a throwback to our previous Being in Good Relationship workshop in June. 🗓️ Registration for part 2 is open now! 🌟 Part 2 of the workshop will be July 29 from 11AM-3PM, in Vari Hall 3005. 🗓️ Lunch included! 🥗 More info & link to register: cupe3903.org/event/being-in-good-relationship-2/

Yesterday, CUPE 3903 members came out to support OPSEU’s emergency press conference about the massive job cuts and program suspensions facing Ontario’s colleges. 📰 OPSEU academic workers are facing similar struggles to what we’re experiencing here at York U. 🤝 Solidarity! ✊ #UnionStrong #CanLab

Grad students deserve to know about harsh policies the York admin is enacting, and even more, deserve care. YUGSA & CUPE 3903 reps have been meeting with FGS about program milestones and enrollment blocks, but their responses have been inadequate. Open letter: cupe3903.org/news/enrollment-blocks/

Finally, #YorkUniversity management is issuing warnings when chemicals like Koster sealant are in use near offices, labs & classrooms. It took an (assumed) prior leak & persistent requests from the Joint Health & Safety Committee to get management to issue warnings. mailchi.mp/lassonde.yor...

ATTENTION: Unit 1s! 📢 Have you submitted a petition for an extension to time limits on a code-based ground (disability, family status, etc.)? ⏰ If so, we are asking you to send your decision letter to [email protected]! 💌 More info: cupe3903.org/news/forward-your-petition-decision-letter/

Click the link to show support for Katherine Grzejszczak, who was fired by York Region Paramedics after expressing solidarity with Palestine. No worker should be silenced for showing concern about peace and justice! actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...

The CUPE 3903 Archive Committee is hosting open archiving sessions all summer! ☀️ You can: 👀 see what the committee is working on 💭 ask archive questions 🧠 learn about the local’s records 🤝 join in organizing, arranging, describing, preserving, and presenting fifty years of CUPE 3903 history!

Don’t forget to register! ☺️ cupe3903.org/event/empathic-listening-setting-boundaries/

Recently, CUPE 3903 brought seven delegates to the 2025 CUPE Ontario Convention. 🌟 Their full report available now! At Convention, our delegates focused on speaking up and sharing solidarity—with other CUPE Locals and others around the world. 🎤✊ cupe3903.org/news/2025-cupe-on-delegates-report/

Yesterday, CUPE 3903 members and others joined together to remember and commemorate the pro-Palestine encampment at York University that was violently dismantled last year. Our communities show that our campuses can be spaces that centre collectivity and care, not capital and colonialism. ✊🍉

Do you want to make your workplace safer? ❤️ Become a CUPE 3903 Joint Health & Safety Committee Representative! As a JHSC rep, you can earn a small honorarium, network with your colleagues & other unions, and more. 😄 Visit cupe3903.org/committees/jhsc, and email [email protected] to become a rep! 🌟

Interested in a free professional development workshop? 💫 Join us June 17th in-person from 10:15AM-2:30PM for Being in Good Relationship: Empathic Listening & Setting Boundaries in the Academic Workplace. 🌱 Refreshments provided! ☕️🥙 Info: cupe3903.org/event/empathic-listening-setting-boundaries/

Today at the CUPE Ontario Convention, CUPE 3903’s emergency resolution resisting anti-protest bubble zone bylaws CARRIED! ✅ This resolution was a team effort in collaboration with CUPE 3902 and CUPE 2484, plus support from CUPE 79 on the floor! 🤝 #CUPEON25 @cupe3902.bsky.social

Hello from our delegates at the 2025 CUPE Ontario Convention! 👋 Delegates from CUPE 3903 and other CUPE locals across Ontario are attending the Convention this week to vote on resolutions, hear speeches, make connections, gather info, and build solidarity. ❤️ #CUPEON25 @cupescfp.bsky.social

Interested in organizing and mobilizing in your workplace? 😄 Join us at the May Stewards’ Council meeting on May 29th from 2:30-4:30PM! This meeting is open to all CUPE 3903 members, hybrid on Zoom and in 143 Atkinson. ❤️ cupe3903.org/event/may-sc/

Nominations are now open for pro-tem positions on the Executive and various committees, to be appointed June 3rd. See more details on our website: 🌟 Exec - cupe3903.org/news/notice-to-pro-tem-exec-positions/ 🌟 Committees - cupe3903.org/news/notice-to-pro-tem-committee-positions/

The Support Fund for Racialized Members who Experience Discrimination, Harassment, and Violence is now open for Summer 2025 applications! This important fund was won in our most recent bargaining and strike. ✊ Learn more on our site: cupe3903.org/funds/support-fund-for-racialized-members/

Tomorrow! Last chance to register: cupe3903.org/event/may-gm...

See you Wednesday for the next Trans Feminist Action Caucus (TFAC) meeting! 💫 Join us on May 21st from 1-3PM, on Zoom or in the CUPE 3903 office. 🖤 TFAC is always a welcoming space for women, trans, genderqueer, and gender variant members to make connections! 🐈‍⬛ 🔗 cupe3903.org/event/tfac-may/

One week until CUPE 3903’s May General Membership Meeting! 🌸 Make sure to register and attend on May 20th from 1-4PM, either virtually on Zoom or in-person at Vanier College 102. 🗓️ 🔗 cupe3903.org/event/may-gmm-2025/

We welcomed in a new year of CUPE 3903 Executive Committee members for 2025-2026 the other day! 😄 Many of this term’s execs and the staff got together to discuss priorities and strategize for the coming year in our union. 🌟

Photos from Saturday’s International Workers’ Day rally! ✊ It’s always great to see so many workers together to raise our collective voices and show some visible solidarity. ❤️