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Le Délit reviendra le 17 janvier The McGill Daily & Le Délit | 2011.11.28 3 ACTUALITÉS CURRENT EVENTS TAs avoid strike McGill accedes to three of union’s five demands, but hours will not be increased Michael Lee-Murphy Lerona Lewis, AGSEM presi- McGill’s version of the article read: TA hours relative to student enrolment 4.1% The McGill Daily dent, said that the administration’s “the hiring unit shall make every effort to couch a pay increase in effort to maintain adequate teaching “changes” to statutory holiday pay- support for undergraduate courses 3.0% or the first time in their ment was a “ploy...so that it doesn’t by such means as utilizing Teaching 4.5% history, McGill’s Teaching appear that it is actually a 3 per Assistants, or the equivalent in accord 4.3% Assistants (TAs) have signed cent increase in pay [in the con- with established practices.” F 3.1% a new collective agreement with- tract’s first year], simply to justify The administration agreed to 1.7% out going on strike. that they don’t have any money.” AGSEM’s version, which changed 1.5% In a General Assembly last “The bottom line is that there “maintain” to “improve,” and delet- Thursday, the TA unit of the was an increase... The way you ed the clause regarding the “equiva- 11.6% Association of Graduate Students present your arguments or you lent” of TAs. Employed at McGill (AGSEM) frame it, the University can do it to The administration has refused, voted overwhelmingly in favour suit their agenda, but the bottom however, to make a commitment to TA hours = of ratifying the contract offer in a line is that we know there was an increasing the number of hours TAs -12.9% Undergrad enrolment = vote of 97 to 26, or 77 per cent. increase,” she added. are able to teach, a major defeat for data 2007 to relative Numbers Of the five primary demands After five months of negotiations some AGSEM members. Grad enrolment = the union was seeking, McGill, in – and an initial rejected offer – the Biology TA Justin Marleau spoke large part, acceded to three – a pay administration presented AGSEM to The Daily immediately after vot- raise for TAs of 7.3 per cent across with a second offer on November 18. ing, saying he was disappointed in three years, paid training, and The administration had previously the contract. “We didn’t get any multiple mandatory meetings with rejected all of the TAs’ main demands, commitment about the stabiliza- 2007 2008 2009 2010 course supervisors. precipitating the union’s use of various tion of TA hours... After we got the The hourly wage for TAs will pressure tactics over the last month. pay increases in the last bargain- increase from $24.99 this year to Last Thursday’s ‘yes’ vote means ing agreement, they just cut our $27 TA hourly wage $25.51 in January 2012, $26.51 in that TAs will not strike this spring. hours,” he said. $26.51 $26.63 2013, and $26.83 in the final year of In addition to new mandated Dominique Jacques, an $25.74 the contract. meetings with course supervisors Atmospheric Sciences TA, said $25 In response to the union’s and the wage increase, TAs will that, without increased hours, $24.99 demand for a nine per cent wage also have access to a three-hour anything else was “very little in $24.15 increase across three years, McGill paid training session, offered in terms of gains.” $23 $23.44 had initially offered 3.6 per cent September and January. Article 22, for Jacques, was across the length of the contract. The sessions will cover the plan- “complete bullcrap. It’s words that $22.76 * 1.2 per cent, plus “statutory ning of effective discussions, grad- mean nothing.” Michael Di Grappa, Vice-Principal $21 holiday compensation” (Administration & Finance), main- ing in humanities and sciences, Molly Alexander, AGSEM’s advi- tained that the increase in hourly preparing lectures, and grading and sor from the academic department wage did not amount to 7.3 per cent feedback in French. of the Confédération des syndicats 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012* 2013* 2014* over three years, but was instead the In the week leading up to the nationaux, said that the clause “sets original 3.6 per cent offer, in addition vote, the AGSEM executive exten- [AGSEM] up for the next round” of to “changes in the way TAs will be sively discussed one new addition negotiations, while acknowledging Sources: AGSEM collective agreement, McGill Enrolment Services. compensated for their paid holidays.” to the contract: Article 22. that it had no binding power. Alyssa Favreau | The McGill Daily Occupy Montreal comes to an end Montreal police clear Square Victoria over five weeks after occupation began Chantelle D'Souza square, and prohibiting them from only major altercation between News Writer occupying the square from midnight police and protestors occurred to 6 a.m., citing various city bylaws. when a group, codenamed “Steve,” While some protestors seemed peacefully tied themselves to the fter over five weeks of protest, confused about what exactly was on-site kitchen tent and refused to the Occupy Montreal move- going to happen, most planned on leave. “Steve,” along with dozens of A ment in Square Victoria – cooperating. occupiers who stood outside of the which occupiers had renamed Place “We are leaving this place on police line, chanted various protest du Peuple – has ended, as the Service good terms,” said Greg Adams, a slogans, the most popular being de police de la Ville de Montréal protestor who was still living on “We are the 99 per cent. You are the (SPVM) moved in early Friday morn- site as of early Friday morning. “We 99 per cent.” ing to dismantle the remaining tents. have our heads held high, a song on The group was cut loose from While no arrests were made, 16 pro- our lips and joy in our heart.” the tent and escorted off the prem- testors were escorted out of the park At 9 a.m. Friday morning, crowds ises by police officers, who had the after tying themselves to the onsite of police officers stopped traffic and square completely cleared by noon. kitchen tent. cordoned off the area surrounding When asked how he felt about Signals that the occupation was the park. They proceeded to dis- relations with the police officers, Victor Tangermann | The McGill Daily ending came earlier in the week, as mantle the remaining tents, despite one anonymous protestor, who had City workers remove the remains of Occupy Montreal. the City of Montreal changed its atti- jeering and chants of protestors. City been living in the camp for the past tude towards the movement. City workers gathered the remains of the four weeks, replied, “I only got one police and they didn’t have to resort packed up his tent. “This is just the spokesperson Gonzalo Nunez issued site, and material that was deemed hug, so I’m a little disappointed, but to force,” he said.