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CUPE 4207 Unit 1 & Unit 5 Solidarity Rally & Community BBQ

Join us for our CUPE 4207 Solidarity Rally & Community BBQ!

Date: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025.

Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm.

Location: Outside Glenridge A (corner of Glenridge Ave & John Macdonell St).

Parking: Paid parking in Lot E or Lot Glenridge (HONK app).

We’ll have hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks, and vegetarian options on the grill.

Both Unit 1 (Instructors, Course Coordinators, Teaching Assistants, Marker-Graders, and Lab Demonstrators) and Unit 5 (Faculty of Education Instructors) are standing together on three key priorities that resonate across the labour movement.

We’re not asking – we’re demanding!

Reasonable Class & Seminar Sizes – because we teach to students, not Stadiums;

Fair Hiring Practices – because we earned our Seniority, it’s not optional;

Fair & Comparable Wages – because we need to afford our rent and groceries.

JOIN US!

Seniority: Earned, Not Optional.


Seniority is the backbone of fairness in our workplace. It means that jobs are awarded based on experience and service, not on favoritism, not on who the employer “prefers.” When seniority and experience is respected, members know they can build a future with job security, stability, and dignity.

Right now, the employer is trying to undermine this system by pushing for MORE “preference” in hiring of PhD students into instructor positions. This is seniority-busting, plain and simple. It threatens the job security of our Unit 1 members who are not graduate students, pits us against each other, and erodes the protections we’ve fought for at the bargaining table.

When they weaken seniority, they weaken all of us. Protecting seniority means protecting fair hiring, protecting good jobs, and protecting the quality of education for students. It also means protecting our PhD students who might unfairly be put into positions that they cannot handle or would impede the completion their graduate studies.

Seniority isn’t just a clause in our contract, it’s a principle of fairness we cannot afford to lose.

Bargaining Updates

Hello Unit 1 and Unit 5 members but all members generally,

The Bargaining Committee is posting updates to our website. Follow along with these updates on our page for Unit 1 here. Click on the unit 5 tab above to learn more about the formation of this unit and their work in bargaining. Remember than anyone can sign up for CAT training to help rally our members! See the below post or our social media for information and sign up for CAT training here.