MEDIA ADVISORY: Gathering to Show Faculty Member Solidarity with CUPE 3906 TAs and RAs in lieu

Event Information

Begins: 25 November 2022 @ 12:00 Noon
Location: Hamilton, ON

HAMILTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– McMaster University faculty members are holding a march and rally in a show of solidarity for the 2,800 teaching and research assistants who’ve been on strike since November 21^st.

The union representing the striking workers, CUPE Local 3906, is on strike for wage increases; extended funding and guaranteed work; protection against wages being lost to tuition increases in the form of reimbursements; and a closing of the pay gap between graduate and undergraduate assistants.

Who:  A group of McMaster faculty members

What: A march and rally to show striking TAs and RAs that they have the support of faculty members and that they oppose the university administration’s efforts to divide them.

When:  Friday, November 25, 12 p.m.-2 p.m.

Where: The march begins at Oakwood Place Park (Sterling at Whitton). It continues to the Sterling Street entrance and then Cootes.

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For more information, contact:

Daniel Tseghay
Communications Representative, CUPE
dtseghay@cupe.ca | 647-220-9739