Concordia and the CUUSS-TS sign an accord effective until May 2026
With this new agreement, contractual employees and casual technicians are joining the union.
On January 23, representatives from the Concordia University Union of Support Staff - Technical Sector (CUUSS-TS) and the university met to sign their new agreement, effective from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026.
With this new agreement, contractual employees and casual technicians are joining the union.
“CUUSS-TS members are looking forward to properly integrating employees working under contracts and casual technicians,” says Jaime Yeargans, president of CUUSS-TS.
The membership is expanding from 110 to nearly 270 members, representing employees from both the Sir George Williams and Loyola campuses.
“We believe the outcome of this new agreement is a comprehensive integration plan that will be beneficial to all,” says Pierre Claude Bourke, manager of labour relations for Concordia Human Resources.
The collective agreement is now posted in English and French on the Concordia website.
The university representatives pictured at the signing
- Graham Carr, president and vice-chancellor
- Michael Di Grappa, vice-president, Services and Sustainability
- Carolina Willsher, associate vice-president, Human Resources
- Sylvie Côté, executive director of employee and labour relations, Human Resources
- Pierre Claude Bourke, manager of employee and labour relations, Human Resources
- Gabriel Prévost, advisor, employee relations, Human Resources
The CUUSS-TS representatives pictured at the signing
- Jaime Yeargans, president
- Brinthan Gunaratnam, first vice-president
- Tom Simpkins, second vice-president
Elizabeth Xu, secretary - Erik Huang, treasurer
- Sandrine Dessureault, union advisor, Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
Find out more about employee and labour relations at Concordia.
