The negotiations aim to reduce the disparity between the average $33/hour salaries offered at McGill and those of other similar universities, which stand at $46/hour.
Around 1,600 teaching assistants at McGill University announced that they would be on strike starting Monday just as the final sprint of the winter semester begins.
The main point in dispute remains salaries, said Fanny Teissandier, an anthropology TA since fall 2023. “There is really a very, very big difference when we know that the salaries of teaching assistants amount to $33.03,” she said.“The negotiation was disappointing for the union, as the negotiating committee demonstrated flexibility and received very little in return from the university,” she said. “The strike mandate is strong and our members will not back down until they have obtained a respectful salary offer.”top news stories from Canada and around the world.
“McGill is reducing the hours contracted to teaching assistants endangers the pay of teaching assistants and also jeopardizes the quality of education that teaching assistants are capable of providing,” said Teissandier.
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