After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the Association of McGill University Research Employees (AMURE-PSAC) bargaining team is proud to have reached a solid tentative agreement for all McGill University postdoc members.
It features major gains, including the highest minimum salaries in Quebec and Canada for this type of position.
“Thanks to the hard work of our team and the constant mobilization of our members, this is a wonderful victory for McGill postdocs, but also for the entire Canadian university community,” says Yvon Barrière, PSAC-Quebec Regional Executive Vice-President.
The bargaining team would like to take this opportunity to thank the 900 or so people who signed a petition for a fair collective agreement for postdocs. The tentative agreement was reached just a few hours after the petition was submitted.
Key features include:
- Retroactive minimum salary increases for current active members:
- May 29, 2022: $38,000
- June 4, 2023: $41,500
- June 2, 2024: $45,000
- June 1, 2025: $48,000
- Retroactive general increases for current active members:
- May 30, 2021: 2%
- May 29, 2022: 3%
- June 4, 2023: 3%
- June 2, 2024: 3%
- June 1, 2025: 3%
- Six-year term (expires May 31, 2026)
- Better definition of sexual discrimination and the right to grieve
- Contracts of no less than 12 months in most cases
- One month notice before the end of a contract
- Better language regarding annual leave
- Leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence
- New career development fund
- Better grievance process