Committees & Caucuses

CUPE Local 3913 has several working committees and caucuses. All members are welcome to join a committee or a caucus. For more information please contact committee and caucus chairs by emailing them directly. Email addresses for all members of the Executive Committee can be found on our Representatives and Staff page. Note: In order to join a caucus, you must identify as a member of the group that the caucus represents.

Committees

Executive Committee

Chair: Scott Duchesne , President

Member: For a complete list, see the list of Executive Committee members.

Mandate: To ensure the smooth, professional, and orderly running of the Local (see the Bylaws for a full description).

Email: president@cupe3913.on.ca

Finance Committee

Chair: Scott Duchesne , President

Mandate: To administer the Local’s funds and to perform, supervise, and adjudicate financial transactions on behalf of the Local including but not limited to benefits, insurance, and membership dues.

Email : president@cupe3913.on.ca

Grievance Committee

Chair: Muhammad Awais , Chair Grievance Officer

Mandate: To review and file (where appropriate) individual and policy grievances and to make recommendations to the Executive Committee about cases to be put forward for arbitration (see the Bylaws for a full description).

Email: grievance@cupe3913.on.ca

Health & Safety Committee

Chair: Ahmed Mahmood, Health & Safety Officer

Mandate: To discuss the mandate, minutes, and agendas of the Central Joint Health & Safety Committee (CJHSC), to prepare for CJHSC meetings, and to discuss issues and concerns raised by members about the health and safety of their workplace.

Email: hs@cupe3913.on.ca

Stewards Committee

Chair: Farhan Chowdhury , Unit 1 Steward; Vacant, Unit 2 Steward

Mandate: To organise and guide College Stewards and Departmental Stewards and to maintain a network of stewards (see the Bylaws for a full description).

Email: unit1@cupe3913.on.ca

Email: unit2@cupe3913.on.ca

Bylaws Committee

Chair: Scott Duchesne, President

Mandate: To review and make recommendations for regular revisions of the Bylaws.

Bargaining Committee

Chair: Scott Duchesne, President

Mandate: To research, establish priorities, and strategize for the next round of bargaining with the Employer. Our current Collective Agreement is due to expire on August 31, 2023.   

Equity Committee

Chair: Safia Mahabub Sauty

Mandate: to engage and represent members who identify with a traditionally marginalized or oppressed constituency or an underrepresented member group.  

Caucuses

Women’s
Caucus

Chair: Nour Abu Hosan 

Email: women@cupe3913.on.ca

International Teaching Assistant Caucus

Chair: : Vacant

Email: international@cupe3913.on.ca

Queer
Caucus

Chair: Bridget Baldwin 

Email: queercaucus@cupe3913.on.ca

Members with Disabilities Caucus

Chair: Vacant

Email: disabilitiescaucus@cupe3913.on.ca

Graduate Service Assistant-1 Caucus

Chair: Vacant

Email: gsa1caucus@cupe3913.on.ca

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) Caucus

Chair: Vacant

Email: utacaucus@cupe3913.on.ca

Black Caucus

Chair: Malissa Bryan

Email: blackcaucus@cupe3913.on.ca

Indigenous Caucus

Chair: Vacant

Email:

People of Colour Caucus

Chair: Vacant

Email:

Representatives & Staff

About Us

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest union, with 700,000 members across the country. CUPE represents workers in health care, emergency services, education, early learning and child care, municipalities, social services, libraries, utilities, transportation, airlines and more. It has more than 70 offices across the country, in every province.

 

The basic unit of CUPE is the local. The members of each CUPE local, by majority vote, set the structure and by-laws of the local. The local represents a group of employees and negotiates the Collective Agreement (CA) with the employer, which governs the wages, benefits, and working conditions. Once a collective agreement is established between the union and the employer, the union ensures that it is not violated by management.

 

CUPE Local 3913 at the University of Guelph encompasses two types of workers which are divided into two units with separate Collective Agreements. Unit 1 is the bargaining unit for all Graduate Teaching Assistants, Graduate Service Assistants employed in work directly related to the academic

enterprise, and Undergraduate Teaching Assistants. Unit 2 is the bargaining unit for all persons employed under contract as Sessional Lecturers to teach in University degree credit courses.

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