Our Bargaining Demands

Over the last year, CREW organizers spoke with thousands of our fellow members about the issues we face in the workplace and what we need to change. 

In our new collective agreement we will fight for:

• Better workplace safety
  on issues ranging from lab protocols and training, to meaningful policy changes on sexualized abuses of power at Concordia

• Vital wage increases
  to combat the cost of living crisis, including rising prices and soaring rent, along with regular adjustments to match pay with inflation

• Retroactive pay
  for delays to the bargaining process since the expiration of our last collective agreement, May 31, 2023.

• Clear contract and workload form standards
  to guard against the rampant problem of overwork

• Timely contract processing and payment
  to put an end to the widespread issue of working before or without a contract and unacceptably delayed paycheques

• Equal pay for RAs
  meaning undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral student-workers will all be paid equal rates for equal work