CREW stands for
A stronger union to bargain for a stronger collective agreement
We need a union that is going to support the membership to win ambitious demands around pay, job security, and safety at work. We are now in a strong position to come together as members to fight for the deal we deserve.
An autonomous and transparent union
As TAs and RAs at Concordia, we should be able to make our own decisions about the direction of our union. With CSN, we are now an autonomous union that can make decisions based on the needs of our members. Finally, we now have the collective power to restructure our union to make it more democratic and transparent, and to determine our own demands in bargaining.
A union that campaigns for social change
Building a more just society is the foundation to creating better workplaces and labour conditions. The CSN has a long history of organizing to improve the lives of thousands of workers in and outside the workplace: they are campaigning, in the streets and in the courts, for better public health care, LGBTQ rights, and universal education. This is the kind of organization that will support us in our grassroots campaigns around sexualized abuses of power, environmental justice, and the rights of international students.
CSN: A culture of democracy, a history of success!
CSN is one of the largest and best-known unions in Canada, with a proud history of organizing low-paid and precarious workers like us. They campaign in the courts and in the streets, on important social issues like discrimination, housing, education, and the environment. CSN has a democratic structure that is different from most large unions and which provides far greater autonomy to union locals. Employers are scared of CSN unions because they have a track record of backing members’ demands, effectively using the collective power of workers and winning good contracts during bargaining. Now that we have joined CSN, we, the membership, must come together to prepare for bargaining and win the deal we know is possible, the deal we deserve.
