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TRAC and university heading to negotiation table

TRAC president Alexandre St-Onge-Perron talks financial negotiations. Photo by Alex Hutchins

Upcoming bi-weekly meetings between the two parties to sign new collective agreement

Negotiating the negotiation. That’s the way Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia (TRAC) president Alexandre St-Onge-Perron described the first of a series of bi-weekly meetings between the union and Concordia. The two parties hope to sign a new collective agreement to replace the one that expired on April 30, 2016.

On Oct. 13, according to St-Onge-Perron, Concordia and TRAC determined the way they wished to negotiate and established a protocol. They’re now ready to go, with the negotiations set to start on Oct. 27.

“The discussions have been very positive,” university spokesperson Mary-Jo Barr told The Concordian.

Concordia will be represented by an employee from the human resources department, vice-provost of faculty relations Nadia Hardy, and professors from the political science and engineering departments, St-Onge-Perron explained.

Once agreed upon, the new collective agreement will apply retroactively to the 2016-17 academic year and be effective until the end of the 2018-19 academic year.

Seven demands—described by St-Onge-Perron as “big themes”—are on the table. Some are minor issues, such as changing the word “handicap” when talking about people with disabilities in the collective agreement. Four other demands are featured on a flyer TRAC executives will be distributing to the student body this week. They include transparency with regards to teaching and research assistant appointments, higher wages for research assistants, a stop to unpaid work and a ban on contract splitting.

St-Onge-Perron said the last two are especially important to him. According to TRAC communications and mobilization officer Eunbyul Park, the issue of contract splitting was brought up when TRAC executives met with union members from the history department.

St-Onge-Perron explained that contract splitting consists of a teaching assistant being paid a  wage for his time in class, and a second wage for marking papers—which is lower than the wage for being in class.

“It makes no sense. If you’re only marking for a course, it’s fine to have a marker contract, but if you do both for the same course and you’re the same human being, it makes no sense to have two contracts,” St-Onge-Perron said.

In an email to The Concordian, Barr wrote that “all contracts are managed in accordance with the collective agreement, which is negotiated by the parties.”

Article 15.05 of the 2013-16 collective agreement for teaching assistants reads that “marking duties may be the object of separate marker contracts.”

St-Onge-Perron wrote in a subsequent email that, while contract splitting has been allowed since 2013, the measure has only become the norm recently.

“Human resources now encourages departments to split contracts, which has been done in numerous cases in the fall semester,” the TRAC president wrote. “We expect an even higher number of contract splitting in the winter [semester].”

“You pick up [the students’] assignments, you walk to your office and you’re doing a marking job so we’re going to give you a separate marking contract for these hours,” St-Onge-Perron said, describing the situation of teaching assistants who have two contracts.

According to St-Onge-Perron, teaching assistants are paid approximately $24 per hour, and markers are paid approximately $20.

The issue of unpaid work is also important to the TRAC president.  “Right now, some people sign contracts for 130 hours for example, but their workload is so big that they have to [work] 150 or 200 hours, and they’re not paid for these hours,” St-Onge-Perron claimed.

The union is already going into arbitration with the university, advocating for higher wages for its invigilators—one of two groups represented by TRAC, along with the teaching and research assistants.

Some of TRAC’s executives were also present at Montreal’s International Workers’ Day march on May 1, where marchers insisted on raising the minimum wage in Quebec to $15 per hour.

Hoping for more delegates

There are few delegates—liaisons between members and executives—at TRAC. There are “a bit more than 10 [active delegates]”, St-Onge-Perron explained. Adding delegations “is one our priorities,” Park added. The delegates report to the seven TRAC executives.

TRAC delegates can be self-appointed or mandated by their student association, according to St-Onge-Perron. The president said delegates are asked to organize “one meeting per semester per department or faculty.” In these assembly-like meetings, TRAC members are free to express their concerns to delegates, who then inform the executive team.

“Sometimes, [the executives] think ‘this department is going well, there’s no big problem,’ but then when you let people talk, you realize that there are a lot of problems,” St-Onge-Perron said.

A meeting was organized on Oct. 20 by the delegate for the department of mechanical, industrial and aerospace engineering (MIAE), Hossein Kalbasi. St-Onge-Perron said he believes one will soon take place at the John Molson School of Business.

According to St-Onge-Perron, some departments are more contentious than others. Consequently, some complaints come up more often in certain departments than others. “Departments sometimes have different work cultures,” St-Onge-Perron said.

TRAC recently changed the formula for the delegate meetings. “People have more space to speak,” St-Onge-Perron said. “We’re giving more power to the delegates because we want to improve accountability of the executives.”

Number of TRAC members hard to track

There are currently about 2,000 TRAC members, according to St-Onge-Perron, 1,600 of which are teaching or research assistants.

“It changes from one semester to another,” Park explained, “because sometimes research assistants sign contracts midway through the semester.”

According to Barr, the university “keeps data in the payroll system and archives the contracts that are sent by the departments and faculties.” But, according to St-Onge-Perron, the “system is from another century.” St-Onge-Perron said TRAC has access to the list of members on the payroll system.

“We can know today how many TAs and RAs there are […] but for a whole semester it depends because sometimes the RA could be hired for a month, for a semester,” St-Onge-Perron said.

When teaching and research assistants sign their contracts, they must sign the TRAC members form, which is then sent to the union, according to Barr.

“They send us membership forms, on paper form. Not all of them do though. And that has to be put in by hand,” Park said.

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TRAC invigilators demand better wages

TRAC Concordia invigilators are heading to arbitration with Concordia University for better wages. Photo by Mackenzie Lad

Negotiations between Concordia and invigilators’ union head to arbitration

The university’s invigilators’ union, represented by Teachers and Research Assistants at Concordia (TRAC), is launching a public campaign demanding a salary increase.

TRAC’s invigilators have yet to sign their first collective agreement with the university since they  unionized in January 2015.

The university’s latest offer, described by TRAC president Alexandre St-Onge-Perron as a “bad joke,” is $11.43 per hour for invigilators and $12.19 per hour for supervisor-invigilators, who generally have a lot more experience. The $11.43 per hour offer is a 1.6 per cent increase from the $11.25 minimum wage invigilators are currently paid.

“What they are proposing for the year to come is less than the [provincial] minimum wage starting on May 1 [2018], which is unacceptable,” St-Onge-Perron said.

In a statement to The Concordian, university spokesperson Mary-Jo Barr confirmed negotiations were ongoing and that the university “was looking forward to reaching an agreement.”

The decision to start the campaign now is not a coincidence. The two parties, which went through mediation during the spring up until July, are heading into arbitration. St-Onge-Perron said he wants to put pressure on Concordia in hopes the university will be more conciliatory when speaking to the arbitrator. The arbitrator will speak to both sides and consult their demands before making a decision.

TRAC began its campaign with a video posted on the union’s Facebook page on Aug. 29.

Invigilators from the final exam office, who make up the majority of the invigilators, according to St-Onge-Perron, are all paid minimum wage. The TRAC president said some departments pay more than others.

When the collective agreement is signed, St-Onge-Perron noted, the arbitrator will establish a wage floor. St-Onge-Perron explained that, if a department pays less than what the arbitrator decides on, all salaries from that department will increase to the floor level.

Concordia’s invigilators are currently the lowest paid among Montreal universities. Université du Québec à Montréal’s last collective agreement with the Syndicat des étudiant-e-s employé-e-s de l’UQAM (SÉTUE) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which represents both TRAC and SÉTUE, established a $16 per hour salary for invigilators in April 2016.

A similar agreement was signed in January between the Syndicat des étudiant(e)s salarié(e)s de l’Université de Montréal (SÉSUM), also represented by PSAC, and the Université de Montréal. The new collective agreement promised $15 per hour for all SÉSUM employees, which represents the school’s invigilators.

St-Onge-Perron, a Concordia student who was elected TRAC president in March, said he hopes the arbitrator will present his decision before Christmas. “According to the information [TRAC] received, we can realistically hope for a decision before [then],” St-Onge-Perron said.

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TRAC moves to suspend former president

TRAC offices are located on the second floor of their building at 2130 Bishop street. Photo by

Teaching and Research Assistants of Concordia University (TRAC) has voted to recommend the suspension of Robert Sonin, a current TRAC member and the former president of the labour union local from the executive committee for the next five years. The recommendation follows a complaint Sonin filed regarding unaccounted funds, among other accusations.

Since TRAC is a Directly Chartered Local of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), a national union representing public service workers, the organization is unable to suspend Sonin without approval from PSAC. However, they made the decision in early November to send their recommendation to the union’s national board, where the final decision regarding the suspension will be made. The decision date has yet to be determined.

The recommended suspension comes after a long chain of complaints about the actions of TRAC’s executive committee. In 2014, an investigation was conducted in response to complaints filed against TRAC president Nader Nodoushan by Sonin and two then-executive members, Isabelle Johnston and Daria Saryan. The investigation was conducted by two presidents of other PSAC locals at the time—Amber Gross from the Association of McGill University Support Employees (AMUSE) and Kevin Whitaker from the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA).

The investigation concluded that “it was clear that Mr. Nodoushan did knowingly and willingly violate Article 12.4 of the TRAC bylaws,” a rule prohibiting him from making purchasing decisions of over $3,000 without committee approval. The investigation also determined some of his behaviour towards Sonin, Saryan and Johnston “constituted intimidation and harassment,” however, it was not found that Nodoushan had ill intentions or “realized how problematic his actions were becoming.”

The investigation also looked into counter-complaints made by Nodoushan. Sonin was investigated in the report for accusations of harassment, submitting unjustified timesheets, fabricating rumours about executive members, not holding the legal credentials to be an executive member and being delayed in paying back a $450 loan from TRAC during a period where there was a delay in liberation payments—payments made to TRAC executives who need to miss work in order to fulfill their duties as an executive member from Concordia University.

The investigation dismissed every complaint against Sonin except the delay in paying back the loan. It reported that, while the delay seemed reasonable as “Mr. Nodoushan was occasionally withholding Mr. Sonin’s pay,” the report recommended that Sonin should have settled what was owed immediately.

The report’s recommended corrective action included the removal of Nodoushan from the position of president with a one-year suspension from any elected TRAC position, and the removal of Sonin, Saryan and Johnston from their executive positions with no suspension. However, the TRAC executive committee voted to dismiss these recommendations.

The conflict between executive members continued in March of 2016 when, as The Concordian previously reported, Sonin filed a Tribunal administratif du travail complaint. He had noticed that, in the 2014-2015 fiscal year, there was an unexplained discrepancy between what TRAC reported as the difference between their income and expenses and the actual difference, leaving $16,348.93 unaccounted for. The basis of the complaint was that TRAC was allegedly denying Sonin access to financial records and Sonin alleged that TRAC had violated the duty of fair representation under section 47.2 of the Code du travail. Nodoushan denied this in an interview with The Concordian on Nov. 25, claiming Sonin was given access to the records he requested.

According to Sonin, the recent recommendation for his suspension is based on a number of social media posts he made—including sharing the aforementioned The Concordian article—which TRAC has allegedly characterized said posts as “spreading false information.” Sonin called this characterization “complete nonsense,” as the issues he brought up were already available to the public.

“Generally, [these posts] are questions,” said Sonin. “You have this $1,000 cheque and there are no receipts—what happened? If they show the receipts, then I’ll shut up.”

The 2014 investigation report was read in its entirety at the meeting where the executive committee voted on whether to dismiss the recommendations, said Sonin. However, at the 2016 meeting on whether to dismiss the recommendations to suspend Sonin, the report was not read, according to Sonin.

Sonin said he felt the executive committee voted to approve the recommendation of his suspension without full information, as the committee was unable to read the 2016 investigative report surrounding his actions.

“My sense, usually, is if you ask people for information and they refuse to give it to you, it’s because there’s something in there that they don’t want you to see,” Sonin said, questioning whether the 2016 report was being withheld from voters so they would be unable to decide for themselves whether Sonin’s actions constituted spreading false information.

Although the date has yet to be determined, Sonin predicted the PSAC’s national board will release their decision regarding Sonin’s suspension in early 2017.

Nodoushan declined to comment on both the recommendation of Sonin’s suspension, as it is still an ongoing process and the 2014 report, claiming he was unable, as president, to comment on confidential investigations. However, he noted that every part of the process regarding Sonin’s recommended suspension has complied with regulation 19 of PSAC’s constitution, a regulation which outlines how to deal with membership discipline.

Nodoushan also shared the Tribunal administratif du travail’s decision on Sonin’s complaint regarding access to financial records. The Tribunal rejected his complaint, calling it “dilatory,” a word often used to describe motions that cause a delay.

Regardless, Sonin still claims there is validity to his complaint and the rejection was due to a technical error on his part.

“[Dilatory] is a legal term that can mean I did something the wrong way. It could mean it was frivolous, but it could mean I went to the wrong court,” Sonin said.

Nodoushan also added TRAC represents thousands of teaching assistants and research assistants at Concordia University and speaking out against the union as Sonin did could damage the reputation of TRAC and affect their ability to negotiate better pay and working conditions.

“What we say affects people. This is more important than one person—this is about the workers and students that TRAC represents,” Nodoushan said.

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Getting back on TRAC

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Members vote for equal pay for all levels of study—TAs and RAs allotted a 1 per cent raise

Teaching and Research Assistants of Concordia University (TRAC) voted for equal pay grades for teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants (RAs) at all levels of study at their general assembly held on Sept. 14.

Before the voting began, TRAC President Nader Jafari Nodoushan discussed that if TRAC members—being TAs, RAs and invigilators—were to vote to ratify a new pay grade structure, it would be implemented for both TA’s and RA’s, resulting in an increase to both of their minimum pay grades by one per cent. Jafari Nodoushan said TA pay grades in all faculties would be an equal pay rate of $24.93 per hour, while markers pay rate would rise to $20.21, regardless of faculty or level of study. Jafari Nodoushan said someone who marks work qualifies as a marker, however, someone that does anything more qualifies as a TA.

Previously, the pay rates varied from faculty and level of study.

Following the meeting, Jafari Nodoushan told The Concordian markers at Concordia are receiving the highest pay rate for a university marker in Quebec, while TAs are being paid the second highest. “All other universities [in Quebec] except McGill have lower pay grades [for TAs] than Concordia University,” said Jafari Nodoushan. He stressed the fact that a time sheet created by TRAC will ensure members will be paid properly for the hours they worked.

Robert Sonin, former TRAC president and a current member of the organization due to his work as an invigilator, claims TRAC is disorganized—he said they didn’t release the agreement prior to the general meeting.

He said members were not given the actual agreement at the event, only a summary which did not allow them enough time to assess the agreement.

“That paper they got, it’s not what they signed. It’s just an explanation of what they signed,” Sonin said.

Sonin said he believes that, as a result of higher pay rates, the hours allotted to TAs will be reduced. “Concordia will do what it has to do to keep within its budget,” said Sonin. “If you have a limited budget to pay for TA hours and the price goes up, you can afford fewer hours.”

When asked if pay raises could result in hour cuts, Jafari Nodoushan said it is hard to say whether hours will be cut.

“Our members are receiving the difference between the new pay structure and also the old pay structure in the summer—we have the numbers, and it’s showing that there hasn’t been any cut on the hours,” said Jafari Nodoushan. This means members will have their pay compensated from the hours they worked in the summer to be paid the new raise that was voted after the general assembly. “It can’t be said easily that Concordia will cut the hours because the pay grade is increasing,” he said.

When asked if Concordia is increasing their budget towards TAs and RAs this academic year, Jafari Nodoushan said not all the contracts had been paid in full. “We don’t have the exact numbers of how much the TA budget has been increased in the summer.” He said it would be released in Concordia’s financial report.

Regarding the budget allotted to TAs and RAs this academic year, Concordia University spokesperson Chris Mota said, “the agreement in principle hasn’t been approved by the board yet, so there is no number available to share at this point, making a comparison impossible.”

The old pay rates for TA’s and markers compared to new pay rates ratified on Sept 14. Photo courtesy of TRAC.

Jafari Nodoushan believes the pay raises will result in more equal payment for members, because pays will no longer vary between department and level of study—undergraduates were previously being paid less than graduate students. “Equity is to treat all the labourers in an equally bound way, not to hire cheaper labourers or make them overloaded because they are cheaper labourers,” he said.

Jafari Nodoushan said he believed this new pay rate would not result in graduates being picked over undergraduates, now that they have equal pay. “As far as I know, many professors prefer to have undergrad students hired, especially those in the third or fourth year of their bachelor [degree], to get more experience.” he said. “I believe this intention will remain.”

Last April, Sonin filed a complaint against TRAC to Quebec’s branch of the national labour union Public Service Alliance of Canada. Sonin had requested access to financial history due to a discrepancy of $16,348.93 in financial reports. Being a member, he was entitled to these documents. However, he was only allowed to view an Excel spreadsheet, being refused access to financial documents and receipts.

When The Concordian asked Jafari Nodoushan if he had an update regarding the discrepancy we reported on in April 2016, he said that a follow-up will not be released until later. “We are in the process of an investigation and it needs to be done first,” Jafari Nodoushan said. “After we will be able to release all the results.”

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TRAC reveals reason behind exec axe

General assembly a mum, passive affair—despite controversial report

The Teaching and Research Assistants of Concordia union held a special general assembly on Monday, Jan. 20 to tackle the recent findings of a report that recommended an overhaul of their executive council.

“The situation is a bit ambiguous,” said former Mobilization and Communications Officer Robert Sonin, who alongside his fellow executives complained about the president back in September on charges of harassment. “We don’t know what happens now because the report is going to move on anyways.”

The report stirred tempers when it was released at the end of December and obtained by The Concordian not long after. It detailed the conclusion of an official investigation by TRAC’s parent union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the conclusions understandably irked the executives who’d lost their jobs.

The report found the president abused his power and relieved him of his position, but made the recommendation to relieve the other executives as well because of a toxic workplace atmosphere. When the executives made the report public and started speaking to the media, PSAC sent them a notice threatening legal action unless the electronic report was ‘retrieved’ and the conversation ceased, arguing it was PSAC property and would be discussed at Monday’s general assembly.

When contacted by The Concordian last week, PSAC issued a statement saying no further comment would be offered.

“I don’t know why they would pass it by the locals if they’re not going to use it. They gave it to a room of people who don’t really know anything except for the report,” added Sonin.

The recommendations were voted down 17 to 40, but the report is nonetheless going to be sent to the regional council and the national board of directors.

“The way the PSAC process works is—I don’t want to say it’s entirely irrelevant, but it’s really not relevant. It’s relevant in the sense the local has expressed its opinion, but the reporters and investigators hold the weight.” Sonin said, calling the meeting an act of rubber-stamping.

Sonin said the general assembly mostly revolved around presenting the report and the qualifications necessary for holding office.

“This meeting was only to receive the report,” he said. He also stated the PSAC representative reiterated the official stance that TRAC members were not to share the findings.

The elections are set to happen for the first week of March, at the earliest. Until then TRAC is essentially dormant, leaving important matters at a standstill, such as the pay negotiations that were supposed to have started in November.

According to PSAC rules, members under investigation weren’t allowed to speak on their behalf, so Sonin could not speak at the event.

He’s now uncertain of how to proceed, a sentiment his fellow executives probably share.

“The report for the most part is accurate, I think they came down with a reasonable account of what went on. I would have rather seen the executive continue and I would have hoped they would have done all this in a much more timely way. The result is our complaints were vindicated.”

Sonin continued: “Right now I’m totally dissatisfied with the way PSAC handled this. It’s bizarre to me people who complained lose their job over it. In the best of all worlds you want a report like this to lay the blame where it rests, and I don’t think it did that. They need a better way to handle harassment.”

As the GA finished late Monday night, The Concordian was unable to get comment from various attendees, but will update the online version of this article with additional viewpoints as they come in.

 

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TRAC put in trusteeship, entire executive team sacked

Executives threatened by legal action for discussing final report publicly

UPDATE: PSAC has publicly responded, and the response can be found at the bottom of the article.

An official investigation sorting out dysfunctionalities amongst the executives of the Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia (TRAC) union has concluded in judging some culpable, others innocent, and effectively removing all parties involved. The organization was placed in trusteeship and the former executive was forbidden to discuss the report, lest legal action be taken.

This bizarre turn of events began after three executives—Mobilization and Communications Officer Robert Sonin, Bargaining Officer Isabelle Johnston, and Vice-President Darya Saryan—submitted formal complaints in September over what they alleged were extensive interference and violations carried out by TRAC President Nader Janari Nodoushan.

The investigation, carried out by parent union Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), eventually came to include counter allegations by Nodoushan on interference, racism, and disrespect. TRAC Grievance Officer Gounash Pirniya, the fifth and final exec of the organization, was also drawn into the fray, accused of not doing her job properly. Sonin said it was widely known around the office at the time that Pirniya was Nodoushan’s girlfriend.

The official investigation was meant to take only a few weeks. Instead, it took months, during  which the animosity continued and TRAC activity ground to a halt.

“We [were] supposed to be in negotiation for pay. We [weren’t] doing any preparations. [We weren’t] doing any of the things we’re supposed to do because [of the investigation]. They told us to sit and wait and do nothing,” said Sonin.

The final report, released at the end of December and recently obtained by the Concordian, found Nodoushan culpable on several points—using TRAC funds without authorization, proceeding with expenses rejected by the executive committee, interference with and attempted removal of his peers, and by-law violations—and removed him from his position with a recommendation he not be eligible for re-election for at least a year. Yet the report commented that Nodoushan was not found to be acting with “ill will.”

Despite ruling that the complaints against Sonin, Johnston, and Darya—which included accusations of racism—were baseless, the report removed the three from their positions as of Jan. 7, judging the working environment too toxic to be allowed to continue.

This cleaning of the slate did not sit well with the executives. When Sonin complained, he was simply told he was not barred from putting his name in the hat at the next general assembly and could run again but under PSAC rules as opposed to TRAC rules. These required that TRAC be paying dues to PSAC, which Nodoushan had stopped doing. That means that in effect Sonin and his fellow executives are not qualified to run.

“[PSAC] kicked me off an executive for no reason, giving no cause … then I have to go get reelected, and [PSAC] expects me to mobilize while not getting paid. I’ve lost my job, and I have to do this in my spare time to get my job back,” said Sonin, who was the only one willing to speak on the record under the threat of legal action.

“They found that our complaints had merit, so they fired us,” he said.

He says his decision to post the report on TRAC’s Facebook group (he judged it in the public interest of the membership to know the conclusions) caused a demand within the hour to take it down. A few hours later he as well as at least one other exec were sent cease and desist notices by PSAC lawyers who forbid them from distributing the findings, calling it confidential property belonging to the union.

The actual report contains no mentions of confidentiality nor does Sonin recall ever agreeing to this stipulation verbally or contractually, aside from receiving strict verbal instruction not to discuss matters during the investigation for fear of prejudicing the evidence.

Additionally, Sonin questions PSAC’s decision to retroactively clamp down on the report, since without eventual distribution it was unclear how TRAC members would know in advance what they would be voting on during the upcoming general assembly.

“[PSAC] failed the union. They failed their members by their inaction, and by [their] sidelining.”

Neither TRAC nor PSAC could be reached for comment by press time and Nodoushan declined to participate by citing the confidentiality of the report.

UPDATE  (14/01/2015): After having been unreachable for comment, PSAC has replied to The Concordian’s requests by sending the following document.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada, Quebec Region, is officially responding to the allegations presently circulating on the status of the Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia (TRAC).

Last all, complaints from local members were referred to PSAC-Quebec. As stipulated in the PSAC Constitution and in keeping with its obligations, PSAC-Quebec set up a committee made up of individuals from outside the local. The committee’s main mandate was to investigate allegations and submit recommendations.

The committee’s work, which recently came to an end, confirmed a number of facts. Resulting recommendations are important and immediate action had to be taken. Therefore, PSAC-Quebec recently convened a meeting of members named in the complaints to inform them of the committee’s findings and recommendations. Given the evidence gathered by the investigation committee, some local executive members were immediately removed from office. However, further action will be taken.

In the meantime, the process set out in the PSAC Constitution continues. There is nothing to be gained by publicly debating the investigation committee’s findings. Its main conclusions will be released at an upcoming general assembly and local members in attendance will obtain all necessary clarifications. You will therefore understand that, out of respect for members named in the complaints, PSAC-Quebec will not be commenting further until the local assembly has been held.

PSAC-Quebec is troubled by what has happened over the last few days and points out that elections will be held shortly during a general assembly to fill vacant executive positions. We  take this opportunity to alleviate any concern members may have and advise them that PSAC-Quebec has taken all necessary action to follow up on outstanding grievances.

PSAC-Quebec now wishes to focus on the upcoming bargaining round and hopes that all TRAC members will do the same. The success of our common challenge is based, to a large extent, on our ability to pull together in solidarity.

Source: PSAC-Quebec

The next general assembly has been scheduled as being on Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in room H-763, SGW Campus

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