Mobilization

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Mobilization
Nasser Aljundi Natalie Kouri-Towe
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Introduction

• What is the Mobilization Committee (MC)?
• Were responsible for coordinating mobilization
  efforts for our negotiations
• We consist of
• a Chair (Nasser),
• a CNS advisor (Richard),
• the VP external (Natalie),
• a Bargaining Committee Member (Alireza),
• 4-6 members (Laura, Andrea, Steven, Hussein).
• What does MC do?
• Responsible for outreach and publicity campaigns,
  such as
• Posters
• Flyers
• Bargaining Bulletins
• Newsletters
• Listserv

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Negotiations
Mobilization Committee
Bargaining Committee
TAs
Collective Agreement
McGill University
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What mobilization can do for negotiations
TAs united to achieve better working conditions
Executive Committee
TAs
Mobilization Committee
Pressure to effect change
Bargaining Committee
McGill (i.e. HMB, Provost, VPs)
McGills Bargaining Committee
University gives a mandate to their bargaining
team
New Collective Agreement!
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Recent events

• Special GA that is why you are here
• Demonstration
• Monday, January 14th,08
• 20 TAs gathered at the Roddick Gates from
  10am-11am
• We distributed information flyers and showed
  support for the Bargaining Committee
• Slogans included
• Support TAs in their Negotiations
• AGSEM, your friendly neighborhood TA union
• AGSEM, McGills TA union
• McGill works because TAs do
• The main message of this demo was that we want
  negotiations to get moving and decisions to be
  made