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University and support staff settle 

The roughly 500 members of the support services union CUSSU have a new collective agreement. The previous contract ran out in 2002, negotiations began in 2004, and this contract runs to May 31, 2010.

Above, President Michael Di Grappa and CUSSU president André Legault (seated) sign it as their respective teams look on. On the left are the university’s team: Maurice René de Cotret (Director of Employee and Labour Relations), Andrée-Anne Bouchard (Senior Employee Relations Advisor), Catherine Sutherland (Director IT Planning & Development), Marc Turcot, from the legal firm De Grandpré Chait, Roger Côté (Acting VP, Services); and then the union’s team: CSN advisor Athena Davis, Shirley Masterson (VP Grievances) and Suzanne Downs.