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.

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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.

 

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