CUPE 4600, Ottawa, ON

Local 4600 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4600), represents all Teaching Assistants, internally-funded Research Assistants, and Contract Instructors at Carleton University. It is the largest union on campus, with more than 2400 members.
The local was founded in 1979, as CUPE 2323, in response to widespread workplace inequality across campus. Teaching Assistants received different rates of pay for the same work, had no guarantee of reappointment in successive terms, had no job security, could be fired with little to no warning, and no access to benefits of any kind. Since that time, your union has negotiated over 15 Collective Agreements with Carleton University, and steadily improved the wages, job security, and benefits for all TAs and Contract Instructors.
Today, CUPE 4600 represents nearly 1800 Teaching Assistants, as well as more than 600 Contract Instructors. The Executive Board, Union Stewards, and Caucus Chairs are elected each year from among the membership.