PGSS members voted overwhelmingly in favour of a three day strike in support of the student movement against tuition hikes.

Graduate Students at McGill University will be on strike from March 20th to 22nd!

The AGM was extremely well attended, and the meeting firmly maintained quorum until the end of the agenda (estimated attendance ~185 people, quorum is ~85). The level of engagement was a pleasant surprise especially given that an AGM for PGSS has not been held since 2009 because it could not reach quorum.

Other important motions that were passed:

-PGSS and all graduate student associations were mandated to conduct creative actions to oppose the hikes, leading up to March 22nd.

-PGSS was mandated to commission an independent inquiry into the securitization of campus, including a review of alternatives by April 30th, 2012.

-PGSS is to poll annually all its members on their satisfaction / dissatisfaction with the senior administrators’ job performance and forward the results to the McGill Board of Governors.

Schedule of events for the three days of the PGSS strike will be posted here.

AGSEM, McGill’s Teaching Union, representing Teaching Assistants, Course Lecturers and Invigilators supports the Graduate Student vote for a PGSS strike!

[More information to come, this article will be updated with accurate text for the motions.]