Correction Notice – SteelDrum Oct 2025 In the latest issue of the SteelDrum (page 20), we incorrectly identified the wampum belt replica held by Andrea Johns as the Hiawatha Belt. The belt she is holding is in fact the Two Row Wampum Belt (Guswenta). For reference: The Two Row Wampum Belt (Guswenta) is described here: Onondaga Nation – Two Row Wampum […]
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Steeldrum Summer 2025 Issue is here! Click here to check it out!
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The University of Toronto Staff-Appointed Bargaining Unit’s USW Draft Collective of Agreement is published! Visit the Collective of Agreement and access your digital copy of the CBA here.
U of T Staff-Appointed USW Draft Collective of Agreement is published! Read More »
SECOND CONTRACT FOR RESIDENCE DONS! The contract has been ratified on Sunday April 6, 2025. Review the ratification highlights package
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Steeldrum Fall 2024 Issue is here! Click here to check it out!
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In the Local’s July general membership meeting, a motion was passed that directed the Local leadership to write a letter to University Pension Plan (UPP) managers requesting that an immediate screen be implemented on any new investments in military industries in general and companies supplying the Israeli military specifically. The motion also directed the Local’s
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Watch the SMC UPP video here.
SMC UPP PowerPoint Presentation Oct. 8, 2024 Read More »
October 2, 2024 Statement from the USW Local 1998 Executive Committee on the University of Toronto’s User Guide to U of T Policies on Protest and Use of Campus Spaces: In its User Guide to U of T Policies on Protest and Use of Campus Spaces, the University administration states that they support peaceful protests and
At Local 1998’s July general membership meeting (GMM), members of the Local debated and voted on two motions that were put forward from the floor of the June GMM. Both motions were passed by a majority vote. One of the motions calls on the University of Toronto to disclose all its investments, divest from all
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July 3, 2024 Statement from the USW Local 1998 Executive Committee on the University of Toronto’s legal injunction against the People’s Circle for Palestine encampment protesters: The University of Toronto’s request for a legal injunction against the People’s Circle for Palestine encampment protesters may have been granted by Judge Markus Koehnen based on property rights,
