McMaster has reached a tentative collective agreement with CUPE Local 3906, Unit 3 which represents the University's Postdoctoral Fellows.

Details of the contract will be made public once the tentative agreement is ratified by both parties. The union is unanimously recommending members approve the agreement and has scheduled ratification meetings for Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31.

This is the first collective agreement for McMaster's Postdoctoral Fellows. Not only is this a first collective agreement between the University and CUPE for this bargaining unit, it is also the first collective agreement for a stand-alone unit of Postdoctoral Fellows in the country.