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Support staff sign contract

A collective agreement extending to May 31, 2002, was signed December 8 between Vice-Rector Institutional Relations and Secretary-General Marcel Danis, representing the university, and Gilles Pilon, president of CUSSU (Maintenance Workers and Cleaners Loyola Campus). The unit has about 30 members.

Also at the signing ceremony were (left to right), Yves Proulx (Employee Relations), Vice-Rector Services Charles Emond, Denis Dumont (union vice-president), Constantino Maruca (secretary-treasurer) and Gilles Bourgeois (Director, Employee Relations).

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