On March 22, your MURA Council passed a motion that the MURA 2020 annual general meeting, originally scheduled to be held on May 28, 2020, will be postponed until further notice, due to limitations imposed by Covid-19. It will be re-scheduled as soon as is feasible. As stipulated by Article 5.06 of the MURA constitution, the current Council and Executive will remain in office until an AGM can be held.

Winter 2020 -- in HTML / in PDF

Greetings fellow McMaster Retirees,
We are pleased to inform you that the Board of Governors has approved the following increases to pensions effective January 2020:

For retirees of the Salaried Pension Plan, there will be a regular pension increase as outlined below:

• 2.06% for employees who were hired on or after May 1, 2010 and who retired from the University as a Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Member
• 2.12% for all other retirees
  

Members must have been receiving a pension on June 30, 2018 to receive the full pension increase. Those who retired between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 will receive a pro-rated increase. There will be no supplementary increase this year. Details can be found at: https://hr.mcmaster.ca/pensioner-increase-calculation-salaried-pension-plans/.

For retirees of the Hourly Pension Plan, there will be a regular pension increase of 0.33% for retirees who were receiving a pension on June 30, 2018. Those who retired between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 will receive a pro-rated increase. Details can be found at: https://hr.mcmaster.ca/pensioner-increase-hourly-pension-plan/.

-- your MURA Council

McMaster Parking Services has moved to building T32 Room 106 (building adjacent to the McMaster Children's Centre). The E.T. Clarke office location closed on Friday, October 11 and  reopened on Tuesday, October 22 at its new location in T32. 

Drivers are also encouraged to update account information, purchase term permits or pay tickets online.

All parking related services are also available at the Campus Store parking office in the basement of Gilmour Hall (GH B101).

Additional information on the move is available at https://parking.mcmaster.ca/documents/move_2019.pdf