The Members’ Assembly (you!) is the union’s highest decision-making body. At the assemblies, you vote on:

  • ASSEP orientations, by proposing mandates
  • ASSEP’s budgets and how they are allocated
  • your unit’s list of demands for bargaining, prior to the process of renewing your collective agreement
  • the members of your union team, via elections to the various positions

Any member in good standing can apply to a position at ASSEP!

The Executive Committee (“CE” for its French acronym) is the key player in the organization and communication of the syndicate. The currently elected members are:

Position

Person

Contact

Coordination

Hassan Bensalah

assep.coordination@gmail.com

Treasury

Ulrich Compaore

assep.tresorier@gmail.com

Secretary

Vacancy

assep.sec@gmail.com

External Affairs

Hugo Barral

assep.externe@gmail.com

Mobilization and Communications

Azam Shirani Bidabadi

assep.mob@gmail.com

Labour relations for lecturers

Reza Ghasemi Pirbalouti

assep.cc@gmail.com

Labour relations for teaching assistants and in charge of practical work

Marie Dramé

assep.ae@gmail.com

Labour relations for postdoctoral researchers

Ramin Karimi Azari

assep.postdoc@gmail.com

The coordinator coordinates the activities of all elected Union members and represents the Union in the media.

The treasurer manages the Union’s accounts and payroll.

The person in charge of the secretariat documents and records the Union’s activities.

The person in charge of external affairs represents the Union in bodies within and outside Polytechnique.

The person in charge of mobilization and communications organizes mobilization events and proposes plans to increase the Union’s visibility.

There is one person responsible for labour relations per unit. The person responsible for labour relations ensures that the collective agreement for his or her unit is properly applied, and acts as liaison between members and Polytechnique in the event of a conflict.

The members of the Union Council (“CS” for its French acronym) are responsible for carrying out the tasks necessary for the running of the Union, mobilizing members and carrying out the mandates given to them by the Assembly.

The Union Council is made up of the Executive Committee and the stewards.

Stewards are responsible for ensuring that the collective bargaining agreement for their unit is applied in their respective departments. There is no limit to the number of stewards, and the ideal is to have at least one per department, so that issues can be raised as quickly as possible!

The currently elected members are :

Departement

Stewards

Chemical engineering (GCH)

vacancy

Civil, Geological and Mining engineering (GCM)

Mostafa Asadi, Hamidreza Farimaniraad, Reza Mofidi Neyestani, Amin Fattahi, Demanou Tchuala, Faramarz Jelvehgar

Electrical engineering (GE)

Kouamé Abraham N’Zi

Computer and software engineering (GIGL)

Romain Lebbadi-Breteau, Sayed Hamid Bahreini

Mathematics and industrial engineering (MAGI)

Mohamed Amine El Foraici, Mohamed Ousmoï

Mecanical engineering (Meca)

Mohammadreza Talebloo

Physics engineering (Phys)

vacancy

Biomedical engineering (biomed)

Melika Sadat Hosseini

Certificates

vacancy

Their responsabilities are:

  • Facilitate communications between the Executive Committee and members in their respective departments
  • Participate in the mobilization

General Assemblies are open to all members in good standing, while Unit Assemblies are open only to members of the accreditation unit concerned.

The quorum corresponds to the minimum number of participating members required to open the Assembly.

Statutory General Meetings are mandatory and defined in our Bylaws and Regulations.

  • To maintain a link with members and enable them to submit any questions of interest, hold elections and ensure the Syndicat’s sound financial management.
  • 2 times a year, in Autumn and Spring.
  • For all members.
  • Quorum of 20 persons, with at least 3 lecturers, 3 teaching assistants, and 1 post-doctoral researcher.
  • To meet the needs set out by the convening body.
  • Convened in at least 10 working days.
  • For all members.
  • Quorum of 20 persons, with at least 3 lecturers, 3 teaching assistants, and 1 post-doctoral researcher.
  • To deal rapidly with an important subject defined in advance by the body or members convening it.
  • Convened in at least 72h
  • For all members.
  • Quorum of 20 persons, with at least 3 lecturers, 3 teaching assistants, and 1 post-doctoral researcher.
  • For reasons linked to the negotiation process.
  • At least 10 days’ notice for a regular assembly, and at least 72 hours for a special assembly.
  • For members of the unit concerned.
  • Quorum of 10 members in good standing belonging to the unit concerned.
  • Only to discuss a strike mandate, during a negotiation process.
  • Convened in at least 10 days.
  • For members of the unit concerned.
  • Quorum of 10 members in good standing belonging to the unit concerned, or 5% of the unit’s workforce if greater.

A negotiating committee is elected for each ASSEP bargaining unit, usually the year before the collective agreement expires. Its mandate is to carry out the process of negotiating the unit’s collective agreement.

Up to 3 members may be elected to the bargaining committee, in addition to the coordinator, the unit labour relations officer and a PSAC representative.

UnitTerm of the collective agreementElected members of the negotiating committee
LecturersApril 7, 2022 to August 31, 2024Laura Ahunon, Akila Hidouche and Mohamed Ousmoï
Teaching assistants and in charge of practical workJune 20, 2022 to August 31, 2025Mohamed Amine Elforaici and Edwige Déborah Fatim Zombra
Chercheuses Post-doctoral researchersJune 20, 2022 to August 31, 2025Ulrich Compaore, Patrick Daoust
  • For more information on the negotiation process, visit our dedicated page.

Working committees are set up at members’ assemblies or by the Union Council in response to a clearly identified mandate.

  • For more information, see our Bylaws and Regulations, Chapiter 7.

The Finance monitoring committee is mandated to audit the books of account and oversee the Union’s assets. The committed submits a report to the General Assembly.

  • The committee was elected in April 2023 for a one-year term.
  • Committee members: Ali Chamam, Jeanne Joachim, Moulay Vincent Huard

No ad hoc committee is currently in place.

Every member in good standing can be elected at ASSEP, and conditions are the same regardless of the unit of origin.

  • Total rate of 32,39$/h as of June 1, 2023, automatically indexed (3rd cycle repeater rate).
  • Access to paid trainings, with travel and meals included if outside Polytechnique.
  • Adapt your workload to what you can give: no minimum number of hours, and a maximum of 80 hours/2 weeks.
  • Elections take place at Statutory General Assemblies. In the event of a vacancy, the body empowered to do so may co-opt a member.
  • Contact-us (assepinformation@gmail.com) and watch out for calls for applications in your e-mail!
  • Hassan Bensalah, coordination
  • Ulrich Compaore, trésorerie (GCH)
  • Hugo Barral, affaires externes (GIGL)