Contract academic workers at Brock University
Our November GENERAL MEMBERS MEETING is on TUESDAY NOV. 19 at 4 pm in the POND INLET
We will start with a guest speaker from CUPE Niagara District Council who will briefly speak on the CUPE Ontario campaign Communities, Not Cuts.
AGENDA
BARGAINING UPDATES – this is your time to ask questions and discuss bargaining issues!
elections for Steward positions in
elections for two delegates to the Disability and Work conference in Ottawa
Niagara District CUPE Council
celebrates the end of each busy activist year by a social with great free food and shared camaraderie in struggle.
Monday, December 2nd at the Niagara CUPE Area Office, 110A Hannover Drive, Suite 101; St. Catharines
5:30 pm – meet and greet
6:00 pm – NDCC meeting
6:30 pm – dinner
Members of our local are invited to attend. We need to let the NDCC organizers know how many members would attend by November 25. info@cupe4207.org
The Member of the Month for November is ALISON ROTHWELL. She is also a member and President of OSSTF district 35, the labour union that represents Support Staff at Brock. When Alison became a member of our Unit 1, she did not shy away from sharing experience and extending her support to CUPE 4207. Solidarity!
I joined CUPE 4207 in 2017 as I returned to school to pursue my graduate work here at Brock and am a proud Union member of both CUPE and OSSTF. I’ve been so impressed by how active and passionate our executive members are and the many opportunities they continue to offer members to become engaged, educated, and involved – locally and nationally.
Most recently I’ve really enjoyed being part of the bargaining process as an observer during negotiations.
It’s a terrific opportunity to learn more about the functioning of our Union and to see, first hand, how hard our bargaining team is working to better our working conditions. I strongly encourage members to get more involved in their Union and to make sure to take advantage of all CUPE has to offer! I am thrilled to be member of the month!
Our local has seven tickets to give away to interested members for an annual event of the Workers Art and History Centre in Hamilton, Friday, November 8th from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm. The event is a commemorative dinner at Liuna Station in Hamilton. It is called Sam 24 because it is the 24th annual dinner and because Sam is the first name of the labour activist and politician Samuel Lawrence.
The WAHC organizers are notoriously creative in setting up a labour ‘trivia’ game related to the theme of the year. This is a good cause that comes with good times and good food too! If interested and committed to attend, email the union! info@cupe4207.org
Our October general members mee
ting is on MONDAY, October 28 at 4 pm in
we were notified on October 23 that our booking was changed to TH 255 – (a change from the former room in WH with the piano! ;-( ) But members are encouraged to bring their musical instruments and showcase their art never the less!
This is the meeting of your labour union where what’s going on for the past months is being discussed, what is important to members and for the functioning of the union is put on the agenda. While we have the agenda preliminarily set up it is also open for suggestions from you – the members!
We will be holding elections to fill the positions of Faculty Stewards:
For description of steward functions see our bylaws. Excerpts are included below.
We will also be electing members who want to be delegates to two conferences:
Racial Justice and Human Rights Conference (December 9 – 12) in Toronto
Ontario Federation of Labour convention that runs between November 25 -29 in Toronto
You can run for the positions by having someone to nominate you at the meeting or emailing a note that you wish to be running for a position.
info@cupe4207.org … Read more…
Our September Member of the Month is Fatemeh Salahi. Congratulations Fatemeh, and good luck on your future pursuits!
Fatemeh joined the union on September 2017 and since then she has participated in a range of Union events and activities such as health and safety training, local executive school, introduction to stewarding, etc. She also served as Math and Science steward in our local. Throughout the series of events, she has remained an active union member and contributed to them by speaking out for the members and representing their interest.
The experience with the Union, according to Fatemeh, has been a meaningful one. She is feeling both pleased and honored to be a part of the Union that, through speaking out and taking actions, truly pursues justice and equity. Fatemeh has demonstrated her teamwork and leadership in her involvement with the Union by exercising every opportunity to help others in time of need. The very fact that the Union takes care of the needs of diverse groups fits with her caring nature. Fatemeh explained that the Union has become like family to her, especially when she reflected on the warmth she received when she first joined the team and afterward. “Being involved with the Union is an enriching experience for me. It helped me to promote my personal and professional development and it gave me a great opportunity to grow my network with such knowledgeable and caring people.”
Fatemeh, as an experienced and devoted team member, encourages all members to continue contributing to the Union, because she witnessed how friendly, supportive, warm and passionate all the executive members and stewards are. She sincerely appreciates all the support that local 4207 offers to its members and hopes the Union can bring more positive changes to people.
On Thursday, Sep. 12, we hold OPEN HOUSE in our office in MacChown C 402.
noon to 5 pm
Come by, tables will be full of food and soft drinks. It is an opportunity to see where your union office is, who are your reps and what is your role in your labour union.
We do have a brand new button maker and thus you can come to make buttons with design of your choice 😉
We hold our General Members Meeting on the 17th at 5 pm in the Sankey C
hamber.
We will be discussing the following items on the agenda, and any item you wish to bring up!
At the July 18th meeting, a notification of proposed changes to our bylaws and policies was given. Here they are to be discussed and voted on.
Bargaining Updates
Elections
– for four open positions of Faculty Stewards (see our bylaws article 8)
– for five delegates to Health and Safety Conference Nov. 12-16
– for one Trustee for the duration ending April 30, 2022 (for duties see our bylaws, article 7.11)
– to represent the local at CUPE National convention – we elect four delegates and ONE alternate = five members to go as delegates to the convention.
Our first pay day should be on September 20th. See the pay schedule here on our website: https://4207.cupe.ca/resources/payday-schedule/
Unless you have signed or will have signed your contract by September 12th, you are not going to be paid in September at all. If it is the case that you have a hard time getting access to Workday and hence to your contract, and/or you have not ‘signed’ it (by clicking on an orange button) yet, please contact the union and directly the Chief Steward to help getting your paycheck on time!
Chiefteward@cupe4207.org
info@cupe4207.org