NOOKMIS JOSEPHINE MANDAMIN and the Water Walkers of 2017 are coming to St. Catharines.
Thursday June 29th
4:45 – 7 pm
Anglican Church on 83 Church St.
The event is open to the whole community.
Donations to the raffle table, feast table and monetary donations are welcomed. All proceeds will go to the Water Walkers to further their journey.
For coverage of the walk check out e.g., this and this source.
The Indigenous Solidarity Coalition originated in and is sponsored by our local.
Seniority inquiries are arriving in our local’s mailbox. If you are applying and planning to re-apply for a job at Brock (posted as a position represented by CUPE 4207), and are not sure about your seniority date, go to the seniority list posted on the Unit 1 Seniority List web page.
We strongly encourage you to contact the local with any queries you may have about the posting/hiring process.
The University asked permanent members in Unit 3 to switch to a different pay regime. While the said members were paid to date at the end of every month, with a mid month advance, it was more desirable to be paid biweekly. Yet this payroll change is not about the biweekly pay that Unit 1 members have been selecting as one of the options on their contract at sign time. What the employer wants to convert payroll into is two week pay but with one week lag!
The ESL instructors (permanent) are going to vote on the proposed change. The Executive Committee recommends voting it down. Read a letter to U3 members Statement on Payroll Conversion to learn more.
Today is workers holiday – International Workers Day. Workers celebrate around the world.
For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe. Why is it largely ignored in North America? The answer lies in part in American labour’s long repression of its own radical past, out of which international May Day was actually born a century ago.
After a busy year teaching, researching and learning, you deserve a break!
Come to the union social Friday April 21 (the day after our AGM) to the mostly empty 319 Merritt Street building for a relaxing evening, drink food and fun supplied (well, you may have to do something with the latter one).
OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERS MEETING is on
Thursday, APRIL 20
4:00 PM IN AS 203
One more additional election that is not on the agenda on the poster:
Four delegates to CUPE National Convention October 2 – 6, 2017 in Toronto.
The local is offering a temporary job that includes scanning and processing of grievance files into a software called LabourWare. While an asset, no experience with LabourWare is necessary (training will be provided). The objective is to have grievances digitized, easily accessible and searchable. A degree of experience with the grievance process is required for the job. See the call by clicking on the link below.
Unit 3, instructors in ESL Services, is preparing for bargaining. At this special general membership meeting Unit 3 members will be discussing the results of a recently conducted survey on improvement of their working conditions.
The U3 Bargaining Committee has compiled the results of the survey and will be presenting them at this Special GMM. Unit 3 members will then identify a list of issues that would be the priority focus in bargaining. The priorities will be ratified by a vote at this meeting.
The meeting is open to all members. Only members of Unit 3 can vote.
AGENDA:
1. Update – Joint U2/U3 Labour Management Meeting, Feb. 24
(including upcoming Academic Program Review of ESL Services)
2. English-Only Policy for IELP Students
3. Unit 3 Bargaining Priorities Meeting
The membership spoke. Seventy six per cent votes were cast in support of the tentative agreement. This means that the deal is in effect until September 6, 2019.
We still have the alternate strike office at 319 Merritt. The Strike Preparation Committee is having a meeting tomorrow to discuss returning things to their usual places and resting all the traffic safety equipment in storage until it is needed again.
In addition to wrapping up and to close, the SPC is going to plan a social at the 319 Merritt building. Stay tuned and of course, as always, members are welcome to plan or just to show up at the union office, tomorrow, Friday, March 17 at 2 pm for the social planning!
