At today’s four hours long ratification meeting, the final count of cast ballots was 93% in favour of the ratification of the proposed changes to Unit 1 contract for its duration September 7, 2019 – September 6, 2022.
Unit 1 Ratification General Meeting Oct. 23
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 from 11 am to 3 pm
Unit 1 contract negotiations have ended when both sides, the Unit 1 bargaining team and the employer, signed off on a document containing the newly negotiated changes to our collective agreement. This document is called the memorandum of agreement and it is not a legally binding collective agreement yet. This memorandum of agreement (also called tentative collective agreement) will be presented to members attending this meeting and will be put to a vote. … Read more…
October GMM
On Wednesday, October 28 at 4 pm we hold our regular monthly general members meeting with that includes the following agenda:
Among the items on the agenda: 
- discussion and vote on proposed bylaw changes.
- Electing delegates to CUPE Ontario Health and Safety/Injured Workers Virtual Conference, Nov. 18-19, 2020
Attending members can add points to the agenda at the beginning of the meeting when the agenda is being discussed/amended and approved. Meeting link below: … Read more…
Pink Triangle Committee vacancy
One of CUPE Ontario Human Rights Committees, the Pink Triangle 
Committee, is seeking to fill a vacant position. The deadline is October 29.
You can nominate yourself or someone you know and let the President of our local know so they can endorse the nomination. president@cupe4207.org
Member of the Month – October
We are pleased to introduce the Member of the Month for October 2020 –
Nadine Brundrett!
Nadine Brundrett has been a member of CUPE 4207 Unit 1 since she began teaching at Brock in September 2000 as an Instructor and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Classics.
Recently, Nadine has become more active in the Union taking on a number of responsibilities. Over the years she came to realize the importance of the Union to represent and support the many Contractual Academic workers at Brock University and she is an example of the ideal that it is never too late to become actively involved in your local and to learn about all the many ways the union is essential to all our working lives at Brock! … Read more…
GMM SEPTEMBER 28
General Members Meeting Monday 28, 2020 at 4 pm
Major point on our agenda is collective bargaining updates: We will be discussing the results of our latest negotiations with the employer in Unit 1 and Unit 3.
For the report on Unit 1 bargaining go to our bargaining page.
Please note the meeting starts at 4 pm.
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OPEN HOUSE 2020
We hold our OPEN HOUSE on Wednesday September 16th.
Zoom in to meet your union reps and your colleagues! You can learn about the union, your rights as a worker at Brock, ask questions, and comment on the way we represent you 😉
It is also an opportunity to inquire about the union local’s committees and all the socially active engagements a labour union offers, far and wide. … Read more…
Did you know? Paid Health and Safety training
New members who have just been hired by Brock to work in one (or more) of the jobs that are represented by our union, need to take a health and safety training and be paid for it!
The health and safety awareness training is mandatory by law (a regulation in the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act). The workers must be paid for the time spent in the training.
Brock has online modules and pays for
- 1 hour of Health and Safety Awareness training,
- 30 minutes for Workplace Violence training,
- and 1 hour of training about Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act [AODA] (all three modules). This totals to 2.5 hours of pay for the training. You must notify your designated departmental administrative assistant that you have completed the training in order to receive your compensation (there is a link for this step in the training module).
Important to note: Your department must create a separate contract aside of the one you have signed for teaching.
Here is a short slide-format information on the role of the labour union at our workplace. It includes information on our Health and Safety Committee and the mandatory health and safety training.
Call for membership mobilizers – accomplished!
We have six member mobilizers to start in September. … Read more…
CUPE Ontario Action Plan for 2020
In the absence of CUPE Ontario annual convention this year, the CUPE Ontario Executive Board has approved a 2020 action plan which is normally discussed, shaped and voted on by delegates at the convention.
“This Plan has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaped our daily lives both at work and at home. It focuses on three themes: relief, recovery, and reimagining. We believe that the actions in this plan move us closer to an Ontario that serves us all, not just the wealthy.
Now through this crisis as always, workers have the collective power to transform society. Let’s make that a reality together.”