MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020

in Sankey Chamber at 5 pm

Agenda: Members are, of course, free to add items on the agenda either by emailing the info@cupe4207.org email or directly at the GMM!

There will be a guest speaker from OSSTF district 22, Shannon Smith, President. OSSTF is a labour union representing primarily high school teachers. Together with the elementary school teachers, education workers have waged a long battle to push off changes to public education that would negatively impact students, their parents and society in general. Come to the GMM to hear about the plans of the provincial government to usher in measures to invite private for profit forms of education!

• Bargaining Updates for UNIT 1 (Unit 2 settled, and has very recently ratified their collective agreement ).
• Elections for the Goodman School of Business Steward position. The outstanding vacancies have been filled in previous GMM’s elections. This one remains to be filled.
• And the vote on Notice of Motion that was given at the December GMM:

8.1.2 Election of Departmental Stewards

(a)  Departmental stewards are volunteers that may be appointed by the Chief Steward as they express interest.

(b) The Union encourages self-organization of workers in departments through rank-and-file union activists.  It is understood that all members shall be included in any communications in a department.

(c) It shall be responsibility of each elected Departmental Steward to provide their name and contact information for the Chief Steward of their Unit within three (3) calendar days.

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

• • Applied Health Sciences
  • Education
  • Goodman School of Business

elections for two delegates to the Disability and Work conference in Ottawa

We hold our General Members Meeting on the 17th at 5 pm in the Sankey Chamber.

We will be discussing the following items on the agenda, and any item you wish to bring up!

Bylaw and Policy Changes

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.

https://4207.cupe.ca/files/2019/09/A-notification-of-BYLAW-and-POLICY-CHANGES-was-given-at-the-JULY-18-GMM.pdf

Bargaining Updates

Elections

– for four open positions of Faculty Stewards (see our bylaws article 8)

• Business
• Math and Sciences
• Applied Health Sciences
• Education

– 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 annual general meeting is on
Monday, April 15, at 3:30 pm in STH 217 (STH = Academic South)

It is at the AGM that we elect members into all positions on the Executive Committee; faculty stewards; international steward; Unit 1 instructor steward; health and safety officers; one trustee with term ending April 30th 2022; and labour council delegates. See full list of positions open for elections below.

The amendment to bylaws that will be discusses and voted on concerns the addition of a new position to the Executive Committee – Health and Safety Officer. If this motion to create this H&S officer passes, the position will be a part of the general election at this AGM. This means that it will be open for nominations and members can run for it.

Any member in good standing can run for a position. A member in good standing is a member who has filled and signed CUPE Application for Membership card. We will have these cards available at the meeting for you to sign if you haven’t done so already.

… Read more…

The bylaw changes that are to be discussed and voted on. https://4207.cupe.ca/files/2019/02/BylawNoticeFebruary2019.pd

Ten delegates to CUPE Ontario Convention

Full agenda can be accessed here: https://4207.cupe.ca/files/2019/03/GMM-Agenda-26-3-2019.pdf

Any member in good standing can run for the position of a delegate to the CUPE Ontario annual convention. This year, the convention will be a site of many discussions, planning and organizing to push back the provincial government’s attack on public social programs, people who need them and the workers who work for them. https://cupe.on.ca/event/convention-2019/

Our February general meeting is after the reading week, on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 at 3 pm in Welsh Hall room 207. 

ON AGENDA:

• Elections for two positions 

• Bargaining Update – from Unit 1 and Unit 2 bargaining committees and Bargaining Research Committee
• Voting on Proposed Bylaw Changes*   these proposed amendments are going to be discussed and voted on at this meeting.
• Notice of Bylaw Changes. New. These amendments are to be voted on at March 2019 GMM (This is a work of the Policy, Bylaw and Finance Committee)
  
•  TA Hours Tracking Tool
• Report from delegates to the Ontario University Workers COordinating Committee – a sectorl committee [OUWCC] of CUPE Ontario. The conference is Feb 21 -24 and the members have elected 5 delegates.
• Three books are going to be given away to lucky members in a draw: 1., 2, and 3.

*These bylaw proposals are going to be voted on separately:

Notice 1 – Benefits Committee proposal

Notice 2 – Vice President Duties

Notice 3 – Two-Year Term for President and Treasurer

Notice 4 – Vacancy/Recall Language

The GMM starts at 4 pm in Plaza 600F – a room with a nice view.

A big item on the agenda is OUWCC Conference. We will be electing five members to go as delegates to the conference in February 21 to 24 (reading week)

The OUWCC stands for Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee, a sectoral committee of CUPE Ontario. CUPE-organized workers at any Ontario university campus choose their campus representative for two years duration to serve on the OUWCC board and act as a liaison between the committee and the CUPE workers organized on campus. Each university CUPE local can choose to affiliate with the OUWCC and  send delegates to the conference of the university sector – the OUWCC conference.

The aim of the conference is to benefit form shared strength and experience under and one common employer — the university industry. The conference is held at the CUPE Ontario headquarters in Markham. Registration and accommodation is covered by our local.

80 Commerce Valley Drive East, Markham, ON L3T 0B2

This GMM is significant as we are going to elect five members to Unit 1 Bargaining Committee. This election is conducted nine months prior to our collective agreement expiry date (September 7, 2019).

Preparations for bargaining is a lengthy and labourious process that requires serious engagement of all members elected. After all, the language in our collective agreement (the contract negotiated between the union and the university for the next period) has serious bearing on the working conditions of the 1,000 members in Unit 1, and by extension also on members of Units 2 and 3. We know well that our working conditions both directly and indirectly affect students.

MUCH MORE TO BE INFORMED ABOUT, READ FURTHER! … Read more…