Academic Contract Workers at Brock University
Come out to our bi-weekly get together. All members are welcomed. As we go into a bargaining year, we bet you have some questions. We want to help answer them and want you to help the executive know your concerns about our labour. Come share lunch with members of the union. Thursday 11-2 in Plaza 410. See schedule on the poster below.
There is a special online GMM this Friday at 12:00pm. This will have one action item below. Please register in advance on the website here.Registration is needed for attendance and may be needed for online voting.
CUPW has been on strike since Nov 15th asking for fair compensation. Several of our members have joined their picket line in solidarity. Learn about the negotiations here.
Phil Wachel, 4207 President and Kevin Girolametta, CUPW Local 628 President at the Welland Picket Line
December 6is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The NRLC is holding an event that morning from 7:00 am – 8:30 am and breakfast is being served. The location is Club Capri (36 Cleveland Street in Thorold).
This is a no cost event, but a donation of a personal care product would be appreciated.
Shoeboxes are being filled with these items: https://www.shoeboxproject.ca/chapters/niagara
Please email info@cupe4207.org by November 22 if you plan on attending.
They are 1,200 full and part time members working in corporate services, community services, public works and engineering, planning building and economic development, and legislative services. See here for more information from CUPE national about this local’s stuggles and sign up for support.
Our Time Together: A national space for Indigenous, Black, and racialized CUPE members and allies Nov 16th. This is an online event Indigenous, Black, and racialized CUPE members and allies are invited to a national gathering about how we keep building an anti-racist union. Register now and spread the word!
A film screening is being hosted by the President’s advisory committee with a virtual Q&Q with co-director Sam Eilertsen. Please register here.
Nov.4-8 is the annual Holocaust Education Week, and you are invited you to attend an exhibit by Brock students who are descendants of Holocaust survivors in the Library. A highlight of the Holocaust Education Week this year is a special presentation by Georgina Katz, a child of Holocaust survivors, on Tuesday, Nov.5 2:30-4:00 pm in the Rankin Pavilion (RFP 215).
