Academic Contract Workers at Brock University
A Message from President – Nathan Cecckin Welcome back to the Fall Term! With the provincial government’s decision to grant an exemption to Universities and Colleges from COVID restrictions, we will be returning to in-person learning for the Fall. We are still discussing the interpretation of ‘instructional space.’ This would include lecture halls, seminar rooms, … Read more…
Updates for 4207 Members This page is help 4207 Members understand what the Executive Committee is actively doing on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. We want you to get a sense of what we are doing, what we are advocating on your behalf, and how we support local community and groups across the country. … Read more…
This is our regular, monthly general members meeting. Among the items on the agenda: discussion and vote on proposed bylaw changes: https://4207.cupe.ca/files/2020/10/OCT28Proposed-Bylaw-Amendments-.pdf 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 … Read more…
This is a Niagara District CUPE Council [NDCC] meeting. All CUPE locals in Niagara can elect delegates to represent them in this CUPE Niagara central. We have elected two delegates for the annual duration of office (May 1 – April 30), even though by number of members we qualify for sending six delegates. The greater … Read more…
COmmunicaitons: we need to work on firing back — preparing for responses to developments* the university keeps lopping our way. What’s more — Unit 1 bargaining ! We need to think big and start preparing how outreach in communication to our members. SOcials – while we have had four micro socials in the Fall, we … Read more…
Unit 1 – Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Graders, Lab Demonstrators Last Collective Agreement Update: November 5, 2020: The Memorandum of Settlement was ratified by both parties and thus the newly negotiated language is included in the Unit 1 Collective Agreement (Sep 7, 2019 – Sep. 6, 2022), effective immediately. This concluded the 17 months of negotiations with … Read more…
The Mobilizing & Organizing Committee is a working committee of the local. It is formed about the time the Bargaining Team is elected at a General Members Meeting. The MO serves as a liaison between the Bargaining Team and members. Its goal is to mobilize members by providing information to members of the state of … Read more…