Payday schedule
On the HR – Payroll page in greater detail: Bi-weekly one-weekly lag forAdministrative professional, CUPE 1295, CUPE 2220, CUPE 4207-1, CUPE 4207-2, CUPE 4207-3, exempt, IATSE, OSSTF, senior administrative council, salaried research employees and all contract employees)
Equality Statement & Recognition of Territory
CUPE Equality Statement (PDF)
Union solidarity is based on the principle that union members are equal and deserve mutual respect at all levels. Any behaviour that creates conflict prevents us from working together to strengthen our union.
As unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding are our goals. We should neither condone nor tolerate behaviour that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.
Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic or homophobic hurts and thereby divides us. So too, does discrimination on the basis of ability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin.
Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment. Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate. Harassment should not be treated as a joke. The uneasiness and resentment that it creates are not feelings that help us grow as a union.
Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different; and they reduce our capacity to work together on shared concerns such as decent wages, safe working conditions, and justice in the workplace, society and in our union.
CUPE’s policies and practices must reflect our commitment to equality. Members, staff and elected officers must be mindful that all persons deserve dignity, equality and respect.
Recognition of Territory (PDF)
On behalf of CUPE 4207, I would like to begin by acknowledging and honouring the ancestors of those on whose traditional lands we gather today. Brock University is located on the traditional beaver hunting grounds; a shared territory of the Anishnaabe (Aw-nishi-naw-bay), Haudenosaunee (Haw-den-oh-show-nee), and other nations. Today, we welcome and acknowledge all Indigenous Peoples who have joined us including First Nation, Métis, and Inuit, and we also welcome members of settler society.
Seniority Dates
UNIT 1 Seniority List October 2023
According to article 16.01 (e) of Unit 1 Collective Agreement, “a seniority list shall be maintained by the Human Resources Department and shall be updated three times per year, in June, October and February.”
UNIT 2 Seniority List May 1, 2023
In article 16.03 (b) and (c) of the Unit 2 Collective Agreement, seniority list is to be forwarded by the employer to the union every year on May 1st.
UNIT 3 Seniority List November 2023
In Unit 3 Collective Agreement, article 16.03 (b) and (c), seniority list shall be updated and forwarded to the union on June 1st and November 1st of each year.
Fire Safety Awareness on Campus
Attention all CUPE 4207 members, this is a friendly reminder from your Health and Safety Officers to report fires, or the potential for fire, immediately to EMERGENCY SERVICES – 911 – to ensure response and then Campus Security Ext. 3200.
Campus Security Services staff provide security services, including answering and responding to emergency calls 24 hours, 7 days a week and can be reached at any time at Ext. 3200. Their administrative lines are not 24 hours/day.
This warning comes in light of recent high temperatures and an incident report regarding a smouldering fire in front of the ESL building in May. Areas specifically at risk for fire are designated smoking sections and surrounding areas, landscaping areas with wood-based mulch, and/or areas with dry grass.
The St. Catharines Fire Chief Dave Wood has recently warned residents that throwing away a lit cigarette may result in starting a fire. We urge all members to be conscious of high risk areas and to report any potential fire activity to 911 AND Campus Security Ext. 3200. Please ensure you follow up with your supervisor after contacting Campus Security and fill out an Incident Report Form.
If you have any questions please contact your CUPE 4207 Health and Safety Officers.
Further fire safety links:
http://www.brocku.ca/webfm_send/1885
Health & Safety Info and Forms
Mandatory Paid H&S Training for CUPE 4207 Members
The health and safety 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 provides and pays for the training online.
CUPE 4207 members are educators and need to complete three modules.
-Health & Safety Awareness Training
-Workplace Violence Training
-AODA & Human Rights Training
Returning members should have already completed the training. If you haven’t, you should do it soon.
The training is mandatory and is therefore Paid Training for Unit 1 members (2.5 hours in total). This is in addition to your Unit 1 contract(s).
To get paid for the training modules, send proof of completion to the Admin Assistant of the Department where you work.
Name | Frequency | Other |
Health & Safety Awareness Training
(1 hour) |
To be completed one time only.
Completed during the time the member is working a contract. Mandatory training. |
Available on Sakai in “Health and Safety” in ‘Tests and Quizzes’. |
Workplace Violence Training
(30 minutes) |
To be completed one time only.
Completed during the time the member is working a contract. Mandatory training. |
Available on Sakai in “Health and Safety” in ‘Tests and Quizzes’. |
AODA & Human Rights Training
(1 hour) |
To be completed one time only.
Completed during the time the member is working a contract. Mandatory training. |
Available on my.brocku.ca
AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) |
HSW sharepoint toolbox Mandatory training link:
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.
CUPE Ontario Coronavirus information sheet for the university sector
FORMS
Members in the Sciences:
SCIENCE WORKERS First Aid Training
SCIENCE WORKERS FREE Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity Training
Union Education
A collection of resources for skill-building and education. Have anything to add? Email media@cupe4207.org.
Canadian Labour Congress digital trainings
CUPE webinar: The role of CUPE locals in challenging university-sector pension governance (video, slideshow)
A CUPE mini dictionary of union language
Bargaining
Bargaining beyond the binary: A negotiating guide for trans inclusion and gender diversity (PDF)
Indigenization
The Indigenization of Post Secondary Education
Indigenization of post-secondary education is the practice of acknowledging and redressing the ways in which Indigenous Peoples, their scholarship, history, culture, and ways of knowing have been excluded from or made invisible within post-secondary institutions and post-secondary education.
CUPE has produced a Fact Sheet on how Indigenization needs to take place across the post-secondary sector. Indigenization recognizes that post-secondary institutions, workers, and students all have a significant role to play in reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
CUPE 4207 understands our role as academic contract workers in Calls to Action and Reconciliation. We are committed to learning, understanding and incorporating the Indigenization of Brock University.
My name is Dr. Tracy Kennedy; I am the Outreach Officer for CUPE 4207 and member of our Equity Committee. I have taken the lead on tackling issues and challenges that Indigenous, Métis, and Inuit Peoples face, and created several incentives and events during September that raise awareness and speak to our roles and responsibilities for Calls to Action as academic contract workers.
At the September GMM, I gave a short presentation to CUPE 4207 Members called: “CUPE 4207 & the Indigenization of Post-Secondary Education”. I offered my insights and experiences that tackle questions, such as: What role do academic labour unions play in reconciliation with Indigenous, Métis, and Inuit Peoples? How can CUPE 4207 members incorporate Calls to Action into their work practices – lectures, assignments, seminars, lab demonstrations, office spaces and student interactions?
Here are the slides for my talk: CUPE 4207 & the Indigenization of Post-Secondary Education
We’ve also recorded the talk –
Additional Resources:
The Circle As Pedagogy Creating Authentic Elder/Youth Engagement
Creating Our Way Forward: Recommendations for Improving Niagara Region Public Health and Emergency Services’ Indigenous Engagement 2019 written by Kelly Fran Davis in collaboration with local Indigenous organizations
GoodMinds.com – First Nations, Inuit, Metis Books
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
Students learn Indigenous language using virtual reality, June 18, 2021
Six Nations school launches app that teaches people to speak Mohawk
Resources For CUPE 4207 Members
Indigenization of Post-Secondary Education CUPE National
Indigenizing Academia – Stryker Calvez
Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy – Adam Gaudry and Danielle Lorenz
100 ways to Indigenize and decolonize academic programs and courses – Dr. Shauneen Pete
Resources for Indignizing Higher Education (a collection of links to books, chapters, journal articles and more on initiatives, organization, and research methodology) – Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Education and Social Work
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Sept 30th, 2021.
Bargaining Language for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Allocation of Hours Form and Work Log
CUPE 4207 Allocation of Hours Form
You can use this handy AOH form (created by Darrin Sunstrum) to calculate your work tasks. https://4207.cupe.ca/files/2019/10/Excel-Allocation-of-Hours-Form-CUPE-4207.xlsx
CUPE 4207 Worklog Form
Collective Agreements
- UNIT 1 Collective Agreement (September 7, 2022 to September 6, 2025)
- UNIT 2 Collective Agreement (July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025)
- UNIT 3 Collective Agreement (July 7, 2020 to July 6, 2023)