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.
Donations:
August 2022:
January 2022:
Donation of $75 to Port Cares https://www.portcares.on.ca/
Donation of $75 to Start Me Up Niagara https://www.startmeupniagara.ca/site/home
Donation of $75 to United Way of Niagara https://www.unitedwayniagara.org/
Donation of $75 to Niagara Migrant Workers Interest Group https://www.nmwig.ca/site/home
December 2021:
CUPE 4207 put a letter out in support of the Hamilton Encampment Support Network (HESN) and donated $650 toward the legal fees that HESN members have https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/encampment-network-protest-police-arrests-1.6266580
Donation of $75 to Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold https://www.communitycarestca.ca/
Donation of $75 to Community Care of West Niagara https://www.communitycarewn.ca/site/home
Donation of $75 to Gillian’s Place https://gilliansplace.com/
Donation of $75 to Community Care of West Niagara https://www.communitycarewn.ca/site/home
Donation of $75 to The Hope Centre https://thehopecentre.net/
Donation of $75 to Pelham Cares https://pelhamcares.org/
Donation of $200 to the striking workers of CUPE 1630 (Rolling River School Division Custodians and Cleaners).
https://www.brandonsun.com/local/cupe-1630-organizes-biggest-protest-yet-575894162.html
November 2021:
CUPE 4207 donated $650 to CUPE New Brunswick for supplies for their strike. Over 20 000 workers went on a 16 day strike to fight for fairness. https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/new-brunswick-public-sector-workers-ratify-five-year-contract-after-16-day-strike-1.5673559
Donation of $100 to Operation Christmas Cheer. https://www.operationcheer.com/
The CUPE 4207 National Convention delegates decided that the Local donate $500 to an urgent appeal for disaster relief funds for those in British Columbia.
October 2021:
Donated $200 to Sponsor the YWCA Niagara Leadership Summit for Women. The Niagara Leadership Summit for Women presents an inclusive environment to encourage and celebrate women leaders in our community and opens the conversation surrounding women’s issues in Niagara. The event is hosted by the YWCA Niagara Region
September 2021:
Donated $500 in support of Candace Rennick’s campaign. Candace is the long time Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE Ontario who is seeking to become Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE National. Candace’s bio can be found here: https://cupe.on.ca/about-us/officers/
Donated $100 to the CUPE Ontario Fight Back Campaign. CUPE Ontario asked their affiliated Locals to consider a one-time donation (above affiliation fees) to the CUPE Ontario Solidarity Fight Back Fund. The donation will be applied to future campaigns that CUPE Ontario is running. Here is a link to current campaigns that CUPE Ontario is running: https://cupe.on.ca/campaigns/
Donated $500 to the Woodland Cultural Centre, which has established a Save the Evidence campaign. Save the Evidence is a campaign to raise awareness and support for the restoration of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School, and to develop the building into an Interpreted Historic Site and Educational Resource. As a site of conscience, the final goal is to create a fully-realized Interpretive Centre that will be the definitive destination for information about the history of Residential Schools in Canada, the experiences of Survivors of the schools, and the impact that the Residential School system has had on our communities.
Mohawk Institute Residential School Virtual Tour Now Available Online
July 2021:
Donated $500 to the National Council of Canadian Muslims.
Donated $250 to the locked out workers of CUPE 2348 at the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council) in their quest for a fair contract. Donated $250 to the locked out workers of CUPE 1349. The 90+ members of CUPE 1349, who work for the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor, NL, were locked out by their employer on July 15.
Donated $200 to help with the costs of a rally that the Migrant Rights Network held in Ottawa on July 25.
May 2021:
Donated $250 to the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre (WAHC) is a community museum in Hamilton that celebrates the history of workers and labour. Your Local has been making annual donations to the WAHC for the past few years to help the museum continue to do their important work.
April 2021:
Donated $500 toward the cost of the Pride Week event.
Donated $500 to the Please Help Jolene Dodge with safe Housing Fund.
Donated $600 to the Period Promise Niagara campaign.
February 2021:
Donated $200 to Sistahfest.
January 2021:
Donated $500 to the Pony Mart store to do Outreach. The downtown St. Catharines convenience store, Pony Mart, has quietly been doing outreach for a number of years. They have helped many community members who are in need. With our donation, one hundred $5 gift cards for Tim Horton’s were distributed to community members in need.
December 2020:
Donated $100 to Socks for Change.