This is the call out for a special general membership meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 for nominations and elections of the bargaining committee members for this next round of negotiations. Our contract expires on June 30th, 2019 and to date, both the union and the university have discussed starting bargaining on … Continue reading Nominations/Elections for Bargaining Committee
Bargaining Survey for 2019 bargaining
Bargaining is upon us and so it’s time to reach out to the membership and ask you what are your priorities for this round of bargaining. We have been working hand in hand with CUPE National to do up a bargaining survey that will be done online via Survey Monkey. Why have we gone this … Continue reading Bargaining Survey for 2019 bargaining
National Sectoral Meeting activities
So far at the CUPE National Sector meeting your representatives have taken in two overall plenary sessions and then today spent the majority of the time broken off with post secondary members from across Canada. Discussions were about pensions, bargaining language to seek, precarious work and what to do about it and the changing reality … Continue reading National Sectoral Meeting activities
Management cancelled Labour Management Meeting at last minute
For months now we have had a labour management meeting scheduled. Time was booked off from our jobs and at the last moment management cancels, saying they are too busy and need to work on other things. I wish we could report this is the first time they have done this, but it isn't. This … Continue reading Management cancelled Labour Management Meeting at last minute