General Membership Meeting – Feb 2nd – 5:30

Nancy MacBainNews, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3

Our next General Membership Meeting will take place: February 2, 2011 5:30pm MUMC 1A5 (hospital, 1st floor, by the William’s) Agenda items will include: -Bylaw Amendments (carried forward from the last meeting) Articles 3b, 4 & 5. -Elections – Vice President, Chief Steward Unit 2, Equity Officer, Health & Safety Reps (all faculties) Food will be available. Childcare reimbursement also … Read More

Call for Testimonies: Forum on Graduate and Undergraduate Dis/ability Supports at McMaster

Maria MustafaEquity, General

Members of CUPE 3906’s Equity Action Committee (EAC) have identified a campus-wide need to engage in a conversation about gaps in dis/ability support at McMaster. We are using the term ‘dis/ability’ in order to disrupt the more common, pathologizing understanding of ‘disability.’ Our use of this term is also intended to be as open as possible, so as to explicitly … Read More

Steward’s Council – February 8th

Nancy MacBainGeneral, News, Unit 1

Greetings fellow stewards. As the current Unit 1 contract expires in a few months, this seems a good time to think about how we as stewards can contribute to the collective bargaining process. To that end, we are calling a Stewards Council meeting for February 8th 5:00-7:30 Wentworth Lounge (right beside the Phoenix) Right now we envision a three-point agenda … Read More

The People vs US Steel – Hamilton Day of Action

Nancy MacBainNews, Political Action

January 29th 1pm Hamilton City Hall (71 Main St W) Be a part of history! Your Community needs you! WHY STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF SHOULD GET INVOLVED: This is not a strike. The United Steelworkers 1005 have been locked out of their own factory, but not laid off. They are being denied the right to work and have not been … Read More

Introducing…The Ally

Nancy MacBainCUPE Quarterly

The new version of the CUPE Magazine is out, and it’s now called The Ally. Click here to download the latest issue. This issue features: The People vs US Steel – the USW 1005 Lockout and the Hamilton Day of Action Unit 1 Benefit Changes Upcoming Rounds of Bargaining Big Susie’s Sex Worker Advocacy Group Local Labour Struggles and the … Read More

Support Sessional Faculty at Trent

Nancy MacBainNews, Unit 2

CUPE 3908 includes more than 600 workers who work as contract faculty, part-time course instructors, workshop leaders, and markers. Contract faculty already earn less than half the average hourly rate of their similarly qualified full-time colleagues and the gap has widened over the past decade. Because of the difficulties in organizing this part-time, insecure labour force, universities have been able … Read More

Mac’s Priorities Need to be Changed

Nancy MacBainNews

An opinion piece from The Silhouette by Blake McCall There is something rotten at McMaster University. For those of you who are not counting I think it is important to take note of what has been happing for the last 18 months on this campus. September 2009: CAW local 555 representing administrators all across campus nearly go on strike as … Read More

Support Striking SEIU Workers

Nancy MacBainNews, Political Action

Tentative deal ratified by SEIU members, ending the strike. Thanks to everyone for their amazing support. Details will be posted on the support site as they become available. There is a new website up and running that outlines all the ways you can support Striking SEIU workers. We encourage all members to visit: www.SupportMacWorkers.com Specifically, you’re encouraged to join solidarity … Read More

Community Delegation at USW 1005 Picket Line

Nancy MacBainGeneral, News, Political Action

Saturday January 15th – 11:00-3:00 Meet at King St. and Bay St. at 10:35 am to take the HSR bus with the delegation or Wilcox St. Factory Gate on corner with Burlington St. E. (see map) any time after 11:00 am. If you can’t make it for the whole shift, come for what you can! For more information on the lockout, visit … Read More

Next PAC Meeting January 10, 2011 at 4pm in CUPE office

Political Action CommitteeNews, Political Action

Happy New Year folks!  The Political Action Committee will be having our first meeting of the (calendar) year this coming Monday, January 10 at 4pm in the CUPE office.  If the office is occuppied there will be signs posted to let folks know where we are (though most likely we’ll be just around the corner at the tables in the … Read More