Medical Marijuana and the medical devices you need to use medical marijuana are eligible expenses under our health care spending accounts. It is required to provide a prescription for medical marijuana and a doctor’s note for for equipment to use/consume medical marijuana to have claims paid out.
CUPE Unit 2 Dental Update
We’re sending another quick heads up about the new Unit 2 Dental Plan, which recently went into effect for the first time ever this Fall. If you had not opted out of the plan, you would have noticed a $170 dental premium payment on your October 26th pay stub. This is a one-time deduction, which covers the period from Sept … Read More
General Membership Meeting- October 31st
We want to remind you about our upcoming General Membership Meeting, to be held on Wednesday, October 31st at 12:30 in MUSC 311/13. At this meeting, we’ll be electing 6 members (plus 1 alternate) to our Unit 1 Bargaining Team to represent TAs and RAs in lieu in our upcoming contract negotiations with the Employer. These positions come with a monthly honorarium and … Read More
Ontario Health Coalition Rally- Oct 23
There’s an upcoming rally at Queen’s Park (Tuesday, Oct 23rd at noon) held by Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (a CUPE affiliate) and the Ontario Health Coalition in support of strong, accessible, public health care in the face of likely funding cuts from the Ford government. A bus from Niagara will be making a stop in Hamilton picking up at The Centre on Barton … Read More
Unit 3 Postdoctoral Fellows meetings
We have an upcoming Special General Membership Meeting for our postdoctoral fellows on Wednesday, October 24th at noon. The agenda will feature two important items: election of Unit 3 Chief Steward (to represent postdocs on our executive committee) election of Unit 3 bargaining team (up to 3 members) The meeting will be held in MUSC 203 and will feature lunch … Read More
Fall 2018 General Membership Meetings
Fall 2018 General Membership Meetings are as follows: Weds, Oct 31st at 12:30 in MUSC 311/13 (election of Unit 1 Bargaining Team) Weds, Nov 28th at 12:30 in BSB 108 We’ll also be having a Special GMM for Unit 3 members only toward the end of October, with an exact date and time TBA
Fight for 5 Years and Fairness
If you were at our amazing social earlier this week (or if you follow us on social media), you would have seen our delicious 5 Years and Fairness cake and the launch of our 5 Years and Fairness bargaining campaign. As you likely know, both Unit 1 (TAs and RAs in lieu) and Unit 3 (postdocs) are heading into bargaining … Read More