Joint meeting for Hamilton members regarding Hudak
Please join us this Thursday, April 10th, at Liauna Station in downtown Hamilton for this very important all unions/all locals meeting regarding Ontario Conservative Party leader Tim Hudak’s propsed regressive attacks on your rights that will set back the clock on wages, representation and health and safety!
For more information, or to RSVP, please visit:
http://ofl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014.04.10-Reg.Mtg-HamiltonFlyer1.pdf
and:
http://ofl.ca/index.php/campaigns/rightsatwork/
All members are welcome!
Annual General Meeting 2014
This will serve as the call for the Annual General Membership Meeting for members of CUPE 3906.
When: Wednesday, April 2 at 5:30pm.
Location: Degroote School of Business b107
The agenda is as follows:
· Elections
o President
o Vice President
o Vice President External
o Secretary Treasurer
o Recording Secretary
o Chief Steward Unit 1
o Chief Steward Unit 2
o Chief Steward Unit 3
o Health and Safety Officer
o Equity Officer
o Communications Officer
o Benefits and Advocacy Officer
o International Officer
o Undergraduate Officer
· Report of the trustees (Presentation of the Local’s Finances)
At our AGM all positions of the local executive are up for election; you may come and nominate yourself or nominate others for these positions. Nominations may come from the floor or you can fill out an Executive Nomination Form ahead of time. A list of all executive positions and the corresponding descriptions can be found here. If you have any questions about any executive positions please email Rebecca Collins-Nelsen at: president@cupe3906.org or Evan Johnston at: vicepresident@cupe3906.org.
Free Pizza and Pop will also be served.
We hope to see you there!
Mike Skinner Activist Award
CUPE 3906 is now accepting nominations for the Mike Skinner Activist Award. The Mike Skinner Activist Award is a member-mandated award offered by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3906. Its title honours long-time labour activist and CUPE 3906 Staff Member Mike Skinner. At McMaster University, CUPE 3906 is the Union representing over 3000 Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, Sessional Faculty and Postdoctoral
Fellows. The value of this year’s award is $500 to one person (or committee), an award certificate and an inscription on the Mike Skinner Activist Award plaque.
The Nomination form can be found CUPE 3906 ANNOUNCES THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MIKE SKINNER ACTIVIST AWARD
The Deadline for Nomination is March 31st at 5pm
For more information please contact Rebecca Collins-Nelsen at president@cupe3906.org
Announcing the CUPE 3906 2014 Teaching Assistant Awards!
CUPE-iGSA game night
Welcome back from the winter vacation! CUPE and iGSA are getting together to organize a game night for you on campus. We will be playing a fun game called “Blind Test”. Don’t worry if you have never played it. It is a simple, enjoyable group game! We will have some snacks to munch on while you play the game and there will be prizes for the winning and participating teams.
The event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 20 in ABB 273 lounge from 6-8 pm.
Be there on time so that you can join the game from the beginning.
Join the Facebook event to find out who else is coming
https://www.facebook.com/events/231206283734405/
Come out for fun, friends, food and prizes!
Hope to see you there!
CUPE International Committee and GSA International Student Representatives
Equity Dinner
Hi everyone,
The Equity Action Committee is hosting a dinner for you!
It features an anti-discrimination panel with three exciting speakers, as well as pizza, pop and snacks!
The event will be held on Thursday, Feb. 27th, at 6:00-8:30 pm in ABB 273 (employee lounge).
Come out and meet other social activists, and have some great discussions over free food!
Please register for the event through the link below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmBhBzcoRbekdFR4UHFWaE85RHlpamFmTGZhZU9vbGc&usp=sharing
To find out who else is coming, please join the Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/213462675526103
Equity Action Committee
Postdoctoral Fellow (Unit 3) Special General Membership Meeting
We invite all Postdoctoral Fellow (Unit 3) Members to participate in a Special General Membership Meeting this Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 noon in MUSC (Student Centre) rooms 206-207.
Lunch will be provided.
The agenda item is: Election of Unit 3 Chief Steward.
We hope to see you there!
Images of Diversity
PACBIC’s Communications and Visibility working group is holding a campaign to promote diversity on campus.
Accepted submissions must meet the following criteria, please include:
-Your name and send submissions from your McMaster email account
-Original photo (jpeg) to images@mcmaster.ca
-If you like, caption your image with a word or short statement
-Deadline for submissions is Friday, March 21, 2014
Please visit www.hres.mcmaster.ca for further details
Sessional Faculty Postings
CUPE 3906 and McMaster University have agreed to a centralized posting website for Sessional Faculty and Sessional Music Faculty (Unit 2) Postings.
All Unit 2 postings can now be found online at http://www.mcmaster.ca/vpacademic/sessional_faculty_postings.html
Please visit the centralized posting website regularly for updated postings.
*NEW* MAY 2015: Please note! Some postings (DeGroote School of Business, Social Sciences, Arts and Sciences) have been moved by the Employer to the MOSAIC posting site. Please visit http://www.workingatmcmaster.ca/careers/index.php to view additional postings. (Click on the “external applicants” menu and select “Sessional Faculty and Hourly Rated Music Faculty” tab.)