Anti-Austerity / Anti-Bill 115 Demonstration – Saturday Dec 15

Communication OfficerGeneral

Please join us during the anti-austerity/anti-bill 115 demonstration this upcoming Saturday:

Location: outside of city Hall in Hamilton

Time: Saturday, Dec 15th starting at 10am

CUPE 3906 members will meet up on the corner of Main and Bay at around 9:50.

Please check the flyer for more information.

Holiday Office Closure

Communication OfficerGeneral

Please note the office will be closed from December 21st to January 7th. If you have any questions or need any assistance during this time please contact our staff at staff@cupe3906.org and our President at president@cupe3906.org

If you have any other inquiry that can be directed to any of our executives, please refer to the executive page to find their contact information.

CUPE 3902 Unit 4 Strike Aversion Rally

Communication OfficerEvents, News

CUPE 3902 needs your support!

November 8, 2012, 11:00am

St. Joseph Street, across from Kelly Library

Saint Michael’s College

University of Toronto

Short-term contract educators at Saint Michael’s College at the University of Toronto have been in first-contract ne­gotiations for over a year. Their main outstanding issue is job security. On October 29, they had a 100% strike vote and will be on strike November 15 unless a deal is reached. This is an extremely small unit of about 40 members. Any support they receive would make a significant dif­ference to their quality of life and working conditions.

Please check the flyer: CUPE3902 u4 rally flyer

 

Workshop for International (ESL) Teaching Assistants

Darko LjubicEvents, General, International, News

Dear International Members,

Leading tutorials or lab demonstrations can be an overwhelming task
when English is not your first language, and even more if you have
never before been teaching in front of a full classroom. On this
basis, Grazyna Drzazga and Ahmed Bekhit have tailored a workshop
focused on some of the issues international teaching assistants face
during their first class(es), and in response, they present some tips
and strategies on how to overcome them.

Without further ado, here is the information of the workshop.

Title: “Yes, You Can Teach in English: Workshop for Teaching Assistants.”

When: Thursday, from 12 noon to 2:30 pm.

Where: CLL (Center for Leadership in Learning) Teaching Commons
Inquiry Classroom, Fifth floor of Mills Library, Room 504.

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Letter from CUPE 3906 Regarding the Line 9 Reversal

Communication OfficerGeneral

On October the 16th, the Executive and Political Action Committees of CUPE 3906 sent the attached email to Mayor Bob Bratina and Hamilton City Councillors speaking out about the Line 9 reversal project.

We hope the spec is covering this story rigorously and that the risks that would be incurred by the Hamilton community if the project were to go ahead are made apparent.
For more information please see:

CUPE co-sponsored Public Forum on Child Care

Communication OfficerEvents, General, News

Open invitation to join a Public Early Learning and Care Forum in Toronto on November 15th

Access to affordable child care and quality early learning programs are important for many Ontario families.

On November 15, 2012, CUPE and the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care are sponsoring a forum at Ryerson University with Sharon Gregson, a child care and early learning activist from B.C. whose group the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, has been instrumental in getting endorsements from more than 6,000 organizations and individuals for their integrated, public early learning and care plan.

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