Are you an international student and a member of CUPE 3906? Are you a domestic student interested in international issues?
Check out the new Facebook page created specially for international members of CUPE 3906.
If you have any questions, or want to get involved in the International Committee, email Sepandar Sepehr, CUPE 3906’s International Officer at international@cupe3906.org.
Congratulations to the winners of the draw prizes:
1st place – $150 Fortino’s gift card – Hamid Mousavi
2nd place – $100 Fortino’s gift card – Hindra Hindra
3rd place – $50 Phoenix gift card – Elisabeth Lo
Thanks again to everyone who filled out the survey. This year’s survey had a record response rate from across campus – your participation has been invaluable to the bargaining process.
More than 20 years ago the Canadian Labour Congress declared April 28 a National Day of Mourning for workers who have been killed, suffer disease or injury as a result of work. Every year since, unions, labour councils, families and community partners gather by the thousands to ‘mourn for the dead’. What began through the efforts of Canada’s labour movement is now observed in more than 100 countries. For more information about the Day of Mourning click here.
In Hamilton there will be ceremonies to commemorate the day both on campus and downtown. We encourage all members to attend one of the ceremonies:
City Hall (corner of Main St. & Bay St.) – 10:30am
McMaster (flagpoles in central campus) – 12:30pm
You can also pick up a ribbon to show your support in the CUPE office in Wentworth House B108.
CUPE 3906 at McMaster University is hiring two Bargaining Support Coordinator positions! Although they are subject to modification, the various duties of each position are described below. The contract beings on or about June 1st, 2011. The rate of pay is $39.40/hour. The expectation is an average of 5 hours a week (to a maximum of 65 hours), although scheduling is flexible.
The Coordinators will be working with each other, with members of the Local executive, bargaining teams, bargaining support teams, and staff. Successful applicants will be flexible, independent workers who are self-directed and committed to the work of the Local. They will also be able to work in busy environments and to coordinate key tasks with others. Qualified candidates should be familiar with the bargaining process, and experience in member mobilization and bargaining support is an asset.
The posting is open to all members of CUPE 3906. Applications should include a resumé, cover letter and statement of interest indicating why you are interested in the position, what you would bring to the position, how you understand the union’s work and role in theRead More
Free bus to Parliament Hill – May 1st, 2011
Leaves Hamilton at 5:00am – location TBA
Back in Hamilton by midnight
RSVP by noon on April 25th by emailing steelnotsteal@gmail.com
McMaster for Steel calls on Hamilton to go all out for Parliament Hill on May Day where USW 1005, workers from across Canada and their allies will rally at 1:00pm on the eve of a federal elections for a new direction for the economy. The entire city is rallying behind this call because it is about the future of Hamilton and Canada. Read below is the call-out from USW 1005 for more information:
Join Local 1005 USW on Parliament Hill on May First! Break New Ground to Defend the Rights of All! We invite everyone to join us on May First on Parliament Hill to put forward the demands of workers in all sectors of the economy in defense of theRead More
There will be a Special General Membership Meeting for all Unit 3 members (Postdoctoral Fellows) to elect a Bargaining Team for the upcoming round of negotiations.
The meeting will take place:
April 12th
4:30pm
Divinity College 136
Free food will be served, and child care subsidies are available.
Come out and participate so you can have a say in who represents you in these upcoming rounds of negotiations.
Thanks to everyone who came out for the AGM last night!
Elections were held for the 2011-2012 Executive – congratulations to the newly elected members:
President: Nick Longaphy
Vice President: Diana Zawadzki
Vice President External: Blake McCall
Recording Secretary: Dan Opperwall
Chief Steward Unit 1: Jonathan Bernier
Health & Safety Officer: Bridie James
Equity Officer: Sarah Batten
Benefits & Advocacy Officer: Rebecca Strung
Postings Officer: Steve Dingwall
International Officer: Sepander Sepehr
The positions of Secretary Treasurer, Chief Steward Unit 2, Grievance Officer, Communications Officer, Undergraduate Officer and 1 Trustee remain vacant.
The position of Chief Steward Unit 3 (and the Unit 3 Bargaining Team) will be elected at the Unit 3 Special GMM on April 12th at 4:30 in Divinity College 136.
The Unit 1 Bargaining Team was also elected last night. Congratulations to your new team:
Tony Gracey, Afeez Hazzan, Blake McCall, Dan Opperwall, Meaghan Ross, Rebecca Strung, Phebeann Wolframe & Diana Zawadzki
We wish to inform our membership that Staff Representative Nancy MacBain will have limited availability for the next three and a half weeks because she is running as a federal candidate in Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale.
For more info on her platform and the other candidates running in the riding, as well as the national vote boycott campaign, please see the following links:
David Sweet – Conservative
Dave Braden – Liberal
Nancy MacBain – NDP
Peter Ormand – Green
Jamilé Ghaddar – Marxist-Leninist
Anthony Giles – Libertarian
National Vote Boycott Campaign
This message does not constitute an endorsement of the Nancy MacBain campaign, or any other political candidate running for office in this or any other riding.
On April 9, workers and their allies from across Ontario will rally under the slogan “Our City, Our Services, Our Future!” at 1:00 pm at Dundas Square, Toronto to oppose the anti-social course being pursued by Mayor Rob Ford and supported by the provincial government. Since elected Mayor, Ford has launched vicious attacks on the city’s public services, programs and the workers who provide them. McMaster for Steel will be joining the delegation of United Steelworkers Local 1005 as well as other local unions and organizations to this important Day of Action. Come be part of this important fightback! Get on the bus! This action is organized by the Ontario Federation of Labour, the Canadian Labour Congress, Toronto York and Region Labour Council, the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario and others.
Get on the Bus! April 9 Toronto Day of Action
Pick-up time & location: 10am outside McMaster Student Centre
Buses are free and will be returning to Hamilton by 4:00pm
RSVP by Thursday, April 7 at 12noon at steelnotsteal@gmail.com
Meaghan Ross accepts the 2011 Mike Skinner Activist Award from her nominator (and last year's recipient) Alex Diceanu.
Congratulations to Meaghan Ross who was awarded the 2011 Mike Skinner Activist Award at the AGM on April 6th.
Meaghan, a former member of the CUPE 3906 Executive, was nominated for her tireless activist work as a member of numerous groups around Hamilton including, but by no means limited to: Steel City Solidarity, Big Susie’s, The Skydragon Centre, Common Cause, and the Unit 1 Bargaining Team for the upcoming round of negotiations.
Congratulations to Meaghan, and thanks for all of her hard work.
