About the Political Action Committee (PAC)
Under Article 6(e) of our By-Laws, the CUPE 3906 Political Action Committee (PAC) operates as a semi-autonomous branch of the Local charged with extending and expanding the Local’s social justice and equity mandate within and
beyond out workplace. The PAC is a participatory-democratic forum and decisions shall be made by consensus of Active Members of the PAC.
Contacting PAC
To contact the PAC, please e-mail politicalaction@cupe3906.org
Statements, Letters, and Reports
December 2021
Executive Statement in Solidarity with HCCI
October 2021
Executive Statement Condemning Violence During Durga Puja in Bangladesh
July 2021 Statement
Executive Statement Against Islamophobia
PAC Report for May 2021
PAC: The political action committee recently passed several donations by e-motion, including donations to Speqtrum Hamilton, The Space, Hamilton Regional Indian Centre, and the Unsheltered Zine. Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, June 17th a 1pm ET and we will be discussing donations and upcoming events and actions. Look for the meeting link in the weekly mailer and from the PAC listerv. You can email politicalaction@cupe3906.org to get
involved.
May 2021 Statements
Statement on Sheikh Jarrah and the West Bank
April 2021 Statements
Statement of Opposition to Enhanced Police Powers
Statement of Opposition to Laurentian University’s Insolvency
PAC report for February 2021 GMM
PAC: Our most recent donations were passed via e-motion and include donations to ACORN’s Internet for All campaign and Labrador Land Defenders. The next PAC meeting will be held on Friday, February 26th at 12p.m. ET. We will be discussing donation requests as well as ongoing and upcoming actions and campaigns.
February 2021 Letters
Our Letter of Support for Gig Workers. They need strong protection – as employee – from the provincial government.
Our letter urging the Ontario government to Legislate Paid Sick Days
Our Executive Statement in in Solidarity with Pride Defenders
PAC report for December 2020 GMM
On November 17, we had another successful PAC meeting where we donated to Hamilton Foodshare,
“Embodied Resilience: Art and Aesthetic Labour in Times of COVID-19” (an aesthetic production by
Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (QTBIPoC) artists during times of ongoing,
colliding struggles and pandemics) and CubaCan6060, a project which is sending high quality baseball
bats to Cuba so that the country does not have to pay enormous shipping costs which have been
raised by the Trump administrations ongoing sanctions. Future PAC meetings are tentatively set to
on the 3rd Thursday of each month at noon. Hope to see you all there!
PAC report for November 2020 GMM
The political action committee recently supported several events and actions, including the Hamilton Water Walk, Keeping Six, HWDSB Kids Need Help, and Landback Lane. We will be having our next meeting on November 19th at 12pm ET. We will be discussing donations and ongoing support for Landback Lane and other actions. All are welcome to attend.
