Bargaining Survey is Out

Dear CUPE Member:

Your union will soon be entering negotiations for your next collective agreement, which expires soon. CUPE will seek a freely negotiated settlement that addresses the priorities and concerns of its members.

WE NEED YOUR INPUT. Participation in this survey is completely voluntary. Your answers will not be shared with them employer; but will be reviewed by CUPE in preparation for bargaining. The results of this survey will inform our proposals for the upcoming bargaining. Members will be able to amend, complement, and approve CUPE proposals at a special meeting to be held before negotiations with the employer start.

Please complete this survey and return it on or before Friday, January 14, 2022.

Download the survey: Bargaining Survey CUPE Local 4318

 

CUPE 4318 Members Meeting Agenda September 23, 2021 DRAFT

Agenda

CUPE Equity Statement (see attached)
Land Acknowledgement (see attached)
Zoom meeting protocols

Roll Call of Officers:
2) New Members & Initiations:
3) Reading of the Minutes:
4) Approval of the Agenda:
5) Treasurer’s Report:
6)  Communications & Bills:
7) Nominations:
-fall elections
8) Committee Reports:
-Benefits reports
9) Old Business:
-Bylaw review, and voting
10) New Business:
-Contract process and draft timelines
11) Good of the Union/Rumors:
-June’21 MacLab+SBB recall
-CUPE/TBC staff BBQ
-MSB event in JBT Oct 23, 2021
-JBT Gala May 7, 2022
12) Adjournment:

Labour Day Letter from CUPE Alberta

September 3, 2021

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As we get ready to enjoy the last long weekend of the summer, it’s important to reflect on why we have Monday off. Labour Day is an opportunity to celebrate the gains and achievements made on behalf of workers over the years.

In Alberta, CUPE members have diligently stood together to improve conditions for working Albertans. Today we have higher wages and better benefits, as well as vastly safer and healthier workplaces. It is every worker’s right to a safe and healthy workplace.

But we can never take these things for granted. Today, our fair and safe working conditions are in jeopardy as Jason Kenney and the UCP threaten to legislate away the rights of workers, roll back wages, privatize public services and fundamentally redefine how governments serve their people.

We need to stand together against these anti-labour policies. When CUPE raises its collective voice to stand up for workers’ rights and a better life for everyone, it resonates in workplaces and communities across Alberta and Canada. We are the country’s largest labour union, and we are committed to our fight for a fairer and more equal world.

Together we can stand up to this government and its privatization agenda.

Thank you to all CUPE activists, leaders, and staff across Alberta, who fight tirelessly to make our jobs and our communities better. You show up and make a difference.

On behalf of CUPE Alberta, we wish you a very safe and happy Labour Day.

In solidarity,

Rory Gill

President, CUPE AB