For those of you who are covered by the Provincial Community Living BC the General Services Collective Agreements there will the second part of the online virtual shop steward training provided via Zoom on:
Wednesday, December 2,2020 via Zoom
10 am to 2:30 pm (break from 12 to 12:30 pm)
(If you missed the 1st part that is ok as we will be covering new material.)
This training will include agenda items such as:
- Getting to understand your Collective Agreement
- How to represent members in meetings with your employer
- Your rights as a Shop Steward
- How to file a Grievance, and others.
- Health and Safety
If you are interested in attending this training, please email our CUPE Local 1936 Secretary-Treasurer, Education and Grievance Officer, Bernice Way at bway1936@gmail.com. Bernice will then send you the link for this workshop.
If this workshop is happening on your regular work day, the Local will provide you with a full-day of Union Leave. You can find the Union Leave form by going to the CUPE Local 1936 website at www.1936.cupe.ca. On the home page, click on “Resources” and then click on “Forms”. You will see the Union Form there. Please fill this form out and email it to Bernice Way with the fax number of your Human Resources Department. We will sign the form and send it to the Human Resources Department. This will enable your Employer to bill us for your wages due to your attendance of this workshop on October 7th.
Should you have any questions regarding this Shop Steward Training or with respect to the Union Leave process, please do not hesitate to contact Bernice Way at her email above.
We hope this note finds you all doing well in these challenging and unique times.
In solidarity,
Sheryl Burns, President
Lee-Ann Lalli, Vice-President and Grievance Officer
Bernice Way, Secretary-Treasurer, Education and Grievance Officer