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CUPE BC UPDATES GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS & RESOURCES
BCFED Health & Safety | OH&S Education in the Lower Mainland | Jun-Aug 2022
Current training opportunities in Occupational Health and Safety are available on the BCFED Health & Safety Centre monthly course calendar listings.
Mark’s Work Wearhouse | CUPE Member Discount | Jun 19-22
All CUPE members can take advantage of a 25% discount on all regular-priced merchandise using the attached voucher in person at any Mark’s store across Canada, from Jun 19th to 22nd, 2022.
Megaphone Magazine | Voices of the Street Launch | Jun 22
Megaphone’s 12th annual special literary edition Voices of the Street Stealing Looks at the Sun: Writing About Climate Change in 2022 will be launched next week in-person (and livestreamed), with storytelling, refreshments, and a special poetry reading from local poet laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam.
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm (Pacific)
Location: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts/Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at 149 West Hastings St., Vancouver
Fee: $10
Registration: Click here
UALE Summer Institute for Union Women | Jun 23-25
Registration is currently ongoing for this year’s virtual summer course for union women, hosted by the United Association for Labor Education and including leaders and activists from unions, labor studies programs, apprenticeships and worker organizations from across British Columbia, the Western U.S., Hawaii, and Alaska. The program free is $50 with scholarships available via nrudiger@uoregon.edu.
Cowichan Folk Guild | 38th Annual Islands Folk Festival | Jul 23
Advance tickets with camping options are available for the one-day Islands Folk Festival at Providence Farm in Duncan, BC. Please see attached poster for the list of acts.
Date & Time: Jul 23, 2022 | 11:00am – 11:00pm (Pacific)
Location: Providence Farm, 1843 Tzouhalem Rd., Duncan, BC
Prices: $95 general admission with $5 discount for members until Jul 21st; half price for youth and free for 12 and under
More information: admin@cowichanfolkguild.ca
Tonight’s Membership Meeting , June 15th @. 6:30pm
Hi there,
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Jun 15, 2022 06:30 PM Vancouver
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcu-hqTMoE9HLKLRhjLiq7kihQpj1xhsH
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.JuneTonight
Bargaining update for Provincial Collective Agreements: Your CSSBA committee tables monetary priorities
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Please click on the link above to receive an update to the negotiating at the bargaining table for the provincial funded agreements.
Remember: It’s more important than ever to make sure that our union has your up-to- date contact information including your personal e-mail and phone number. To update your information, please use this form: https://forms.office.com/r/LYu2Hy4HpA
Please check with your coworkers to make sure they are also receiving these e-mail updates and share this bulletin with them.
In solidarity,
Your Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) Negotiating Committee
Community social services bargaining resumes
Your bargaining committee has been negotiating your new community social services sectoral collective agreement representing more than 17,000 workers in your sector from ten unions including BCGEU, CUPE, HEU, HSA, LiUNA 1611, CSWU, CLAC, USW 1-417, UFCW and BCNU. Your committee is negotiating agreements for workers in Community Living Services, General Services and Indigenous Services sub-sectors. A collective agreement outlines the terms and conditions of your employment including wages, benefits, and working conditions, including your rights as a union member.
Workers in community social services have gone above and beyond during the pandemic – providing quality child care, and support for people with disabilities, new Canadians, youths at risk, Indigenous families, individuals facing family violence and many others.
That’s why we are back at the table and will continue to discuss the priorities that you identified to help address systemic issues in the community social services sector so that you can do your job safely and support your community.
As we continue the bargaining process next week, you can expect to hear from us with key updates and what will come next in the process.
Remember:
It’s more important than ever to make sure that your union has your up-to-date contact information including your personal email and phone number.
Please check with your coworkers to make sure they are also receiving these email updates and share this bulletin with them.
In solidarity,
Your Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) Negotiating Committee
June 15th @ 6:30 via Zoom Membership Meeting
Hi there,
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Jun 15, 2022 06:30 PM Vancouver
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcu-hqTMoE9HLKLRhjLiq7kihQpj1xhsH
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.June
Local 1936 Annual General Meeting , May 18th @ 6:30 pm
Hi there,
We hope you all can join us for our next membership meeting. We need to have quorum from the membership so we can hold elections and pass motions.
You name will be enter into a draw for prizes if you register ahead of Wednesday, May 18th, 2022.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 18, 2022 06:30 PM Vancouver
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcu-hqTMoE9HLKLRhjLiq7kihQpj1xhsH
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.LOCAL
April 28th Day of Mourning
Local 1936 would like to recognize all those that have been injured, suffer or die while they have been at work. Please take a moment to watch the video (link below) and a minute of silence to reflect on those that have been affected and how you can stay safe while you work.
1936 Annual General Membership Meeting
Hi there,
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 18, 2022 06:30 PM Vancouver
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcu-hqTMoE9HLKLRhjLiq7kihQpj1xhsH
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.M
New Sick Pay Minimum Requirements
Specifically for the Community Social Services Sector , unionized employees are entitled to the following starting January 1 each year:
- All probationary employees – five days paid leave after 90 consecutive days of employment.
- Casual employees – five days paid leave for scheduled days not worked due to sickness or injury based on an “average day’s pay.” The paid leave is only available for accepted and scheduled shifts. A “leave” is not available for shifts not yet scheduled, even though a casual employee may have been offered and accepted the shifts at a later time.
- Regular full-time and part-time employees –five days paid leave based on an “average day’s pay” (not five days of paid leave at 80% as established under Article 19.1(c)) regardless of whether sufficient sick credits have been accrued. Where sick days are paid to employees who have not yet accrued sufficient credits, their sick banks will be deemed to be “in the negative” and the employees will not be able to take additional paid sick leave until sufficient credits have accrued later in the year to support a paid leave. Where there are sufficient credits, all sick leaves taken after the five days would be paid at 80% in accordance with the collective agreement.