Friends:
Please join us on November 28^th from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm for the BCFED’s event to mark the International Day of Persons With Disabilities.
The event will be held in a hybrid format, with in-person registration limited to 35 people, and online registration is unlimited.
The in-person session will be held in room 402 at the Surrey Library City Centre Branch.
Please see the attached poster and below for registration information, and please share widely!

Register for Online Attendance:
https://bcfed.ca/content/idpwd2023online

Register for in in-person attendance:
https://bcfed.ca/content/idpwd2023

We look forward to seeing you there!
In solidarity,

       Registration Link for zoom meeting below

FRIENDLY REMINDER
CUPE Local 1936 Monthly Membership Meeting 
(the 3rd Wednesday of every month, except July, August and December)

PLEASE NOTE:   This will be a Hybrid Meeting.  This means you can join in person or via Zoom (see link below) 

**  Make sure you register by November 14th  and attend the meeting to be eligible for the prizes. **
** Please register and RSVP if attending in person @6222 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby     ( 4th floor in Grace Hartman Room) to be eligible for the prizes**

Please post on the union bulletin boards at your worksite and let others know.

ZOOM LINK

Hi there,

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Nov 15, 2023 06:30 PM Vancouver

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdu-sqjkuE9b8GHWTv00Uu8cIA7gh6Hz-

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Meeting ID :  824 1644 2492
Security Passcode:   072788

International Women’s Day –   Friday March 8, 202

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We have 7 upcoming workshops this month – both. in-person and on zoom.

1. BC Labour Code – November 14
2. WCB Update Bill 41 | Part 2 – November 15
3. Job Steward Level I – November 20 & 21
4. Age 65: Do Your WCB Benefits End? – November 22
5. Drug and Alcohol Policies and Testing – November 22
6. Domestic Violence in the Workplace – November 24 & 25
7. Job Steward Level II – November 27 & 28

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The 29th Annual Labour Appreciation Night is a special event hosted by the United Way British Columbia, the Vancouver & District Labour Council, and the New Westminster & District Labour Council. Purchase your tickets now and come celebrate the extraordinary efforts of community leaders and your fellow union activists who are strengthening unions and making a positive impact on our communities.

WHEN: Thursday November 30, 2023.  WHERE: IUOE Local 115 Auditorium, 4333 Ledger Avenue, Burnaby       TIME: 5:30pm to 9:00pm

To purchase tickets and learn more about the event, click HERE

NYSHN & WEA | Resources for Indigenous, Queer, Youth & Environmental Justice:                You Are Made of Medicine is a new mental health peer support manual for 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous youth, composed by the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and available in full online. The NYSHN also frequently collaborates with the Women’s Earth Alliance, and in 2016, they published Violence on the Land, Violence on Our Bodies together, a collection of stories from lived experience towards building an Indigenous response to environmental violence. Read the report here.

Yellowhead Institute | Reporting on Indigenous issues in Canada:             Yellowhead Institute  an Indigenous-led research and education centre at Toronto Metropolitan University, publishes in-depth articles oriented to Indigenous philosophy, amplifying Indigenous voices to provide alternatives to settler colonialism in Canada today.Read this week’s in-depth analysis of the extent to which Canada has responded to Call to Action #93

BC-CHSF | LunchLAB Video:    This is a historic year for school meal funding in BC, with the 2023-24 budget issuing funding for all school districts in the province with the Feeding Futures program. In the wake of the success of their ongoing campaign, members of the BC Coalition for Healthy School Foods were recently featured in the CBC Vancouver short film Getting an Audible Education. View here.

Local Representation | Barriers Project Report:          Local Representations is a partnership between The Feminist Campaign School and Climate Caucus to investigate systemic barriers to women’s participation as leaders in local government structures in British Columbia and Alberta. Research results from 2021 to date are available in a full report with recommendations here.

Hi there,

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 20, 2023 06:30 PM Vancouver

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdu-sqjkuE9b8GHWTv00Uu8cIA7gh6Hz-

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

As a continuation of CUPE BC’s public childcare campaign Seamless Childcare Now, the campaign website has undergone a redesign. Please take a moment to view the new website, sign up to support the campaign or take action and send a letter to government in support, and share the new website with your members and in your personal networks. Thank you for your support!

CCDI Consulting | Cultural Sensitivity in Action Webinar | Sep 20Angèle Lalonde of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion consulting group will lead Inclusive Leadership Through a Cultural Competence Lens: Part 1, to explore intercultural communication skills and showcase inclusive leadership in an era of diversity. Registration is free.        Date & Time: Sep 20, 2023 | 10:00am (Pacific).          Registration: Click here

CCDI Consulting will also be hosting the 2^nd and 3^rd part of their Indigenous Inclusion webinar series this fall.

ILWU 400 | Solidarity with Tugboat Workers

Send a letter to Port of Vancouver interim president Victor Pang to advocate for ILWU 400 members’ wages and working conditions. Now that the previous CEO has stepped down after having supported predatory companies’ Port of Vancouver contracts, the new leadership needs to be held accountable to ensure sure tugboat workers aren’t left behind.

Lancaster House | Fall Webinar Series | Sep 28-Dec 7Six labour relations courses are available from Toronton Metropolitan University’s Lancaster House this fall: