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BC’s Community Social Services Workers update re Retroactive pay.
bulletin Community Social Services update on wages retro policy grievance 2023_09_29
October 3, 2023
Retroactive pay missing? Tell your local
For months, your bargaining association has been working to resolve an issue that directly affects your well-being: delayed retroactive wage increases. These are the monetary increases for 2022 and 2023, part of the deal your bargaining committee struck after negotating for one year, and which you ratified in March with a 95 percent vote in favour. The new agreement is retroactive from April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2025.
Despite the urgent need for you to receive these well-deserved retroactive wage bumps, some employers have not paid them yet, which is causing undue stress and hardship on the front lines. You should not have to chase down money that you are legally owed when you are trying to focus on mitigating crises and managing day-to-day pressures on the job.
Putting the pressure back where it belongs
Thanks to your proactive reporting, your bargaining association has been following up with individual employers where members alerted them to missing retroactive wages and payments. If you are missing payments — including low wage redress, the $0.25/hour increase to all wage grids, the 3.24-per-cent increase to all wage grids for 2022, and the preliminary 6.75-per-cent increase to all wage grids for 2023 — talk to your Local.
Your input will help us supplement the policy grievance that your bargaining association filed against the Community Social Services Employers Association (CSSEA) with a more targeted approach and diagnose the cause of the delays on a case-by-case basis. Information from the ground – from members like you – will help us localize the problems and build our case. Should the delay continue, we will proceed with scheduled arbitration.
We know this has been a frustrating process, but by working together we can get better results, faster.
In solidarity,
Carmen Sullivan
CUPE Community Social Services Coordinator
CUPE BC UPDATES GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS & RESOURCES
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
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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.
Tonight’s Membership Meeting Link
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.
CUPE | Seamless Childcare Now | New Website Launch
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!
CUPE BC Updates:
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 2nd and 3rd 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:
| Truth and Reconciliation at Work
Thursday, Sep 28 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm (Eastern) |
Protecting Mental Health in Remote and Hybrid Workplaces
Thursday, Oct 12 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm (Eastern) |
| The Latest in Workers’ Compensation Thursday, Oct 26 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm (Eastern) |
Lancaster’s Workplace Essentials: Employee absenteeism
Tuesday, Nov 7 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm (Eastern) |
| Focus on the Federal Sector
Tuesday, Nov 21 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm (Eastern) |
Hired, Fired, and Everything In Between Thursday, Dec 7 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm (Eastern) |
Invite to all members of 1936JOIN US This will be a Hybrid Meeting
– meaning you can join in person at 6222 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby ** Make sure you register or RSVP by September 19th and attend the meeting to be eligible for the prizes. ** We will be providing updates, unit reports & committee reports, etc. Looking forward to seeing you in person or on Zoom.
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QMunity Local 1936 | A Taste of Pride Fundraiser | Sep 14
BC’s queer resource centre QMunity, with Chef Billy Nguyen and the Bacchus Group, are hosting an intimate wine tasting at the Vancouver Heritage Hall for their annual fundraiser this year.
Date & Time: Sep 14, 2023 | 6:00pm – 10:00pm (Pacific)
Location: The Heritage Hall at 3102 Main St, Vancouver
Tickets: $156.54 each, available here
Today, August 31, is International Overdose Awareness Day.
The opioid epidemic has become a mass poisoning crisis that affects everyone in the WISH community. Too many lives have been lost.
It’s incredibly difficult to express how deeply this impacts the community we serve. The consequences of inaction in the face of this crisis are seen and felt at WISH every single day.
To recognize #IOAD, participants and staff will gather to support each other as we struggle to understand these preventable tragedies. We will take a moment to build connections, discuss harm reduction, and share thoughts on what the day means to each of us as we remember those we have lost.
Stand with us as we combat stigma, meet people where they are, and do everything we can to prevent death by overdose.
You can learn more about overdose on the International Overdose Awareness Day website.
And please consider attending We Keep Us Alive – an event happening at Oppenheimer Park from 1-6pm today – organized by the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War (CPDDW), the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), and the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society (WAHRS).
ANTI-RACISM DATA ACT SURVEY
The BC Demographic Survey will help make BC more equitable and inclusive, by identifying inequities in government services and helping to ensure programs meet the needs of more people in British Columbia.
Please take part. It only takes 15 minutes.