A list of CUPE 5678 Members in Good Standing can be found on CUPE 5678 Teams …this is the link to direct you ….
Currently, CUPE National’s deadline to waive initiation fees is June 30, 2022.
Please see the tab on this website “Member in Good Standing” for detailed information.
UCDSB and CUPE both use Microsoft office.com
When a person tries to log in to their CUPE email/teams/office, the computer or the smart phone re-directs the person to the open account on their device or the account that is most used or last used. This is not something that we can fix.
If you are needing assistance, please email info@cupe5678.ca
If you are using your smart phone and go to your CUPE email to join a meeting, it will redirect to the TEAMS app to join the TEAMS meeting. However, the TEAMS app requires the CUPE email to be logged in. If you are logged into the TEAMS app on your phone with an account that is not CUPE, you are not signed in as CUPE and therefore will not be able to join the CUPE meeting. It is important to be signed into TEAMS as CUPE not UCDSB or any other Microsoft account.
Log out of all email accounts in TEAMS and be on TEAMS with your CUPE email logged in to join a CUPE meeting successfully.
Click on Profile Circle and it will bring to this screen
Click Settings, scroll down & SIGN OUT if not CUPE email address
You must be Signed In with your CUPE email.
You will not be able to use Office 365 from UCDSB Insite for CUPE email.
If you are NOT using a UCDSB laptop, you should not have problems adding your CUPE email to Outlook or joining TEAMS as long as you are SIGNED INTO TEAMS WITH YOUR CUPE EMAIL when registering or joining a TEAMS meeting.
Many members are experiencing difficulty attending TEAMS meetings because they are logged into Microsoft Office on a personal device with their UCDSB email or they are using a UCDSB device. UCDSB has their licensed version of Microsoft installed on Board devices and this is configured for UCDSB.
There are a couple options, depending on which you find easier for yourself to do.
You can use the outlook APP on a UCDSB laptop and the CUPE email can be added to the APP. You can have multiple emails added in the Outlook APP.
You can go to office.com on an internet browser while using a UCDSB device and you can sign in with your CUPE email. If you are already logged in with your UCDSB email, click on the top right hand corner to Sign Out or you can switch accounts.
The problem is when you join the TEAMS meeting from your CUPE email, it will attempt to let you join, but if you look in the top right corner, you will be in with your UCDSB TEAMS. Press CANCEL NOT Join and it will bring you back to a main TEAMS screen where you can click on your UCDSB profile circle and sign out. At this point, then you will be brought back to a sign in page where you can sign in with your CUPE email.
Look at Profile Circle 
If this is not your CUPE email, you must sign out here.
You will then see a screen like this and you log in with your CUPE email
Incognito (Google, Chrome ) / InPrivate (Microsoft Edge) internet windows will work on a UCDSB laptop for accessing CUPE email and joining TEAMS meetings but there are different steps that are required because you are on a device owned by the UCDSB.
If you open Google/Chrome, you must go to the top right corner and click on the 3 dots and select Incognito
If you open Microsoft Edge, you must go to the top right corner and click on the 3 dots and select InPrivate
You type in www.office.com and sign in with your CUPE email. If you go to the Outlook email to join or register for the TEAMS meeting, you are being redirected from Outlook to TEAMS. If you are on a UCDSB device, it will bring up TEAMS with UCDSB even though you are in your CUPE email in a private window. You need to log out of TEAMS and then log in with your CUPE email.
CUPE 5678 switched providers to Microsoft office.com after the company we were using experienced a fire and lost some of our data. Microsoft is the method of our employer and we thought it would be an easier transition, as a lot of members would be using this for their job everyday. This was not a decision made lightly, a great deal of time went into researching options. Microsoft has years of experience delivering scalable, secure online solutions – Security is priority at Microsoft data centers and especially with bargaining, this is something that is very important. Microsoft Office has become a leading platform with nearly 20% of the world’s population using Microsoft Office 365. We didn’t feel that many people could be wrong.
CUPE 5678 also applied to Microsoft and was granted education status- this means that every member that has a CUPE email now has their own Microsoft office.com account which allows them to use TEAMS, one drive, outlook, and other apps for free. If someone were to purchase this it would cost approximately $20/month.
Here are our challenges: We do need a way to communicate with our members not on UCDSB emails. Having personal emails for everyone did not work well in the past; the volume with 1500 members is way too much to handle and at the time CUPE did this, members would change email accounts frequently. Most recently, we now need a way of verifying members in good standing when in a meeting and voting on motions according to our National CUPE Constitution. Having a CUPE email definitely makes this process manageable.
Note: No food or drink is allowed in the auditorium at BCI
Congratulations to Colleen Lukassen, winner of the $25 Petro Canada Gift Card from the GMM survey responses.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond.
The results will be reviewed and President Erin Hurford will speak to this at the next General Membership Meeting scheduled for April 9th, 2022.
The Agenda for the General Membership Meeting Saturday, April 9, 2022, as prepared by The Recording Secretary, Dayna McCumber, has been sent to CUPE 5678 emails.
Any additions to the agenda must reach the CUPE Office by Wednesday, March 25, 2022.
Additions can be sent via email to info@cupe5678.ca and you will receive email confirmation back within 24 hours of a regularly scheduled work day that your addition was received.
You can attend the April 9th, 2022 General Membership Meeting in person at Brockville Collegiate or online via TEAMS.
If you are attending virtually, you must pre-register prior to the start of the meeting or you will not be able to join once the meeting starts at 10 am.
Registration is required to ensure verification as a Member in Good Standing.
The CUPE National Constitution has laid out the requirements of being a member in good standing to fully participate in union activities.
Only members in good standing can attend and vote at union meetings.
The initiation fee has been waived until June 30, 2022. If you have not submitted your Member in Good Standing form, please do so asap.
Forms can be found on our website Member in Good Standing – CUPE 5678 and emailed to info@cupe5678.ca
You must be logged into Microsoft Teams with your CUPE email to register and join.
Link to Register & Join CUPE TEAMS GMM April 9, 2022
There are 2 Draws at Meetings
Click here for General Membership Meeting Agenda January 2022
The January 15th, 2022 General Membership Meeting is a Virtual Teams Meeting.
You need to pre-register with your CUPE email to attend.
You must be logged into Microsoft Teams with your CUPE email.
Registration closes at 9 am January 15th, 2022 to ensure sufficient time to process requests.
Registration will be required to ensure verification as a Member in Good Standing.
You must be in attendance no later than 10:05 am to be included in the Progressive Member Engagement Draw and Members in Attendance Draw.
The CUPE National Constitution has laid out the requirements of being a member in good standing to fully participate in union activities.
Only members in good standing can attend and vote at union meetings.
If you have not submitted your Member in Good Standing form prior to January 1, 2022, forms can be found on our website Member in Good Standing – CUPE 5678 and emailed to info@cupe5678.ca
According to CUPE 5678 bylaws, article B.4.1 of the National Constitution an initiation and readmission fee of $1.00 must be paid by the applicant for membership.
Payment can be dropped off at the CUPE office, mailed to the CUPE office via cheque or e-Transfer to info@cupe5678.ca. Security Question is your FULL NAME and answer is 5678.
The video showing the winner ………..Susan McAlear!
Susan is an EA at Bridgewood Public School.
Congratulations Susan!
The bargaining survey will remain open for those that have not completed it yet.
The Canadian Centre of Occupational Health & Safety are currently offering several courses for free, some due to the pandemic, though many have been no charge pre-covid as well.
Click on the link to browse through the list and take advantage of these valuable education modules.
https://www.ccohs.ca/products/courses/course_listing.html
