October 24th, 2022 Municipal Elections

On October 24th, Ontarians are heading to the polls to vote in every municipality across this province. As members of the largest public sector union in Canada, we know that quality public services make our local communities stronger. Local elections matter because they impact the services we rely on every day, from our kids’ education to waste collection, and from maintaining our roads to keeping our drinking water safe.

We need to act together to help elect progressive candidates who support quality public services, like parks, libraries, recreation centres and public transit – and who support the workers who keep these services running.

Today, CUPE Ontario is launching cupevotes.ca, a tool to make it easier to find the progressive choice in your local election.

Simply go to cupevotes.ca and enter your postal code to see who your locally endorsed candidate is. We are working to identify new candidates every day and will be updating the website daily!

If you would like to get involved in the municipal elections, connect with your local, or send an email to Dhananjai Kohli at dkohli@cupe.on.ca.

Great municipal governments can make communities stronger, healthier, better places to live, and only a handful of votes can have a huge impact in municipal elections. Get involved today!

a Toonie, a Loonie & a Quarter

Educational Assistants – Pam Hurford & Diana Taylor in support of advocating for – Respect and gains needed in our public education system.                                                                OSBCU President Laura Walton “This fight is not our fight but it is the 55,000 Education Workers across this province”.  Education workers deserve a substantial wage increase.            A raise of $3.25 – as Laura says “its a toonie, a loonie and a quarter each hour” in each year of the collective agreement is an entirely affordable, reasonable and necessary demand in light of a decade of wage restraint and high rates of inflation.                                                                                                                                                                              #EducationWorkersTogether #CountMeIn

General Membership Meeting Saturday, October 15, 2022

Virtual TEAMS Meeting CUPE 5678 GMM Sat. Oct. 15/22 TEAMS link

In Person:  Char-Lan District High School

SATURDAY, October 15th, 2022  10:00 am – 12 pm

 

AGENDA

  1. Acknowledgment of Indigenous territory
  2. Roll call of officers
  3. Reading of the Equality Statement
  4. Voting on new members and initiation
  5. Reading of the minutes
  6. Matters arising from the minutes
  7. Secretary-Treasurer’s Report
  8. Communications and bills
  9. Executive Committee Report
  10. Reports of committees and delegates
  11. Nominations, elections, or installations
  12. Unfinished business
  13. New business

13.1 Retirement Gift Discussion

13.2 Localized Pay Equalization action/timeline with OSBCU

  1. Good of the Union
  2. Adjournment

General Membership Meeting Saturday October 15, 2022

Any additions to the agenda must reach the CUPE Office by Friday, September 30th, 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 must be logged into the Microsoft Teams meeting with your CUPE email.

 

You must be in attendance no later than 10:05 am to be included in the Progressive Member Engagement Draw (currently @ $1,100.00) and Members in Attendance Draw. ($100.00)

 

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, please do so asap.

Forms can be found on our website Member in Good Standing – CUPE 5678 and emailed to info@cupe5678.ca

 

 

 

Bargaining Update September 19, 2022

BARGAINING UPDATE:
Today, September 19th, your Local Bargaining Team met face-to-face with the UCDSB bargaining committee for a day of bargaining. We were fortunate to sign off and agree to two articles, Article 1: Preamble and Article 2: Management Rights. Discussion and the passing of proposals by both sides on Articles 3,4,5,11 and 14 ensued, but remain apart on these articles. Further discussion on these articles will continue during future bargaining days. The Employer put forward one future bargaining date, Thurs., October 27. The Union accepted and offered 9 other future bargaining dates. The Employer declined but did set up one other date, Monday, November 7th, which the Union accepted.
In Solidarity
CUPE 5678 Bargaining Team.

LOCAL Bargaining Update

Today, September 12, 2022 your local CUPE 5678 bargaining team, met with the Upper Canada District bargaining team.

Today we were successful in agreeing to ground rules, which includes language that we will be doing transparent bargaining.  This means we will be much freer to discuss with the membership and general public on what is happening at the local bargaining table. If at any time you have any questions about the bargaining process please feel free to reach out to a member of the bargaining team.

For more information on the strike vote, update on bargaining and a strike hardship fund, please attend our special membership meeting this Saturday September 17, 2022 online at 10 am.  The link has been sent to your CUPE 5678 email.

We must all stand together at this time.

In Solidarity from your bargaining committee,

Erin Hurford

Sheena Hagerman

Sheila Robertson

Dayna McCumber

Lois Linttell

Robin Yandeau

Darren Cryderman

Rebecca Cobban

Dan Sawyer (CUPE National Representative)