Month: January 2017

This past weekend we tried out the possibility of offering General Meetings via Skype. Overall the trial was very successful. There was a little sound issue that will be easily fixed if we tried this again on a larger scale. The idea would be to rotate live locations between Belleville and Kingston with the Skype location in the opposite location. We know the struggles of having such a large geographic area and we are trying to problem solve with various options. We want our membership to be informed and active. We will try whatever it takes, this being the first step.

Let us know what you think.

Would you be interested in trying satellite meetings in Kingston and live in Belleville one month then switch for the following General Membership meeting?

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On Saturday Jan. 21, 2017 there were votes on whether to extend our current collective agreement for another two years.  The contract was gone over and questions were answered.

Members of CUPE 1479 voted in favour of extending the current collective agreement with the new extension agreement items.  Unit 1 voted in favour of the extension and Unit 2 voted in favour.

For the very first time we tried a meeting via a Skype location.  Bancroft residents were able to view the meeting and cast their votes from Our Lady of Mercy.  We will be exploring other ways to incorporate this into our membership meetings.

Thank you to all the members who came out to vote!  Hopefully we will see that many at the next membership meeting in March!  Come out and bring another CUPE member!

Ontario’s Ministry of Education has been holding regional strategy sessions to discuss the well-being of students in our schools.

CUPE was invited to send 4 members to each of the regional sessions. Jen Connor attended the session for our region. This meeting took place in Ottawa and encompassed Ministry Staff, Management, Directors of Education, Students, Teachers, Community Partners and 4 CUPE Members.
In small groups, we discussed and completed guided activities centering around what well-being looks like, what conditions and supports are required to create positive learning environments and what indicators will determine success.
This was an important meeting for CUPE to be invited to. As frontline workers, we are often are the first to witness that a student is in distress. Our feedback to the Ministry is important to effectively plan for Well-Being strategies for our school communities and to help be the voice of our most vulnerable students.

To all CUPE Local 1479 Members ……….

OSBCC/CUPE Education Sector local leaders met today in Toronto to discuss the outcome of talks with Government, Trustee Associations and OSBCC/CUPE related to the possible extension of collective agreement expiry dates.

A vote was held and passed by the OSBCC/CUPE education sector local leadership to present the Collective Agreement Extension Agreement to members across the province.

Each Local will be setting up a ratification vote(s) for their members over the month of January.

The extension agreement terms will be presented at this ratification meetings. A vote of our membership will then be conducted.

Saturday January 21, 2017 at 9:30 (Executive Meeting 8:30) we will be holding a ratification vote in Napanee and Bancroft at 9:30 followed by the General Meeting.  

In solidarity,

CUPE Local 1479 Executive

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