General Membership Meeting – Virtual

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Agenda Jun 24, 2020

 

Please join us for our first virtual meeting!  Please forgive if we have any hiccups, we have never had a call with so many people on it.

If you have any questions you would like answered please email them to secretary@cupe1479.com and president@cupe1479.com  by June 23 at noon.

You must be a CUPE 1479 member to participate in the call.

This event has a video call.
Join: https://meet.google.com/tnu-avct-pcz
+1 289-948-8431 PIN: 452825334#
View more phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tnu-avct-pcz?pin=2434798391274&hs=7

 

COVID 19 Financial Information-Canada Emergency Response Benefit

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The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is a measure to support workers who lose their income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The OSBCU continues to seek more information and advocate for our members, including those who are precarious workers. In the meantime, we encourage you to refer to information provide by CUPE National https://cupe.ca/canada-emergency-response-benefit-qa and we will share more information with you as soon as possible.

Schools closed – reopen April 6th

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Hello everyone,

Schools are closed, with custodian staff in doing deep clean week of March Break. Then shut tight for two weeks.  The board office will be running a skeleton crew in payroll and finance. If you are 10month permanent you are laid off as usual during the March Break and then paid for the two weeks. LTO staff will need to put in time sheets. The board has said they will not being paying casual staff and that you will need to stay on EI. We have checked and at this point the government has left it up to individual boards to make the decision on supply staff.

All staff need to be paying attention to their board email and website at the end of March Break for directions. Staff are expected to be available and working from home.

ALCDSB Website

 

 

The People vs. Conservative Cuts rally

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Simply put, the people of Ontario do not want the Ontario Conservative’s reckless plans for cuts, cancellations, and privatization. 

February 22, the people will be sending that message loud and clear to the PC policy convention. We’ll be meeting up for “The People vs. Conservative Cuts Rally” in Niagara Falls. Join the Power of Many as we send a strong message to the government. RSVP and find bus information here.

Tonight, you can get ready for the event by joining a Niagara Region regional activation meeting. RSVP here. Look for more meetings and events in the newsletter below.

We have an updated list of Conservative cuts at the OFL Ford Tracker.

-above from OFL Power of Many websites

 

There is a bus planned to leave Kingston (6am) and stop in Belleville (7am).  This massive rally planned for February 22 in Niagara Falls called The People vs Doug Ford. The OFL is hoping to have 20,000 people in attendance!  
 
The rally is taking place outside the Conservative convention in Niagara Falls. CUPE is providing a bus down, like the last big rally at Queen’s Park. They will be providing food for the bus as well and obviously there is no charge. The bus needs to be in Niagara for 10:30 and will be leaving to return at noon. 
 
Your friends, coworkers, family, any labour unions or any community partners you know are also welcome to register. 
 
I know it is early in the morning but you can kick back and sleep all the way there in the coach bus. Wear your CUPE swag.  Bring along your flags. If you have never attended a big rally I highly suggest you check it out, the energy is incredible!
 
Here is the link to sign up!  If you are able to be a bus captain for the Belleville stop please let me know. I will be at the rally, however already in Toronto so I will be going from there. 
 

If you want to be a bus captain please reach out. All you have to do is register people getting on and making sure they get back on after the rally. There is a bus captain for Kingston already so you would be working with them. 

Please fill out the form at the link below.
https://forms.gle/aWGmCYkDB8oMSsmH8— 

Strike Vote Meetings

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Please be sure to mark one of the following dates in your schedule to attend one of our strike votes.  Due to time constraints we will be conducting our votes along with 1022 in Belleville and 1480 in Kingston.
There is no book off to attend a strike vote, you must choose the time outside your work hours.

**Belleville Vote Date and Times**
Wed September 11 at Noon at CUPE Local 1022 office, 135 Cannifton Rd, ON
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7 pm at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville.

**Kingston Vote Date and Times**
Monday September 9 at 11am and 5 pm at the Kingston Curling Club on Days
Road.

**We are also looking for more Picket Captains! ** The role of the Picket
Captain is to:

– Keep attendance on the line so that our members can receive their
strike pay and seeing that strike duties are shared fairly.
– They ensure the safety of our members.
– They are responsible for helping to ensure our members understand the
role of a picketer.
–  Relay information to the members and the information from the members
to the executives
– Important in the maintaining the flow of information and communication
during a strike.