CONTENTS

Updates

(1) Missing Person: Zabia Afzal
(2) Letter to the York University Administration
(3) Vacancy on the Unit 1 Bargaining Team
(4) Vacancy: Unit 2 List Moderator
(5) CUPE 3903 Hotline Hours

Meetings and Events

(6) Executive Committee Meeting: May 16
(7) Strike Committee Meeting: May 16
(8) Strike General Membership Meeting: May 17

(1) Missing Person: Zabia Afzal

Zabia Afzal, PhD student at York and CUPE 3903 member, has been missing since Thursday May 10. Please disseminate the poster widely and call 1-866-876-5423 ext. 7441 if you have any information. Use #FindZabia if sharing information on social media.

(2) Letter to the York University Administration

On Monday, May 14, the CUPE 3903 Bargaining Team sent the following letter to the administration of York University, reiterating the offer to bargain. Included in the letter was a statement concerning the claim that the union and the employer’s positions are too far apart to engage in bargaining.

Read the full post for the letter and statement.

(3) Vacancy on the Unit 1 Bargaining Team

Lina Nasr has resigned from the Unit 1 bargaining team.

In the exceptional circumstances of the strike, and based on the past practice where a member of the Unit 3 Bargaining Team was elected at a Strike Special General Membership Meeting in 2015, an election will be held at the May 17 SGMM.

Member of the bargaining team is a unit-specific position; this means that only members of Unit 1 may run for the position. To nominate yourself, email cupe3903vpu1@gmail.com by 5 pm on May 16, 2018.

(4) Vacancy: Unit 2 List Moderator

There is currently a vacancy to be filled for Unit 2 List Moderator. Moderators must read all posts to the listserv at least once a day and enforce the List Guidelines (Appendix F of the CUPE 3903 Bylaws). This position is open to members of Unit 2.

The nomination period is open until May 16 at 5 pm. To nominate yourself, email Julian at cupe3903vpu2@gmail.com. Contested positions will be elected at the May 17 Special General Membership Meeting.

(5) CUPE 3903 Hotline Hours

CUPE 3903 Members and members of the York University community seeking information can call the CUPE 3903 Hotline (select hours only).

Hotline hours are updated every week and posted to 3903.cupe.ca.

(6) Executive Committee Meeting: May 16

Executive Committee
Wednesday, May 16
12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Casa Maiz
1280 Finch Ave W, Unit 204

All members are welcome to attend and speak at executive committee meetings. Only executive committee members may vote.

(7) Strike Committee Meeting: May 16

Strike Committee
Wednesday, May 16
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
CUPE 4400
1482 Bathurst St

This meeting will take place in the 4th floor boardroom.

Strike Committee is the main coordinating body for all things strike-related at CUPE 3903. Ideas for picket line strategy? Targets or ideas for creative actions? Want to coordinate some guerrilla communications, flyers, or other media? Strike Committee is the place to do so!

(8) Strike General Membership Meeting: May 17

Strike SGMM
Thursday, May 17
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
(Doors open at 4:30)
Unifor Local 112
30 Tangiers Rd

Following the strike policy, Strike SGMMs are held weekly for the duration of the strike. The agenda will include reports from the Executive, Treasurer, Bargaining Team, Strike Committee, as well as time for motions from the floor. At this meeting, we will elect a member to the Unit 1 Bargaining Team and a Unit 2 List Moderator, as well as a Trial Committee, following the CUPE National Constitution.

See the tentative agenda here.

Please contact Sheila Wilmot at cupe3903.equity.officer@gmail.com if you require ASL interpretation, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care, and/or transportation costs for members who are unable to secure Wheel-Trans, or other requests for accommodation.