Notice – January 26th General Membership Meeting

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The next GMM will be held on January 26th from 1:00–4:00 pm. At this GMM, we will be voting on bylaw amendments and donation requests, as well as discussing bargaining. All members are encouraged to attend.

Please register in advance for this meeting here.

In order to register, you will need to provide your employee number, which will be kept confidential. If you don’t know your employee number, please click here for instructions.

After registering, members will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you are having any difficulties with registration, please get in touch with Vanessa Lehan-Streisel, VP Unit 2.

Keep reading for the tentative agenda, accessibility information and more.

If you have items to add to the agenda or need help crafting a motion, please contact the Recording Secretary, Emilie Hurst, at recsec.cupe3903@gmail.com. Items must be received by 5:00pm on Monday, January 25th.

If you require any of the following: ASL interpretation, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care, or other requests for accommodation, please contact our Equity Officer Nadia Kanani at cupe3903equity@gmail.com. Captioning will be available.

  1. Roll call of officers (2 minutes)
  2. Reading of the Equality Statement (3 minutes)
  3. Reading of the Mississauga Land Acknowledgement (2 minutes)
  4. Approval of agenda (3 minutes)
  5. Notices (3 minutes)
    1. Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action ($2000)
  6. Approval of Minutes (7 minutes)
    1. December 12th, 2020
  7. Nominations, Elections, Installations (10 minutes)
  8. Unfinished Business (45 minutes)
    1. Part-time staff representative hiring protocols
    2. Bylaw Amendment: Article 4 (Affiliations) and Article 10 (Committee)
    3. Bylaw Amendment: Article 13 (Voting)
  9. Finances (20 minutes)
    1. Treasurer’s Report [Will be shared on screen]
  10. Matters arising (5 minutes)
    1. Bylaw Amendment: Appendix I (Sexual assault Policy)
  11. New Business (15 minutes)
    1. Endorsement Request: Choosing Real Safety – A Historic Declaration to Divest From Policing and Prisons and Build Safer Communities For All
    2. Open Letter: CUPE National’s response to Indian Strikers
    3. Endorsement Request: Lead Now
  12. Bargaining (45 minutes)
  13. Executive Report-backs (10 minutes)
    1. Executive Committee December 2020 reports
  14. Reports of Committees and Delegates (10 minutes)
  15. Adjournment