Come talk to Kym Bird about Conversions and LSTAs – what your file should look like, what you should be doing the years before you are ready to apply, and other useful tips and suggestions.
Time: Feb 24, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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The upcoming executive committee election period will launch on February 14th! For a list of executive positions, please see CUPE 3903 Executive Committee*.
The election timeline will be as follows:
Nomination period: February 14th – February 28th
Campaign period: March 1st – March 15th
Voting (via SimplyVoting): March 16th – March 21st
When the election launches on February 14th, the nomination form will be live (available on the CUPE 3903 website and in the newsletter). Members running for a position need to have the support of two members in good standing. For unit-specific positions, the supports must be from the voting unit.
If you have questions about the upcoming election, please contact the Elections Officers at: cupe3903eo@gmail.com
*Note, TFAC co-chairs are elected by the members of TFAC through an independent election run by the TFAC election officers
In advance of the February GMM, please find below language for the donation request(s) and bylaw amendment(s) which we will be voting on.
The next GMM will be held on February 11th, 2021 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 for the 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.
Nominations are now open for two rank and file positions to be on the hiring committee to hire a part-time staff rep. Interested members can email Stacey Berquist, VP Unit 1 for more information or to submit their nomination. Nominations must be submitted by February 10th.
CUPE 3903 is sending two delegates to the Ontario University Workers’ Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) Virtual Conference.
Any members who wish to nominate themselves can email Stacey Berquist, Chief Steward Unit 1. Nominations will close on February 11th at Noon.
If more than two members nominate themselves, an election will be held at the February 11th GMM.
More information on the conference can be found here.
All members are encouraged to come and observe.
All Zoom registration links have been posted on the Calendar.
In order to register, you will need to provide your employee number, which will be kept confidential. Your employee number is on your monthly pay stub. If you don’t know your employee number, please click here for instructions.
CUPE 3903’s framework of proposals to extend the Unit 1, 2 and 3 Collective Agreements – Presented to the Employer on December 22, 2020
CUPE 3903 Proposal Framework (Updated December 22, 2020)
If you haven’t already done so, blanket applications for Units 1 and 2 may be submitted today. ARMS will be re-opened for an extra day to include February 1.
On Friday January 29th, the CUPE 3903 Bargaining Team met with the Employer. The Bargaining Team would like to thank members in the room for attending as observers, as per our open bargaining practice.
During our January 28th bargaining meeting, we responded to the Employer’s proposal framework from January 22, 2021. Read the Bargaining Team’s statement here. Given the Employer’s lack of engagement with the concrete proposals in our December 14, 2020 extension framework, we proposed to involve mediator Chris Albertyn to mediate the conversation around job security, starting with the Union’s Albertyn Appointments proposal, and possibly to include other Unit 2 job security proposals. Continue reading