CUPE 951

A few members from the IDEA committee will be attending the October 7th 5pm screening of UNION at Cinecenta, a documentary about Christian Smalls who was laid off from an Amazon fulfillment centre and set about to create a union. For more info on the movie, please see here: Union – Cinecenta This viewing is being sponsored by our friends…

This September 30th marks the fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This is a day to remember and honour the Indigenous children stolen from their families and communities and sent to residential schools and it is a day to stand in solidarity with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It’s important that we all reflect on actions we can take…

The Executive voted to recommend some policy changes and these will be on the agenda of the September 2025 General Meeting for discussion and vote. You can read the revised document on the Policies page. If you have questions prior to the meeting, please direct them to the President or any Executive Board member.

On June 21, for National Indigenous Peoples Day, we recognize and celebrate the history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Canada. Were you aware that CUPE 951 successfully bargained to include language that allows Indigenous employees to take paid leave on National Indigenous People’s Day? If you have any questions, reach out to any Executive…

May 25th-31st is National AccessAbility Week 2025, and the IDEA committee would like to highlight CUPE’s campaign “Not All Disabilities are Visible”, run by the Persons with Disabilities Committee. Learn more about disabilities and how invisible disabilities can create barriers for workers on this CUPE fact sheet: https://cupe.ca/sites/cupe/files/what_is_a_disability_fact_sheet_2.pdf  Did you know CUPE offers a workshop on Disability and Ableism in the…