From the Just-Film website – Our mandate is to gather Vancouver’s diverse social justice community to a festival that allows for reflection, provides a forum for discussion, and prompts participants to action. While the issues are often difficult, we feel it is important to provide tools and ideas for solutions. With this festival we want to provide opportunities for you to…
Read moreHello CUPE 951 Members – Over the last year our Ad-hoc Policy review committee has made changes to our policy and are now ready to share the changes with you. There is a summary document to direct you to the changes, please review the changes in the DRAFT document. The committee will present the document at the January 27th General…
Read morePlease read the following PDF – Here at the CUPE951 website and social media centre, we pride ourselves on keeping our members informed on timely issues using all the tools at hand in the most productive way. Whether it might be Facebook, conventional web services or social media tools like twitter – we like our members to be on top…
Read moreOur 2015 Christmas social was well attended with more than 150 people present at the Cadboro Commons Building at UVic – Great food, fun and conversation was had by all and dozens of door prizes were won. The sock drive, coordinated by Kathy Mercer was enthusiastically supported – as well as a generous donation for WIN that was presented on…
Read moreOttawa, ON – Canada’s largest union is welcoming today’s announcement of a long over-due national public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. The Canadian Union of Public Employees is calling the inquiry a vital step on the path to reconciliation, and hopes it lead to real action on stopping violence against First Nations, Inuit and Metis women…
Read moreIntroduction to Stewarding What does a CUPE steward do? If you are a new steward and want to learn how to help CUPE members solve workplace problems, this introductory workshop is for you! In this workshop you will learn the role of the steward, investigating workplace problems, CUPE’s structure, filing a grievance, meeting with management, and dealing with workplace complaints.…
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