Local Dispatch (23/03/29)
Friends and comrades,
For this week's dispatch, we are covering the next GMM, upcoming special GMMs, upcoming committee meetings and educational opportunities, LEAF Equality Day Breakfast, and a boycott campaign from ACTRA.
Solidarity,
Kyle Turner
Communications Officer
April GMM
Just a reminder that our next GMM is this coming Saturday at 10 am. If you would like to attend via Zoom, you must register by Friday at noon. For more information and to register for this meeting, please see our website post HERE.
Special GMMs for Contract Negotiations
We have two special GMMs coming up to vote on resolutions to pass onto our delegates for the next Regional Conference for our upcoming contract negotiations. For urban members, that special GMM is on Saturday, April 15th at 10 am, and for RSMCs, that meeting is on Sunday, April 16th at 10 am.
If you have resolutions to bring forward at these special GMMs, please submit them to Secretary-Treasurer Karry Biri (Treasurer@cupwedm.net) no later than April 13th.
Upcoming Committee Meetings and Educational Opportunities
Our Local Route Measurement Committee is having a meeting on Wednesday, April 5th at 6:30 pm. This will be a hybrid meeting, so you can attend in person at our union office (18121 107 Ave) or online via Zoom. For more information, please see our website post HERE.
The next Local educational opportunity is for Building Worker Power, which is being offered on May 10th and May 11th. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 26th. For more information and to find a digital application, please click HERE.
LEAF Equality Day Breakfast
One final reminder that the LEAF Equality Day breakfast is happening next Monday (April 3rd, 2023) from 7:30 am to 9:00 am at the Sandman Signature Edmonton (10235 101 street). This event is sponsored by our Local's Women's Committee.
For more information, please see our website post HERE.
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)
Over a year ago, ACTRA signed a new Collective Agreement with the Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA) and Association des agences de communication créative (A2C). The Institute of Canadian Agencies (ICA), however, rejected the deal, proposed cutbacks, and locked out the workers. The ICA has also been using scab labour ever since.
ACTRA is now calling for a boycott of these union-busting brands that are using scabs. For more information about ACTRA and what they are calling for, you can visit their website HERE.
Solidarity,