Friends and comrades,

 

In this week's Dispatch, we are covering recent negotiations updates, upcoming committee meetings, a call for submissions for our Local newsletter, upcoming Executive elections, the Union Education Program 2025, a GoFundMe for a member of the Edmonton Local, and strike cheques.

 

Solidarity,

 

Kyle Turner, Communications Officer

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On January 10th, our union announced that there would be 3-days of contract negotiations happening this week (January 15th, 16th, and 17th) with William Kaplan appointed to work as a mediator between our union and the Corporation. Kaplan has stressed the importance of finding common ground and coming out of this 3-day period with tentative agreements, and a recent bulletin from our National Office does say that there has been some movement. To read the full bulletin, click HERE.

 

Since the previous Dispatch, the dates for the hearing for our union's challenge to the Minister of Labour's use of Section 107 and Section 108 have changed. Those hearings will now be held on January 27th and 28th. To read that bulletin, click HERE. We will provide updates on these hearings when we can.

 

For a more in depth explanation of Section 107 and Section 108 of the Canada Labour Code, click HERE.

 

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For details about the upcoming Women's Committee (January 23rd) and Education Committee (January 31st) meetings, please click HERE.

 

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We are looking to get submissions for a future issue of our Local newsletter, the InsideOut, about your experience being on strike, on the picket line, and so on. There is no required word count. The deadline is Monday, January 20th, 2025. Please send all submissions to Communications730@gmail.com.

 

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The following Executive positions are quickly coming up for election: Secretary-Treasurer, Grievance Officer, 1st Vice-President (Organizing), 3rd Vice-President (Collections and Delivery), and 5th Vice-President (Garage, Maintenance, Registration, and Wickets). For a full description of these positions, you can read them in the Local By-Laws HERE.

 

These positions are for 3-year terms and to be eligible for nomination for these positions, you must have attended 50% of the general membership meetings in the prior year and you must be nominated by a Member in Good Standing.

 

Nominations must be submitted to the Local Office (18121 107 Ave NW) by Friday, February 28th, 2025, at 5 pm. Voting will occur and results will be announced on Saturday, April 5th, 2025. Dates for advanced polls are forthcoming.

 

To see the full poster and the nomination form, click HERE.

 

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CUPW will be offering its Union Education Program in late 2025. The purpose of this program is to build leadership capacity in our union by increasing participants' knowledge of the world and politics, the labour movement, and the climate emergency.

 

If this interests you, click HERE to read the full bulletin and the requirements to participate in the course. The deadline to apply is March 1st, 2025.

 

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If you are having any ongoing issues with your strike cheques, please contact the Secretary-Treasurer at Sectreas730@gmail.com

 

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