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Airlines: Support our flight attendants

CUPE flight attendants are fighting for their jobs as Air Canada plans to slash 300 jobs in Vancouver, 187 in Halifax and 144 in Winnipeg. Flight attendants bases in Halifax and Winnipeg would be closed. You can help by circulating and signing a petition and sending a letter to your MP.
Post-secondary education: Campus access to public water dwindles: study

Public water fountains are becoming an endangered species on university campuses across Canada, according to a new report.
Young workers: CUPE sponsors first ever Justice Rocks

CUPE reached out to young workers as sponsors of Vancouver’s first annual Justice Rocks event, which fused indie music with themes of social justice.
Privatization: CUPE Stands Up for Public Post Office

"CUPE was dismayed that Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review does not include an open consultation process. CUPE expressed our concerns in a brief to Canada Post, along with hundreds of municipalities and other stakeholders. This would mean deregulating the postal sector. Deregulation is a form of privatization.
Fast Facts: FastFacts - August 29, 2008
- Setting the Table Bargaining Women’s Equality Conference
- Police probe Montréal university P3 deal
- Conservatives pull Bill C-484
- CUPE Library Services workers ratify a new collective agreement
- BC hospitals lose ‘unsung heroes’ to privatization
- CUPE deal at Mile One Centre
- Iran’s lashing sentences anger CUPE leaders

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Communications Branch: Denmark awards CUPE partner in Nicaragua for women’s empowerment

MANAGUA—The Danish embassy in Nicaragua has presented an award to the Movimiento de Mujeres Maria Elena Cuadra (MEC), the Maria Elena Cuadra Movement of Working and Unemployed Women, in recognition of the organization’s outstanding work in women’s empowerment.

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Literacy: Literacy Day: for workplace programs

Workplace literacy programs help workers succeed at work and in life.
Global Justice: Colombian unionist under threat

Please take a moment to sign Amnesty International's online petition to support Javier Correa.
Fast Facts: FastFacts - September 5, 2008
- Campus access to public water dwindles: study
- CUPE sponsors indie music festival with social justice flair
- CUPE criticizes closed-door review of Canada Post
- Support Air Canada flight attendants
- Last chance to sign up for National Health and Safety Conference
Literacy: CUPE members talk about literacy

Video of CUPE members talking about workplace literacy programs and how they have affected their lives
Literacy: Literacy in the workplace
A series of five fact sheets on workplace literacy programs covering:
1. Introduction: literacy is a right
2. Proven advantages: for workers, employers, governments
3. Labour’s vision for government support
4. Best practices
5. Measuring success

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Elections: Get involved this election

The October 14 election will shape the state of public services and indeed our country for years to come.

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Communications Branch: Super cause, super fundraiser

Team Maria tops $15,000 in pledges for annual Parkinson's walk VANCOUVER—CUPE 825 president Maria Wahl and her family set a new record in pledges at the annual SuperWalk for Parkinson's at Stanley Park on Sunday (September 7), taking in $15,285.
Health and Safety: National H&S Conference Reminder

CUPE members from across Canada will be gathering in St. John’s, NL, October 23-26 to share ideas, build solidarity and plan strategies for success. There have been lots of registrations so if you haven’t registered for the 10th National Health and Safety Conference, you should do so now! The deadline for registrations is Friday, September 19, 2008.

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Elections: Democracy requires participation

One of the first things the Harper government did after the 2006 election was cut funding for government funded agencies [PDF] that advocated for women and disenfranchised groups.
2008 Federal Election: Tories fail on green jobs, climate change

Canada is neither reducing its greenhouse gas emissions nor shifting to a sustainable economy with green jobs. This election gives us a chance to change this.
Wages: CUPE’s Lucas says problems with payment of retroactive pay “must get fixed”

(St. John’s) – CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador President Wayne Lucas says his union hopes to have some inconsistencies that have surfaced about the payment of retroactive pay resolved as early as today.

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Bargaining: “Let’s stop the erosion of Kingston’s library services” – Kingston Frontenac library workers ask the public to lobby Library Board

“Let’s stop the erosion of library services,” front-line library workers told passers-by today at an information picket at the Central Branch on Johnson Street.
Libraries: CUPE Library Workers - A Snapshot

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2008 Federal Election: This fall, vote for medicare

As new poll results spell out key election issues, health care is emerging as a top-drawer concern among Canadians. And so it should. Every day, we are bombarded with stories of waiting lists and hospital-borne infections while ads for high-priced private clinics pepper the yellow pages.
Elections: Voting rights for dual or resident U.S. citizens

American citizens living in Canada can vote in U.S. elections. If you are a U.S. or dual (U.S/Canadian) citizen, you can vote in all Federal U.S. elections.
2008 Federal Election: Create change, one vote at a time

CUPE's election leaflet encourages CUPE members to get involved in the current election: Know the facts. Contact your local NDP candidate. Most importantly, vote. Don’t let Stephen Harper sell what generations of Canadians have paid for.
Bargaining: Region of Durham municipal workers vote 97% to strike for fair contract

In an effort to achieve a fair contract, municipal workers in the Region of Durham voted 97 per cent in favour of a strike, if a fair contract is not reached with their employer.
Libraries: Community deserves expanded library services, library services, but not at expense of workers, CUPE says

Library workers in Markham are more than ready to provide expanded hours for library users, but only with proper scheduling and compensation. With a potential strike or lockout looming September 25, they are trying to settle a new collective agreement that provides fair compensation for the extended work week.
2008 Federal Election: CUPE's 2008 election fun page

Why should Conservative web designers have all the fun this election? Visit CUPE's 2008 federal election page for contests, quizzes and an election pool.

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2008 Federal Election: “Building Canada” or tearing it down?

Across Canada, our cities and towns are in an impossible position. Local infrastructure is falling apart, and our schools, hospitals, bridges, roads and water systems are in desperate need of an upgrade.
Bargaining: CUPE 1281 fights firings at CKLN-FM

Management at CKLN-FM, Ryerson University’s student supported campus/community radio station has fired two CUPE 1281 members.
Bargaining: Gananoque workers aim to speed up bargaining with unanimous strike vote - Town workers want to settle new contract with defined hours of work

Gananoque town workers have sent a clear message to their employer with a 100 per cent vote in favour of strike action: “Let’s pick up the pace of bargaining and get the job done.”

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Aboriginal Issues: A long walk for justice

The arrival of the Walk4Justice at Parliament Hill offers an opportunity to press political parties on violence against Aboriginal women and the inequality at the root of this crisis.

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Aboriginal Issues: Walk for justice reaches Parliament

A group of walkers, mostly from British Columbia, stood on Parliament Hill today and called for justice for more than 3,000 missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
Bargaining: Setting the Table: Bargaining Women's Equality Conference

CUPE members from across the country will gather in Montréal, Québec in February 10-13, 2009 for the National Bargaining Women’s Equality Conference.
Communications Branch: CUPE to open new area office with Thursday event

National secretary-treasurer Claude Généreux flying in from Ottawa to mark occasion CRANBROOK—CUPE National secretary-treasurer Claude Généreux will be on hand as the Canadian Union of Public Employees celebrates the launch of its new Cranbrook area office with a grand opening on Thursday afternoon (September 18).
Communications Branch: CUPE to open new area office with Wednesday event

National secretary-treasurer Claude Généreux flying in from Ottawa to mark occasion COURTENAY—CUPE National secretary-treasurer Claude Généreux will be on hand as the Canadian Union of Public Employees celebrates the launch of its new Comox Valley area office with a grand opening on Wednesday evening (September 17).
Fast Facts: FastFacts - September 12, 2008
- This fall, vote for medicare
- Tories fail on green jobs, climate change
- Democracy requires participation
- Visit the CUPE election page
- Lucas says retroactive pay “must get fixed”

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2008 Federal Election: The real cost of contracting out

Each year, one in nine Canadian hospital patients will acquire an infectious disease. It is estimated that 8,000 to 12,000 Canadians will die.
Airlines: Arbitration disappoints flight attendants

An arbitration decision on layoffs of hundreds of Air Canada employees will leave most flight attendants with “virtually nothing.”
Bargaining: CUPE supports Windsor faculty

After months of discussions, talks broke down between administration and faculty at the University of Windsor.
Airlines: Air Canada Base Closures and Flight Attendant Layoffs: Arbitration Award Released

On August 19th an arbitrator was appointed under Division IX of the Canada Labour Code, to develop an adjustment program to mitigate the effects of laying off over 500 Air Canada flight attendants. Brian Keller was appointed the Arbitrator. This is a summary of his Sept. 14 decision
Bargaining: Tabletalk - Spring 2008

School board workers feature prominently in this issue, with a snapshot of trends and CUPE membership in the sector, plus reports of two great settlements in Alberta and Ontario! Check out how your local is doing on CUPE's Bargaining Goals! Catch up on a major breakthrough in pensions for temporary workers in BC.

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From apache@serenity.cupe.ca Thu Sep 18 05:12:02 2008 Received: from serenity.cupe.ca (judy [10.1.5.2]) by lists.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m8I9C2Dk028308 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:12:02 -0400 Received: from serenity.cupe.ca (www.cupe.ca [127.0.0.1]) by serenity.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m8I9C2mG019530 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:12:02 -0400 Received: (from apache@localhost) by serenity.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id m8I9C22Q019528; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:12:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:12:02 -0400 Message-Id: <200809180912.m8I9C22Q019528@serenity.cupe.ca> To: cupetoday@lists.cupe.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: cupetoday-sender@lists.cupe.ca Subject: [cupetoday] for Thursday September 18, 2008 X-BeenThere: cupetoday@lists.cupe.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: "a daily bulletin of stories posted to cupe.ca" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:12:02 -0000 CUPE Today

Child care: Canadians still waiting for child care

Harper's EI promise is cold comfort to working women, and does nothing to provide real solutions to the child care crisis.
Global Justice: CUPE announces major donation to CoDevelopment Canada

CUPE National President Paul Moist will be a guest speaker at the Annual General Meeting of CoDevelopment Canada (CoDev) taking place in Vancouver today.

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Health Care: Protect health care from NAFTA

A US businessman's lawsuit will tell whether NAFTA really does protect health care. If not, Canada's politicians better step up.
Media: Alberta P3 school builder has high debt

The company hired by the Alberta government to build and operate 18 schools has been criticized by investors groups for holding too much debt.
Communications Branch: CUPE opens new Comox Valley office

COURTENAY—CUPE National secretary-treasurer Claude Généreux was joined by CUPE members and staff, local politicians, and employers to celebrate the launch of its new Comox Valley area office on September 17.
Communications Branch: CUPE challenges UBC to be a better employer

VANCOUVER—CUPE locals at UBC have issued some challenges to the university in the wake of UBC’s designation as one of the best local employers in the Georgia Straight Readers’ Choice awards.
Post-secondary education: Ontario university workers support striking faculty at University of Windsor

The Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) has thrown their full support behind the striking faculty members at the University of Windsor.
Child care: CUPE welcomes NDP commitment to child care

“Wherever I go across the country I hear the same refrain from working parents – we have a crisis finding quality, accessible child care,” said the national president of Canada’s largest union, Paul Moist.

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Economics: Harper's economic record

Stephen Harper is trying to convince Canadians that he is a good economic manager and the best leadership choice during turbulent times. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Privatization: Unison report exposes true cost of privatization in the UK

A new report exposes the huge risks and costs that come with privatization, Public-Private Partnerships and PFI schemes in Britain.
Libraries: CUPE 905 reaches tentative agreement with Markham Public Library

Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 905 has reached a tentative agreement with Markham Public Library, averting a potential strike or lockout. Union members will meet September 24 for a ratification vote.

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Child care: Canada comes in last for child care

Child care advocates and activists staged a “race” between nations at an Ottawa child care centre today.
Water: CUPE Nova Scotia president calls for ban on bottled water

CUPE Nova Scotia president calls for ban on bottled water (Halifax) - The president of CUPE Nova Scotia, Danny Cavanagh, says the provincial government needs to look at banning the use of bottled water in schools and other public buildings in this province.
Communications Branch: Large crowd celebrates CUPE’s new Cranbrook office

CRANBROOK—A ribbon cutting ceremony received cheers and applause from the large crowd of CUPE members and staff, politicians and local business people who joined CUPE National secretary-treasurer Claude Généreux for the opening of CUPE’s new Cranbrook area office on September 18.
Air Canada: Air Canada Flight Attendants Release Study: Base Closures Completely Unjustified

Air Canada flight attendants have shared a ‘base closure viability study’ with the employer today that undermines the company’s claims the attendant bases are being close to cut costs.
Fast Facts: FastFacts - September 19, 2008
- Arbitration disappoints flight attendants
- Walk for justice reaches Parliament
- US legal challenge to test medicare’s NAFTA ‘protection’
- CUPE supports Windsor faculty association
- CUPE announces major donation to CoDevelopment Canada
- CUPE welcomes NDP commitment to child care
- CUPE opens two new area offices in BC
- CUPE 1281 fights firings at CKLN-FM
- Sign up for the Women’s Bargaining Conference
- CUPE election fun page

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Government: New book on Harper's record

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has produced a book on the Harper government's record.
2008 Federal Election: Suggest questions for the leaders debate

Now is your chance to make the leaders' debate about issues that matter.

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From apache@serenity.cupe.ca Thu Sep 25 05:12:02 2008 Received: from serenity.cupe.ca (judy [10.1.5.2]) by lists.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m8P9C1hO001179 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:12:02 -0400 Received: from serenity.cupe.ca (www.cupe.ca [127.0.0.1]) by serenity.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m8P9C1EW017736 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:12:01 -0400 Received: (from apache@localhost) by serenity.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id m8P9C1Ue017734; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:12:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:12:01 -0400 Message-Id: <200809250912.m8P9C1Ue017734@serenity.cupe.ca> To: cupetoday@lists.cupe.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: cupetoday-sender@lists.cupe.ca Subject: [cupetoday] for Thursday September 25, 2008 X-BeenThere: cupetoday@lists.cupe.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: "a daily bulletin of stories posted to cupe.ca" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:12:02 -0000 CUPE Today

Government: New book on Harper's record

Just in time for the federal election, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives yesterday released The Harper Record.
Hospitals: Kawarthas to ‘Rock for Public Services’ with Kim Mitchell, DAME this Friday

Legendary rocker Kim Mitchell will headline a free concert presented this Friday night at the Lindsay Fairgrounds by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Called ‘Rock for Public Services,’ the September 26 event is one of a series of rock concerts that CUPE Ontario is holding in cities across the province to celebrate and bring home the importance of public services.
Privatization: Privatization, contracting out are threatening public services, jobs in The Kawarthas – CUPE

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will hold a media conference on Thursday, September 25 at 1:30 p.m. to outline how specific privatization and contracting out issues are threatening the quality of local public services in The Kawarthas, particularly in the municipal, university and health care sectors.

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Trade: EU trade talks: no secrecy

Stephen Harper must end his secrecy surrounding Canada-EU trade talks and make it an election issue.
Global Justice: Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: another Conservative blunder

CUPE is reminding the public of the dangers of the Conservative’s proposed free-trade agreement with Colombia.
Economics: Economic Climate for Bargaining - September 2008

Wall Street is in the midst of its worst financial crisis since the great depression. There have been many booms and busts in recent years, but this one will be of a different magnitude because it combines a crash of both stock market and housing values, and it is likely to be more global in scope. The September 2008 issue of the Economic Climate for Bargaining outlines some of the potential impacts for Canada. The report also includes: Recent average economic forecasts of main economic indicators for Canada A discussion of job trends this year Analysis of recent increases and expectations for inflation and wage settlements
Privatization: Privatization creeps into Ontario social services

Privatization is creeping into Ontario’s social services behind the mask of “choice.”
Privatization: Privatization, contracting out of public services in The Kawarthas comes at high cost – CUPE

Privatization and contracting out of public services to for-profit operators by the City of Kawartha Lakes, Trent University and the Peterborough Regional Health Centre will come at a high cost to residents of Lindsay and Peterborough if not stopped, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario.
Bargaining: Emergency dispatchers review options, after talks fail to produce settlement

Yorkton/Saskatchewan: Emergency dispatchers employed by Med-Com Comprehensive Dispatch Systems were hopeful they finally would see a fair contract offer from their employer, when bargaining resumed yesterday evening. The dispatchers, members of CUPE Local 4859, voted 100% in support of taking job action at a membership meeting earlier this month.
Bargaining: CBRM Crossing Guards Reach Tentative Agreement

(Sydney) – CUPE Local 761, representing 70 crossing guards with the CBRM Board of Police Commissioners, has reached a tentative agreement in their contract talks.

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Economics: Harper soft on white collar crime

Stephen Harper has no problem sentencing 14 year-olds to life in prison. As for his gang of merry corporate supporters who have fleeced hardworking Canadians for billions? They have a better chance of getting locked up in the U.S.
2008 Federal Election: Three days of actions for women's rights, aboriginal rights and the NDP

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Bargaining: Windsor faculty in week two of strike

The Faculty at the University of Windsor is now entering its second week of strike.
Hospital-acquired infections: Province’s inaction on hospital infections “shameful” - Top-quality cleaning, lower occupancy rates needed to defeat hospital-acquired infections – not just telling people to clean their hands

We need top-quality cleaning and lower occupancy rates to turn the tide against hospital-acquired infections, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) said today, not just limp PR campaigns telling people to clean their hands.
Public Private Partnerships (P3): Board should learn from experience: P3 school model doesn’t work

Saskatoon: If experience is the best teacher, the Saskatoon Public School Board should learn from others’ mistakes and not pursue the idea of a privately-owned and operated “public” school in the city, says CUPE Saskatchewan President Tom Graham.

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Global Justice: CoDev Canada AGM hears Moist report on Colombia

An overflow crowd of about 100 global justice activists attended CoDevelopment Canada’s annual general meeting in Vancouver on Sept. 17 to hear National President Paul Moist discuss the Canada-Colombia free trade deal.

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From apache@serenity.cupe.ca Tue Sep 30 05:12:12 2008 Received: from serenity.cupe.ca (judy [10.1.5.2]) by lists.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m8U9CCmC015116 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:12:12 -0400 Received: from serenity.cupe.ca (www.cupe.ca [127.0.0.1]) by serenity.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m8U9C1S6005340 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:12:01 -0400 Received: (from apache@localhost) by serenity.cupe.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id m8U9C1v2005338; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:12:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:12:01 -0400 Message-Id: <200809300912.m8U9C1v2005338@serenity.cupe.ca> To: cupetoday@lists.cupe.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: cupetoday-sender@lists.cupe.ca Subject: [cupetoday] for Tuesday September 30, 2008 X-BeenThere: cupetoday@lists.cupe.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: "a daily bulletin of stories posted to cupe.ca" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:12:12 -0000 CUPE Today

Aboriginal Issues: Day of action highlights Aboriginal issues

In the upcoming election debates, First Peoples issues need to be a priority for our leaders.
Communications Branch: B.C. the host for CUPE’s first Western Library Workers Conference

Event opens Thursday with keynote speech by author David Chariandy BURNABY—CUPE library workers from B.C. to Manitoba will converge on the Metrotown Hilton later this week for CUPE’s first-ever Western Library Workers Conference (October 2-4). The conference, which begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday with welcoming greetings, a keynote speech and social, is themed “Connecting Our Communities.”
Fast Facts: FastFacts - September 26, 2008
- Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: another Conservative blunder
- EU trade talks: no secrecy please
- New CCPA book on Harper’s record
- Air Canada base closures not about costs
- CUPE Nova Scotia president calls for ban on bottled water
- Alberta P3 school builder has high debt
- CUPE challenges UBC to be a better employer
- Québecor still seeks injunction against strike paper
- Sign up for the Women’s Bargaining Conference
- CUPE election fun page

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