We’d like to welcome back all of you as we enter our first week back to school. Thank you to all who worked tirelessly over the summer months to ensure our schools were student ready for today. We wish everyone a happy start to a new school year.
Labour Day Picnic
Join us today at Holland park for a Labour Day Picnic. There is live music, kids games and activities. 11:30-2:30. Look for us and our CUPE728 tent
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Join Us this Labour Day in Holland Park. September 5th starting at 11:30 finishing up at 2:30. If you would like to help out please email Theresa at 1stvp@cupe728.ca, we need volunteers from 10:30 to help set up, during the event and at 2:30 for takedown.
Statutory Holiday Arbitration
The Union received the decision for the Statutory Arbitration case and unfortunately the Unions case was dismissed. If you did not receive an copy of the letter please find it below:
Surrey Pride June 2022
Thank You to everyone who came out to see CUPE 728 at Surrey Pride.
To see more photos please check out our Facebook page.
CUPE BC Info
CUPE BC UPDATES
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS & RESOURCES
Dear members,
Please read on for general CUPE BC announcements and to learn more about upcoming events, learning resources, and community engagement opportunities. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email request to info@cupe.bc.ca<mailto:info@cupe.bc.ca>.
CUPE Public Employee | CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | Jul 8
Those wishing to contribute to the August 25 special Labour Day Members’ edition of Public Employee Magazine<https://www.cupe.bc.ca/public-employee-magazine/> can download the attached brochure for guidelines, and send submissions to editor Dan Gawthrop by July 8, 2022 via dgawthrop@cupe.ca<mailto:dgawthrop@cupe.ca>.
BCFED Health & Safety | OH&S Education in the Lower Mainland | Jun-Aug 2022
Current training opportunities in Occupational Health and Safety are available on the BCFED Health & Safety Centre<https://www.healthandsafetybc.ca/> monthly course calendar<https://www.healthandsafetybc.ca/course-calendar/> listings.
Mark’s Work Wearhouse | CUPE Member Discount | Jun 19-22
All CUPE members can take advantage of a 25% discount on all regular-priced merchandise using the attached voucher in person at any Mark’s<https://www.marks.com/> store across Canada, from Jun 19thto 22nd, 2022.
Megaphone Magazine | Voices of the Street Launch | Jun 22
Megaphone<https://www.megaphonemagazine.com/>’s 12th annual special literary edition<https://www.megaphonemagazine.com/vots2022> Voices of the Street Stealing Looks at the Sun: Writing About Climate Change in 2022 will be launched next week in-person (and livestreamed), with storytelling, refreshments, and a special poetry reading from local poet laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam<https://fionalam.net/>.
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm (Pacific)
Location: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts/Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at 149 West Hastings St., Vancouver
Fee: $10
Registration: Click here<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-of-the-street-2022-book-launch-event-tickets-343418593257>
UALE Summer Institute for Union Women | Jun 23-25
Registration is currently ongoing<https://uale.org/events/event/2022-western-region-siuw/> for this year’s virtual summer course for union women, hosted by the United Association for Labor Education<https://uale.org/> and including leaders and activists from unions, labor studies programs, apprenticeships and worker organizations from across British Columbia, the Western U.S., Hawaii, and Alaska. The program free is $50 with scholarships available via nrudiger@uoregon.edu<mailto:nrudiger@uoregon.edu>.
Cowichan Folk Guild | 38th Annual Islands Folk Festival | Jul 23
Advance tickets<https://islandsfolk.tickit.ca/events/14466-islands-folk-festival-saturday-july-23> with camping options are available for the one-day Islands Folk Festival<https://www.islandsfolkfestival.ca/> at Providence Farm in Duncan, BC. Please see attached poster for the list of acts.
Date & Time: Jul 23, 2022 | 11:00am – 11:00pm (Pacific)
Location: Providence Farm, 1843 Tzouhalem Rd., Duncan, BC
Prices: $95 general admission with $5 discount for members until Jul 21st; half price for youth and free for 12 and under
More information: admin@cowichanfolkguild.ca<mailto:admin@cowichanfolkguild.ca>
Should you have any questions regarding this update, please email info@cupe.bc.ca<mailto:info@cupe.bc.ca> for additional information.
In solidarity,
CUPE BC Executive Board
CUPE British Columbia
#410-6222 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5H 0G3
P: 604.291.9119
www.cupe.bc.ca<http://www.cupe.bc.ca/>
Clarification for EA/ABA/Outreach Workers
Hi all
If you have more than one designation (Meaning you have 2 or more designations, EA and/or ABA and/or outreach worker and/or inner-city school worker etc.), please notify Human Recourses ASAP.
If you were planning on posting into an EA or ABA position, HR needs this information as they may not have it on file. You need to have all that paperwork in and cleared before the posting meeting on June 24th.
Postings will be out Monday evening.
In Solidarity.
Last Chance to Vote for Pacific Blue Cross
Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) director election closes today – LAST CHANCE TO VOTE – 4:30PM!.
CUPE 1816, the local representing Pacific Blue Cross workers, has endorsed Peter Urbanc.
If you have PBC benefits, you can vote, so please click the link, and use the vote button on the top left of the site by 4:30pm.