Next General Membership Meeting:

No Meetings July Or August

Next Meeting Date:  Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

Time:  5pm to 6pm

Location:  CUPE Regional Office (#2 – 3050 2nd Avenue West)

2024 Regular Meeting Dates

Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

Thursday, November 14th, 2024

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

Agendas are flexible.  If you have an item that you would like to see added to a meeting agenda, please reach out to the President.

If you are interested in what has happened at the meetings:

1.  You can always attend if you are a member in good standing.
2.  Contact the President or Vice President
3. If you haven’t done so already, please fill out this Google Form with alternate ways to keep touch.: http://bit.ly/882Form

Regardless of how minor the situation is, an Incident Report form should be fully completed for any circumstance where you have been approached or felt unsafe in a situation, made a safety issue observation, had a near-miss, or been injured.  We would also ask that you advise the OHS Representatives, Kerry McCullough or Chelsey Sorokan, of any instances.  Without the knowledge of what is or isn’t being done to improve safety we cannot provide recommendations to the employer.

Kerry McCullough, Chief Clerk Financial Services & Chelsey Sorokan, Recreation Programmer – AHC, are the OHS Members of CUPE Local 882.

If you have any issues or concerns, please bring them forward to them.

I take it that no one reads the statement because there seems to be a lot of gossip, bullying and harassment in certain departments…please remember to be respectful of one another.  We are all here to do a job, and do  not have to be best friends.

Equality Statement (follow link for your own copy)

Union solidarity is based on the principle that union members are equal and deserve mutual respect at all levels.  Any behavior that creates conflict prevents us from working together to strengthen our union.

As unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding are our goals.  We should neither condone nor tolerate behavior that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic or homophobic hurts and thereby divides us.  So too, does discrimination on the basis of ability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin.

Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment.  Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate.  Harassment should not be treated as a joke.  The uneasiness and resentment that it creates are not feelings that help us grow as a union.

Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different; and they reduce our capacity to work together on shared concerns such as decent wages, safe working conditions, and justice in the workplace, society and in our union.

CUPE’s policies and practices must reflect our commitment to equality.  Members, staff and elected officers must be mindful that all persons deserve dignity, equality and respect.