National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day

Dear Members,

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.

The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of “Every Child Matters”.  The orange shirt is a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.

Today, we encourage all our CUPE brothers and sisters to wear orange to honour the thousands of Survivors of residential schools.

Peace be with you.

In Solidarity,

L.5441 Executive Board Officers

Voting Info/Results – Ratification Vote for Portability of Service between Bargaining Units

Dear Service and Clerical Bargaining Units,

Thank you to those 779 Service and Clerical members that voted and the results are as follows:

Clerical 80.3% said YES

Service 86.5% said YES

We have heard everyone loud and clear we will be putting this forward to the bargaining table.

Sincerely,

5441 Executive Board Officers


Ballots will be emailed Wednesday September 21, 2022 at noon.  The vote will end on Friday September 23, 2022 at 7PM.

Please join the zoom below if you are having problems voting.

 

Thursday September 22, 2022 07:00 AM to 3PM

and

Friday September 23, 2022 from 7AM t0 7PM

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 704 068 8153
Passcode: 5441

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+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada

Q & A – Information Session (Bargaining & Portability of Service)

Topic: Q & A – Information Session (Ratification Vote for Joint Bargaining & Portability of Service between Bargaining Units)

Time: September 20, 2022 10:00 AM to Noon and 4PM to 6 PM

Please Note: Zoom Link is the same for both session

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506984509?pwd=UmVia3RlUDZ1VFdEcU80eGROUFJZdz09

Meeting ID: 835 0698 4509
Passcode: 600025

Dial by your location
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada

 

 ***The vote will take place Wednesday September 21, 2022 at 12pm to Friday 12pm***

Ballots will be E-mailed at that time

Vacation Planner *Reminder*

A reminder to submit your vacation planner for the period of December 1 to May 31.  Your manager should have posted the planner as of August 1st.  The deadline to submit vacation requests for this period is September 15.  The confirmed vacation planner for this period will be posted no later than October 15.  Please refer to your Collective Agreement for language governing this process.  L.4 Vacation Scheduling

 

-Executive Board-