Author name: cupe4580

Dear Sisters and Brothers, The collective agreement that our union ratified on May 22 was ratified by the Board of Governors yesterday. Congratulations! You are now working under the new collective agreement and we will keep you updated about retroactive pay (our agreement begins September 2013) as details become available. As always, if you have […]

Dear Sisters and Brothers, There has been some (non)activity on campus in recent weeks that you should be aware of: 1. As you all know, the collective agreement was ratified by our membership on May 22, 2014. Our collective agreement has yet to be ratified by the Board of Governors. They are meeting on June

Dear Sisters and Brothers, You received an e-mail from us on May 1, 2014 with the timeline and update on the status of our contract negotiations. The following is a truncated version: August 31, 2013 – 4580 Collective Agreement expires; no bargaining dates or proposals from the administration. October 2013 – Membership voices collective agreement

Dear Brothers and Sisters, This is to inform you that the elected executive team for 2014-2015 will be assuming office starting May 1, 2014. The following is the executive team for 2014-2015: President: Mia Sisic Vice-President: Mohammed Almanaseer Treasurer: Ashlyne O’Neil Secretary: Jihong Kim Membership Officer: Brent Taylor Our union has received our first conciliation

Dear Sisters and Brothers, The employer (University of Windsor) has requested additional bargaining dates for April 2014 from CUPE Local 4580 for further negotiations. All members will be notified of the dates once they are confirmed by both negotiating parties. Although CUPE 4580 has filed for conciliation to the Ontario Ministry of Labour, both the

Dear Sisters and Brothers, We had been in the process of bargaining for a new Collective Agreement for CUPE Local 4580 (GA/TA Union) with the University of Windsor. Unfortunately, an agreement could not be reached between the two negotiating parties. We have filed for conciliation and the membership will be notified of the conciliation dates

Dear Sisters and Brothers, The strike mandate vote held tonight was passed by the membership. We would like to thank all the members that came out in support of our Local.  We will we resuming bargaining talks with the University on 31 March 2014. Thank You. In Solidarity, Bargaining Team CUPE Local 4580

Dear Sisters and Brothers, This is to inform you that the proposed collective agreement at the meeting held tonight at Toldo 100 was NOT ratified by the membership . The bargaining team will now go back to negotiating another contract with the University. Thank You.

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For all Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments, please visit www.cupe50.ca/resolutions. The password is RESO2013QC  Below is the  CUPE Bulletin distributed on the convention floor each morning that summarizes the highlights for each day of the convention: Bulletin at National Convention