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Dear Brothers and Sisters, As indicated yesterday, the new executive team for CUPE Local 4580 begins today. First I would like to extend a huge thank you to Mia Sisic who dedicated so much time and effort to the well-being of the Local and our members throughout her 2014-2015 term. While we will miss her as […]

Dear Sisters and Brothers, 1. I would like to thank all those who came out to protest the Board of Governors (BOG) tuition hike on Tuesday. Though the increase was passed by the BOG, we were able to convince 3 non-student representatives that tuition hikes are detrimental to students and an irresponsible way to increase

Dear Sisters and Brothers, The end of the semester is upon us and I hope your exams and final papers have been going well. In my previous message to you, I called on you to come to Senate where they would be discussing increasing tuition fees. Despite the (very) short notice, a couple of dozen

Dear Brothers and Sisters, The labour and student unions invite you to a student appreciation event today at 11:30am in front of CAW – free food and drinks! In solidarity, CUPE Local 4580

Dear Brothers and Sisters, As mentioned in the meeting tonight, CUPE Locals 3902 and 3903 are on strike at UToronto and YorkU. They consist primarily of graduate teaching assistants, undergraduate teaching assistants, and research assistants. The position that they are in is one that we are never that far away from, considering the history of

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Toldo 204 (a nice room!) has been booked for our union meeting on Wednesday at 6pm – our FINAL scheduled meeting of the year. In solidarity, Mia

Dear Sisters and Brothers, If you haven’t already, please mark your calendars for the final meeting of the year: Wednesday March 4 at 6pm, location TBD. Some reasons you may want to attend: 1. voting of the budget for next year (e.g., scholarship allotments, etc.) 2. swearing in of the new executive (Ashlyne, Robert, Joan,

Dear Sisters and Brothers, After consulting with CUPE National, we have been assured that CUPE National regulations do not find it necessary to run an election if there is one nominee per position, as they are winners by acclamation. So, the executive has made the decision to act in line with recommendations made by CUPE

Dear Brothers and Sisters, The executive has had a meeting about the potential impact of not electing Trustees as soon as possible (along with the other executives). We have come to the decision that we will open up nominations for the three (3) Trustee positions again, this time via e-mail. If you would like to

Dear Sisters and Brothers, At the membership meeting last night, the nominees for the executive (May 1 2015 – April 30 2016) were announced: Trustees: no nominees (please contact if interested – we need three) Membership Officer: Janer Akkas Secretary: Lisa Plant Treasurer: Joan Craig Vice President: Robert Powers President: Ashlyne O’Neil As noted in