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June General Membership Meeting
Our next General Membership Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 23rd from 10AM-12PM on the St. George Campus. Location is the Sanford Fleming Building (10 Kings College Road), room 1101.
During this meeting, we will be holding nominations for the position of President and Recording Secretary, as well as proposing new amendments to our bylaws, and providing an update on new developments and outstanding issues within our Local.
We hope to see you there! Please bring any questions or concerns you have to the meeting, and don’t forget that you can always contact the Union directly from the Contact page.
February 3rd General Membership Meeting
Happy New Year! All members — Full-time, Part-time, Casual, UT Press and Faculty Club, across all three campuses — are invited and encouraged to attend our first general membership meeting of the year on February 3rd from 10AM-12PM. It will take place at the Sandford Fleming Building (10 King’s College Road, Toronto) in Room 1101, and refreshments will be provided.
The agenda for the meeting will be as follows:
Asbestos at UofT: A panel discussion
Asbestos was discovered at our workplaces one year ago. Come out to this panel discussion to learn more about how the situation has been handled in the past year, and discuss how we can create safer working conditions for all workers and students.
Happening January 31st 12:00pm-2:00pm at UC room 152
Our 2017 Christmas Parties!
It’s almost that time of year! CUPE 3261 will be throwing five Christmas parties between November 25th and December 16th: One for UofT Press and one for each of UofT’s three campuses. Each member is entitled to bring one guest, and the Local will cover the cost for food and two drinks per person.
Feel free to attend whichever party is most convenient for you (but only one!), and be sure to RSVP to let us know if you are coming and if you are bringing a guest. We hope to see you there!
U OF T PRESS
– Saturday, November 25th @ 8PM
– KUU Shushi (1020 Centre St., Thornhill)
– RSVP to Fernando Ogorek (fogorek@utpress.utoronto.ca) or to Allan James (service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620)
SCARBOROUGH CAMPUS
– Saturday December 2nd @ 7PM
– The Arkadia House Restaurant (2007 Eglinton Ave. East, Scarborough)
– RSVP to Allan James (service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620)
MISSISSAUGA CAMPUS
– Saturday, December 9th @ 7:30PM
– Wok of Fame (7700 Hurontario St., Brampton)
– RSVP to Allan James (service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620)
ST. GEORGE CAMPUS
– Saturday, December 16th @ 7PM
– Chestnut Resident & Conference Center (89 Chestnut Street, Toronto)
– RSVP to Allan James (service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620)
FACULTY CLUB STAFF
– Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 6PM reception, 7PM dinner
– Dragon Pearl Buffet (865 York Mills Rd, Unit 2, North York)
– RSVP to Allan James (service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620) or Tuan Vuong (tuanvuong@hotmail.com)
CUPE Ontario Fall School!
Dear members,
CUPE Ontario will be offering a “Fall School” between October 31st and November 5th in Toronto (click here for details!). If you are interested in courses on topics such as stewarding, health and safety, political activism, and more, please contact the CUPE 3261 office. The union will pay the cost for the course and – if approved by your employer – pay for your time off of work as well!
Upcoming General Membership Meeting
Our next general membership meeting will take place on Saturday, October 21, from 10:00am – 12:00pm at Sydney Smith Hall, room 1072 (100 St George St). Please come join us!
FT/PT and Casual Agreements Ratified!
Hello members!
We are pleased to announce that after three days of voting on all three campuses, both Tentative Agreements, Casual and Full-time/Part-time have been ratified!
The Full-time/Part-time members voted 83% in favour of the agreement, and the Casuals voted 57% in favour.
We thank you so much for your active participation and support throughout this process. We could not have done this without you!
As for the issues we were not able to tackle in this round of bargaining – like ending contracting out on the St. George campus – we have no plans on giving up. We will keep up the fight, and we thank you for your continued support.
In Solidarity,
Your Full-time/Part-time and Casual bargaining team members
St. George’s Ratification & Info Session
We apologize for the delay in confirming these locations!
There will be three session at St. George on Thursday, September 21st:
11:30AM – 1:30 PM
Bahen Center: Room 1170
3:30PM – 5PM
Ramsay Wright Laboratories: Room 117
9:30 – 11:PM
Bahen Centre: Room 1170