Our next General Membership Meeting will be on Saturday, February 16th from 10AM-12PM on the St. George Campus. It will be held at our usual location, the Sanford Fleming Building (10 Kings College Road), room 1101.
The agenda for this meeting can be found here.
We hope to see you there! Feel free to bring any questions or concerns you have, and don’t forget that you can always contact the Union directly from the Contact page.
CUPE 3261 wishes all our members a wonderful holiday and a happy new year!
Hopefully you’ve already seen some of these forms for our holiday party around your workplace recently. If not, you can download the form here to complete and return. And don’t forget about the cheque system this year – your deposit reserves your seat, and you receive it back at the front door upon your arrival. We hope to see you there!
Our annual Christmas parties are coming up! Come out for a fun time with your union for the holiday season. There will be lots of food, drinks and amazing prizes — and it’s all free! See the details below for more information. All members are welcome to bring one guest.
There will be a party for each campus, and a separate party for the Faculty Club. You may attend one party, whichever is most convenient for you. Make sure to RSVP as soon as you can with your full name and the name of your guest.
St. George Campus
Location: Chestnut Residence (89 Chestnut St., Toronto)
Date: Saturday, December 15th @ 7:00pm-1:00am
RSVP Info: Sign up forms will be distributed throughout workplaces by next week. There is a mandatory $50 deposit per person (provided by cheque) that will be returned at the party.
Forms must be given to shop stewards or delivered to the union office (703 Spadina Ave. Floor 2) by December 7th
Scarborough Campus
Location: Mandarin (2206 Eglinton Ave E., Scarborough)
Date: Saturday, December 8th @ 7:00pm
RSVP Info: Email Allan ASAP at service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620
Mississauga Campus
Location: Wok of Fame (7700 Hurontario St. #602, Mississauga)
Date: Saturday, December 1st @ 8:00pm-10:00pm
RSVP Info: Email Allan ASAP at service.workers@utoronto.ca / 416-946-7620
Faculty Club
Location: Dragon Pearl Restaurant (865 York Mills Rd, Unit 2, North York)
Date: Saturday, December 22nd @ 7:30pm
RSVP Info: Email Tuan Vuong by December 7th at tuanvuong@hotmail.com
Check out this article in the Varsity about Doug Ford’s proposed repeal of Bill 148 as well as UofT’s controversial membership to an anti-Bill 148 lobby group. The article includes comments by our own President Allan James as well as CUPE 3902’s Chair Jess Taylor!
“The Doug Ford government broke their promise to the people of Ontario today by standing with the corporate lobbyists and announcing significant rollbacks to our new labour laws.”
Check out this form on 15andfairness.org to email your local MPP about keeping the January 1st $15 minimum wage increase, in addition things like equal pay for equal work legislation. These gains for labour won’t last if Doug Ford and the big business lobbyists have their way!
CUPE’s new campaign addresses increasing precarity for post-secondary workers, decreases in government funding, skyrocketing tuition fees, and more. Check out cupe.ca/our-time-act for the details and on what you can do to get involved!
Thanks to everyone who came out to the St. George BBQ on Friday! We hope you enjoyed the delicious buffet prepared by our own members at the Faculty Cub, and we also hope you’ve kept your raffle tickets…
The three $100 gift card winners are tickets #5259985, #5259968, and #5260058.
If you have one of these tickets, please get in touch with Allan James in order to arrange a time for you to come by the union office to claim your prize. Don’t forget to bring your ticket!