MONTREAL Other unions in the Quebec education sector are preparing to vote on a strike mandate, this time at the FTQ. The CSN, however, is not there yet. The largest labour organization in education, the CSQ, kicked the ball off earlier this week by announcing that 73 per cent of its members voted in favour of a five-day strike mandate to be held at an opportune moment. CSQ President Sonia Ethier insisted that her union s members preferred to conclude an agreement on the renewal of collective agreements, and not to exercise their strike mandate. The CSQ represents the majority of elementary and secondary teachers, as well as others who teach at Quebec colleges, in addition to professionals and support staff at all levels (120,000 education members).
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Workers at Egale Vote to Join CUPE
February 4, 2021 GMT
TORONTO (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 4, 2021
Workers at Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, the country’s leading LGBTQI2S rights organization voted today to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
“Advocacy work can be all-consuming, so it’s important that workers have a team that advocates for them as well. Today, workers at Egale who give so much of themselves to advancing LGBTQI2S rights voted to give themselves that support by joining CUPE,” said Kristy Davidson, a CUPE national representative who has been working with the group.
Happy, concerned and in between: MUN staff return to campus
If students are not back to campus, why do staff need to be? It s a step in terms of moving university back to normal operations, says MUN s academic vice-president.
Social Sharing I feel as safe here as if I was going to Costco or the mall, says one staff member
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Posted: Feb 01, 2021 6:06 PM NT | Last Updated: February 1
Theresa Antle, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1615, says there is a lot of trepidation for some Memorial University staff returning to campus. But she says MUN is following all the protocols to ensure it s a safe work environment. (Sherry Vivian/CBC)
Chilliwack’s controversial school trustee may be on his way out Last week was a victorious week for those interested in defeating some not-so-nice people in power: Trump left the White House for (assumably) ever, MP Derek Sloan has been removed from the Conservative caucus, and here in the Fraser Valley, Chilliwack’s own school trustee, Barry […]
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 6:43 PM AT | Last Updated: January 25
CUPE has called on the New Brunswick government to improve working conditions for LPNs, including pay equity with the rest of the Atlantic provinces, and the ability to call themselves nurses. (Shutterstock / hxdbzxy)