LOCAL 846
Vancouver Pride Parade
August 06, 2017
We will be marching with the Multi-Union contingent again this year.
If you are interested in attending please contact Michael Seney (Click HERE to email) to confirm so we have an idea of how many marchers we have.
The meetup location is on Thurlow either side of Haro Street. (Zone F, East Side, Slot 1). All marchers must arrive by 12:30 PM.
Hope to see you there!
For more Pride information and events check out: vancouverpride.ca
Turtle Island and Fighting Back/Media Training
The Pacific Region is pleased to announce that the next 5-day Education Seminars will be held in conjunction with the Prairie Region in Whistler, B.C. from October 1 to 6, 2017. These are Paid Education Leave (PEL) courses so we are limited to twenty (20) participants in total or ten (10) in each class per Region.
The courses being offered are as follows:
Continue reading “July 21, 2017 Pacific & Prairie Regions – PEL 5-day Education Seminar”
THE UNION HALL WILL BE MOVING ON JULY 13, 2017!
Our new address will be:
130-111 Victoria Drive Vancouver BC V5L 4C4
The phone and fax numbers will remain the same.
Access to the office is from the back parking lot off of Pandora Street!
During the transition between offices, we may not have any phone service or e-mail access from July 13 till July 17, 2017. If your matter is urgent, please contact your shop steward.
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First Nations, Métis and Inuit members are represented on the Aboriginal working group of CUPW’s National Human Rights Committee. Each year, the working group directs the creation of a poster for June 21, to express traditional teachings or symbolism from the animals of turtle island.
This year’s poster carries the dragonfly. Click HERE to view the poster.
Indigenous peoples of the Northwest coast observe the dragonfly to be a creature of the wind and also of the water. The dragonfly represents a symbol of change in the view of self-understanding. This kind of change is rooted in mental and emotional maturity and insight on the deeper meaning of life. Continue reading “June 21 is National Aboriginal Day”
We have worked out an agreement with Canada Post Corporation (CPC) on the carry-over of personal days. This will ensure that members can be entitled to the full allotment of personal days, even during the transition to the July 1 personal days cycle.
Continue reading “Agreement with CPC on Personal Days Allows Maximum Allotment of 12 Days”
