18th ANNUAL WOMEN’S MEMORIAL MARCH

“THEIR SPIRITS LIVE WITHIN US”

 

18th ANNUAL WOMEN’S MEMORIAL MARCH

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

@ NOON GATHER AT CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE THEATRE
(401 MAIN STREET, CORNER HASTINGS, VANCOUVER)
@ 1 PM MARCH BEGINS FROM MAIN AND HASTINGS
Join us to honour the lives of missing and murdered women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This event is organized and led by women because women, especially Indigenous women, face physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence on a daily basis. 

For more information call Marlene George at (604) 665-3005

Year 2009 Installation Balloting Schedule

Year 2009 Installation Balloting Schedule

Polls open as follows:
January 16 (Friday) Advance Poll 6:30 am 11:00 am
(Union Hall) 1:00 pm 5:00 pm
January 18 (Sunday) VMPP 7:30 am 12:30 am
VPDC 7:30 am 4:30 pm
City Final Tour 10:00 pm finish
January 20 (Tuesday) VMPP 5:30 am 12:30 am
VPDC 6:30 am 12:30 am
Depot 74 6:00 am 9:00 am
RDC 23 & 24 6:00 am 2:30 pm
RDC 22 6:30 am 9:30 am
SVDC 6:00 am 1:30 pm
Station S 6:00 am 1:30 pm
N Van 3 6:30 am 8:00 am
N Van 4 6:30 am 8:00 am
January 22 (Thursday) VMPP 5:30 am 12:30 am
January 21 (Wednesday) CDC 6:30 am 1:30 pm
SBDC 6:30 am 9:30 am
Station D 6:30 am 9:30 am
MVDC 6:30 am 9:30 am
Depot 32 6:30 am 8:00 am
West Van Boxes 11:30 am 12:00 pm
January 22 (Thursday) NBDC 6:30 am 9:30 am
Station F 6:30 am 9:30 am
Station G 6:30 am 8:00 am
Station K 6:30 am 8:00 am
Royal/Bentall/Pacific/Glen Dr. 11:00 am 12:00 pm
January 23 (Friday) Post Poll (Union Hall) see Advance Poll
Note: VMPP includes Wickets and Transportation.

 

 

In Solidarity,

Karen DeFrancesco
Chair, Balloting Committee

CUPW members pitch in to bring gift of festive cheer!

CUPW members pitch in to bring gift of festive cheer!

With Christmas just days away, all is definitely not festive between Canada Post and the Union of Postal Communications Employees (UPCE). The UPCE, Canada Post’s smallest bargaining unit, is a predominantly female workforce that performs clerical and administrative duties.

Now into the sixth week of their strike against Canada Post, UPCE members have firmly stood their ground in a dispute that began when the Corporation demanded to eliminate current sick leave and family leave entitlements and introduce a Short Term Disability plan (STD) that would be solely administered and controlled by Manulife Financial.

UPCE picket lines have remained solid since the onset of the strike but Canada Post’s current leadership regime has thus far shown more interest in applying for court injunctions than in returning to the bargaining table.

On Friday, December 5, 2008, striking UPCE members received a gift of festive cheer from CUPW members. At approximately 8:00 a.m., third floor Letter Carriers from Depot 74, Station K, and the Mountainview Delivery Center took a break from their duties and exited the Vancouver Mail Processing Plant en masse to assemble with the striking workers on West Georgia Street.

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VANCOUVER LOCAL ELECTIONS

VANCOUVER LOCAL ELECTIONS

The following positions were filled by acclamation:

Full-time Officers
President Robert Mulvin
2nd Vice-President Steve Carter
Grievance Officer Cindy Lee
Table Officers
Education Director Janet Askin

There will be an election for the Recording Secretary/By-laws Chair. The candidates are as follows:

Warren Johnson Sharon MacKenzie Mike Palecek

Congratulations to the acclaimed Brothers and Sisters. The new Full-time Officers will be sworn in with the new Shop Stewards at the January General Membership Meeting (GMM). This meeting will take place on January 25, 2009.

The Balloting Committee will be publishing a bulletin containing information on the dates and locations for balloting for the elections.

In Solidarity,

Laurie Keddie
Secretary-Treasurer

CUPW obtains Cease and Desist Order!

CUPW obtains Cease and Desist Order!

 

On December 4, 2008, Canada Post picked up where it left off in October by threatening button-wearing employees with suspensions.

Weeks earlier, CUPW members were encouraged to participate in a nationwide Union campaign by wearing buttons or affixing stickers carrying the message, Peace, joy and universal public postal service. CUPW members were encouraged to wear the buttons and stickers on December 4, 2008. The message articulated on those buttons and stickers is clearly positive and advocates for a public postal service. By most standards, the message conveyed by those buttons and stickers would not be considered derogatory or defamatory. After all, peace and joy are words that appear on most Christmas cards. Further, a recent Ipsos-Reid poll indicated that most Canadians are in favour of a universal postal service. Indeed, as a crown corporation that provides a universal public postal service, it is difficult to understand how Canada Post’s reputation could be damaged by advocating for its continued existence. Nonetheless, on December 4, 2008, Canada Post supervisors were instructed to threaten employees with discipline.