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Welcome to the Official Web Site of CUPE Local 3909!
Proudly Representing Teaching Assistants,
Graders/Markers, Tutors, Student and Sessional Instructors at the University of
Manitoba
H1N1 PANDEMIC INFORMATION HERE
and HERE
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
2009:
Working Women Around the World
Visit the site and see how you can help
JOB POSTINGS
University of Manitoba
Canada-Wide
Province of Manitoba
Government Employment
Transgender
Community
Latest Briefs
(02.02.2010)
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SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Approval of by-laws
108 St.John's
College
(Cross Common Room)
(27.11.2009)
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING:
(Christmas Luncheon)
Grad Student Lounge, 2nd flr. University Centre
(09.11.2009)
The recent repeated production of CUPE
3909 email notices was an error in the update-process for
the membership listing. It is not expected to occur again. CUPE 3909 By-Laws have been revised.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
See the new By-Laws here Year-end: the May newsletter
Have you received your Record of Employment?
If not, you need to read this. What every CUPE member needs to know about
Swine Flu:
At the AGM yesterday, we elected two new
executive members: Qiuyan Yuan, VP-Unit
1 Amr Elazhary,
Treasurer March Newsletter Madness . .
. Unit 2 Sessionals have a new contract!
Look into UnionBook –– It's your February newsletter – busy time!
Read all about it... French universities are on a permanent
strike. Get your January newsletter
York University strike information here. General Membership
Meeting –
See the November newsletter.
Want to see something
really scary? Check out the October newsletter.
"As was the factory,
so now is the university."
The September Newsletter: Labour
relations and federally budgeted water
Justifying executive
pay ––
the last refuge of a CEO
Higher costs and reduced transparency:
P3s - the wrong public policy choice for any
government
Get a jump on the new academic year with your
August 2008 newsletter
Canadian Doctors for Medicare (CDM) demand health reforms that focus on equity rather than
privatization It's been a cool summer, but you can get warm
with the July 2008 Newsletter
And now for something slightly different... the
May 2008 Newsletter
It's a New Newsyear Newsletter
The "pre-AGM" Newsletter
What else is happening? What's coming up? Take a
look at the February newsletter!
Click on the cartoon above our address to read an
article sent to CUPE 3902 (University of Toronto) for publication in the 3902
newsletter. The first Newsletter of the year!
Our treasurer, Roman
Yereniuk, has been appointed Acting Director, Centre for Ukrainian
Canadian Studies. As a result, he will not continue as an officer of CUPE
3909. We wish him success in his new position and many thanks for his ongoing
service to the Local. ____________________ Time to look back over the past
year: (click a month) Where does the money go?
Lots of it landed here. The evidence is mounting against Public-Private
Partnerships (P3s) and yet the myths persist. We have a new Vice President (TAs, graders,
markers, student-instructors): Kenneth Adebayo was appointed by the Executive Board at
its last meeting to fill the position left vacant when Jason Bland finished his
doctoral studies. Kenneth, who is a graduate student in physics, has had a keen
interest in our local's activities for some time and is a welcome addition. His
appointment will be confirmed by the membership at the Fall General Membership
Meeting. Negotiations have begun on the sessional
lecturers' wage re-opener. The Unit 2 contract, which ends next year on
August 31, 2008, has a proviso that re-opens negotiations on salaries payable
for the final year. We had our first meeting on Friday April 27, 2007 and
exchanged and discussed initial proposals.MORE National Day of Mourning for workers killed
and injured on the job. Learn
more Have You Received Your Record of
Employment? If you have not received your Record of Employment then you
must call payroll.MORE The Annual General Membership Meeting is
scheduled for Monday, March 26, 2007 at 4:30 pm in the Cross Common Room of St
John's College. CUPE 3909 has a new
Recording Secretary. Darryl Draeger became Secretary effective October
10. MORE Stipulations for Retro-Pay. Many
Sessionals have contacted the office in the past couple of days reporting they
haven't received retro-pay. If you make over the minimum stipend you may not be
eligible for retro-pay.MORE Did You Apply for Early Right of First
Refusal? The Dean/Director must respond to your application within (20)
twenty working days upon receipt of the application, not from May 3.MORE Have You Applied For EI benefits? If you
need financial assistance to get through the summer then you may want to apply
for Employment Insurance Benefits. MORE A New Collective Agreement has been
Ratified. After a long and difficult round of negotiations a new
collective agreement between Sessional Instructors and the University has been
ratified.MORE CUPE 3909 AGM
brings a new Executive Committee. All Executive positions were acclaimed
at our AGM on Wednesday with the exception of Treasurer, bringing in an almost
completely new executive, though one with considerable union experience.
MORE Executive Committee Reports available for
download. Take the opportunity to look over the reports prior to next
week's AGM. MORE "If I can't dance, it's not my revolution." -
Emma Goldman Strike? The CUPE
3909 Unit II Bargaining Team is set to meet with the University on
Thursday, 2 March 2006 to try to reach a tentative agreement following the
local's strike vote of February 8th and 9th. MORE The CUPE
3909 Executive endorses the Graduates for Progressive Action
candidates in the upcoming Graduate Students' Association elections.
Recognizing the crucial need for support between our local and campus student
organizations, the Executive of CUPE 3909 unanimously decided to encourage
our graduate student members to vote for this slate. MORE The University of Manitoba Graduate Students'
Association Council supports Sessionals. A motion from Department of
History Councilor Matt McLean, a member of CUPE 3909 Unit I, was
passed unanimously by the GSA Council at their February 20th meeting. The motion
pledged the GSA's support for CUPE 3909 during the local's
negotiations with the University to improve the Sessional's Collective
Agreement. MORE International Women's Week 2006. During
the week of March 6-10, 2006, the University of Manitoba Womyn's Centre will be
celebrating International Women's Week with a number of activities that include
a talk by Canadian political activist Ann Hansen. MORE Unit II Bargaining Team receives overwhelming
strike mandate. The vast majority of Unit II voters rejected the
University of Manitoba's final offer and authorized job action on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week. MORE Request your mail-in ballot soon. With
less than a week until our strike/ratification vote, members who would like to
take advantage of the mail-in ballot option need to act quickly. MORE Sessional Instructors, Librarians, and
Counsellors reaffirm their commitment to job action. CUPE
3909 Unit II members that were on hand for last night's Bargaining Strategy
Meeting expressed disappointment with the University's final offer and discussed
the possibilities of strike action. MORE Letter to CUPE
3909 Unit II members. The following letter explains the
bargaining team's position and provides a link to a summary of the University's
final offer. MORE Strike/Ratification Vote Date
Set. CUPE 3909 Unit II (Sessional Instructors, Librarians, and
Counsellors) has received the University's final offer so we will be holding a
vote for our membership to either reject or accept the offer. MORE Important Sessional Bargaining Meeting. As
negotiations with the University for a new Collective Agreement draw to a close,
your bargaining team has called a meeting for Unit II members scheduled for
February 1, 2006 from 3:30-5:30 in Room 224 of University Centre. MORE Welcome Back Party! CUPE 3909 is
hosting a welcome back party for our members next week. MORE CUPE 3909 has a
table in University Centre. If you haven't yet, please stop by our
information table in University Centre on January 12th and 13th from
9:00am-3:30pm and get your very own "Sessional Solidarity Scarf" and button.
MORE New Unit I Collective Agreement now
available. After what seems like an eternity, the 2004-2007 Collective
Agreement for Teaching Assistants, Grader/Markers, Demonstrators, Student
Instructors, and Tutors is now available on our website. MORE CUPE
3909 Sessional Propaganda Posters. The newest CUPE
3909 Sessional propaganda poster pertains to the right of unionized
employees to organize without fear of reprisals from the employer. For this and
other propaganda posters, please click HERE Conciliation date set. The Labour Board
has ordered that CUPE 3909 and the University of Manitoba enter
conciliation on January 16th, 2006. MORE The Union has applied for Conciliation. To
help overcome the impasse between the Union and the University, your Bargaining
Team has decided to seek the help of a government appointed mediator.
MORE Most By-Law Amendments Still Need to be
Decided. After many issues were discussed by the membership, staff, and
the executive board, quorum was lost in the middle of passing important By-Law
amendments. MORE A New Day in Student Politics at the U of
M. The CFS referendum was an outstanding success! MORE
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The position of treasurer on the Executive Board is
now open for nominations. A job description can be found here.
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Read a very brief summary of Pierre Hamel's report,
or the full version if
you prefer.
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International Women's Week activities are being hosted by
the University of Manitoba Womyn's Centre from March 6th - 10th. This year's
theme pertains to "Women and Justice" and guests include Faye Brass and Ann
Hansen. For two downloadable information posters, please click Poster 1 or Poster 2.
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CUPE Local 3909
136 St. John's College
University of Manitoba
92 Dysart
Rd.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2M5
Ph. 204-474-8804
Fax
204-474-7610
cupe3909@mts.net
UNIT 1 MEMBERS (students)
WATCH FOR THIS LETTER
WITH THIS
SURVEY
AND LOOK AT THESE MINUTES
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will support our contract negotiations. 
External Links
CUPE Fast Facts
- Sessional Collective Agreement
- TA's,Grader/MArkers Collective Agreement
- New Labour
Movement In China
- Inner City Refugee
Women
- ILO Gender News
- Aboriginal Community Development
- Labour Start
- Why Women Make the Union Strong
- Dignity at work
"The society which scorns excellence in
plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in
philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good
plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold
water."
John W. Gardner
"With all their faults, trade unions have done
more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They
have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of
the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association
of men."
Clarence
Darrow
"Labor is prior to, and independent of,
capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if
Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much
the higher consideration."
Abraham
Lincoln
"The mother of revolution and crime is
poverty."
Aristotle
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like,
lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it
sucks."
"Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a
man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity."
Karl Marx (1818 - 1883)
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by
some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when
all persons alike share in the government to the utmost."
Aristotle (384
BC - 322 BC), Politics
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever
has."
Margaret Mead,
1901-78
visitors since April 1, 2007
"The society which scorns excellence in
plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in
philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good
plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold
water."
John W. Gardner
"With all their faults, trade unions have done
more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They
have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of
the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association
of men."
Clarence
Darrow
"Labor is prior to, and independent of,
capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if
Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much
the higher consideration."
Abraham
Lincoln
"The mother of revolution and crime is
poverty."
Aristotle
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks."
"Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a
man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity."
Karl Marx (1818 - 1883)
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by
some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when
all persons alike share in the government to the utmost."
Aristotle (384
BC - 322 BC), Politics
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever
has."
Margaret Mead,
1901-78
visitors since April 1, 2007