CUPE Local 3913

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On January 12th an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the richter scale devastated the island nation of Haiti leaving upwards of 50,000 dead and millions more injured or homeless.

We are accepting donations in the office to support earthquake relief work done by organizations that already have a presence on the ground in Haiti.

We will also be bringing a donation motion to the General Membership Meeting on the 28th of January.

You can also donate directly to these organizations by using the links below:

Partners in Health
Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières
Haiti Action
Grassroots International
Oxfam

Click here for an excellent article from Harper’s magazine on recent history in Haiti and the media’s slanted coverage of the tragedy.

In the run-up to the February Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, an international coalition of worker rights organizations is releasing its rating of commitments made by major sportswear brands to eliminate sweatshop abuses in their global supply chains. The ratings are being released on the newly launched Clearing the Hurdles website.
Click here to find out how you can support the campaign.

Featuring sessional job cuts, CUPE Ontario convention, protests in Iran, information for UTAs, and more.

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CUPE members take part in a solidarity demonstration with protesters in Iran at Guelph city hall.

The following is the statement released by the Local and sent to our local MP:

On behalf of CUPE 3913, representing 1200 TAs and Sessionals at the University of Guelph, we urge our government to join us in collectively expressing our sorrow and condolences for the innocent lives lost in Iran.

We also urge you to demand that the government of Iran:

• Support the right to vote
• Promote the freedom of expression and dissent
• End the violence against the peaceful protests
• Establish transparent voting procedures and counts
• Stop blocking local and independent, external media coverage of elections and protests, including the filtering of web access
• Stop the arrest of people expressing dissenting opinions (including students)
• Allow families and friends to claim the bodies and without fear mourn the death of their relatives and friends