Wishing you all a Happy Family Day and a safe and restful Reading Week

The Union Office
will be
Closed for Family Day and for Reading Week
and will
Reopen on Monday, February 27.

Email, mail and phone messages will be checked very regularly and any urgent matters will be dealt with; if you are awaiting your Vision Care or other Benefit cheques, or dropping a Benefits Application, we ask that you do so after February 27, thank you.

We look forward to  continue helping you in your needs as a university Worker; and to you helping yourself and your sisters & brothers during this academic year.

In Solidarity,
Your Executive & Staff

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CLICK HERE to download a copy of the Nomination Form.

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Sisters & Brothers,

What a wonderful turn out!  Thank you for making this GMM such a huge success and for helping us, your Executive, run your Local.  A big thanks and a gift of appreciation for his hard work and dedication to the Union movement went to Andrew Tersigni (Past President).  A big thanks to Jaime Brenes Reyes who, as Acting President and his first time chairing a GMM did a wonderful job; and of course to the rest of the Executive for their reports and their hard work on behalf of all our 1,300 members.

A very special thanks goes out to Charlotte McCallum, a dedicated Unit 2 member who once again opted to give of her time and energy towards running the upcoming elections at the next AGM -  Thank you Charlotte.  Charlotte also, at this meeting,  declared nominations officially open for all Exec positions.

We would also like to thank Len McCarthy (Unit 2) for volunteering and becoming the newly-elected Guelph/Humber Rep. -  WELCOME ABOARD!

At this meeting, the following motion was also brought to the floor, debated, voted on, and carried:

• Motion to renew the engagement of the bookkeeper at an average of 5 hours per month till the next AGM on March 29, 2012 and for the bookkeeper to present (on that date) a detailed update of the new system that has now been put in place.

We thank you one and all for giving of your time and helping to make this Third General Membership Meeting of the Academic Year a very, very successful one.

And last but not least, Congratulations to the winners! - Daniel Wettlaufer (CCJP)  for correctly filling out the “GOOD OF THE UNION CROSSWORD #14” and winning the $100 prize; and to Trish Altass (SOAN), Ian Morgan (CHEM), and Ahmed Mahmood (SOE) for winning the 5, 3, and 2 Bob’s Dogs Tickets respectively. 

Once again, thank you for your attendance, enthusiasm, and support.

In Solidarity,
Your Executive

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SISTERS & BROTHERS,

This is your final call to the third General Membership Meeting for this Academic Year (the first of this semester).  At this meeting, we will be giving an update on the Financial Audit, elect the Chief Electoral Officer who will run the Exec elections at the next AGM (March 29th), and officially open nominations for all Exec positions, so it is important that you attend this meeting:

TODAY

THURSDAY
February 2nd.
UC 103
5:30 p.m.

AGENDA:

Don’t forget to fill out the UNION CROSSWORD #14
(Click Here to see the Jan./Feb. 2012 Local Newsletter).

Bring it to the GMM for your chance to *WIN $100*

SOCIAL – Free Food & “Beverage” – Child Care Reimbursed on request.

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Featuring Articles by the Executive, including:

• ‘Working To Assignment’ – Jaime Brenes Reyes
  
• ‘Women’s Council Invite’ – Mope Ogunbowale
  
• ‘A Sad Success’ – ‘Banji Akinola
• ‘TA Work Log Sheet’ – The Exec
  
• ‘Your Health & Safety Matter’ – Reza-Sepehr Esfahani
• ‘End It Already!’ – Alexander Legwegoh
  
• ‘Intro To Your Stewards’ – Departmental Stewards
  
• ‘Sessional Lecturer PDR Fund’ – Deidre Rose
• ‘No Accounting For Simplicity’ – Mykhaylo Sheremet
  
• The Good of the Union Crossword Puzzle # 14 for your chance to win $100 at the upcoming GMM on February 2nd!

Look for your copy in your mailbox, or
Click Here for Your Local News (Jan./Feb. 2012)

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We would like to welcome back all of our members, and welcome all of our new members for this upcoming Semester – we hope it is a fruitful and productive one for all of you!

Whether you are a Sessional Faculty, GTA, UTA or GSA1, you are most welcome to drop by the office for a chat or if you have any questions about your work, your working conditions, your benefits or any matter that is of concern to you or to your colleagues.  And if you are really interested you can become your Department’s or College’s Steward – it is a position of trust that can be very rewarding.

We will train you and walk you through the process of what is involved and how to deal with issues that may be very important to you and/or your colleagues in your Department.  Let us know if this is something you are interested in doing.

In Solidarity,
Your Executive

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Please be aware that:

The Union Office
will be
Closed as of Monday, December 19
and will
Reopen on Monday, January 9.

Email, mail and phone messages will be checked very regularly and any urgent matters will be dealt with; if you are awaiting your vision care and other benefit cheques, we ask that you come to pick them up after January 9, thank you.

We look forward to  continue helping you in your needs as a University Worker; and to you helping yourself and your sisters & brothers during the upcoming  W’12 term.

We wish you all a restful break and a safe holiday.

In Solidarity,
Your Executive and Staff Rep

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Equal RIghts - CALM

This December 10, 2011 marks the 63rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Despite the passing of the Declaration of Human Rights, the wide-spread violations of human rights continues to exist in countries around the world regardless if they are from the global south or global north. The UN Declaration states “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers” – Article 19.

On this December 10, as we continue to use our right to freedom of expression here in Ontario to protect public services and demand international equality.

You can join Amnesty International’s Write For Rights campaign by Clicking Here

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Today we reflect on these losses, and work for change.

Women In Crisis will hold their annual vigil at The Boathouse, on December 6th, at 6:00 p.m. Click Here for more information.

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On World AIDS Day, we commemorate those who have lost their health or lives to HIV/AIDS.

We also know that we are too far from the goal of universal testing, prevention, treatment and care. Canada has, in fact, been criticized for its low levels of financial contribution to this global issue. We need to advocate for an accessible and supportive system.

As members of our Union and our community, you can use today as an opportunity to confront the stigma and discrimination that surround this illness.

In our community, the AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington County will mark World AIDS Day with an HIV/AIDS Vigil.

The vigil will take place Dec. 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at the corner of Norfolk and Suffolk streets.  Everyone is welcome. For more information, visit www.aidsguelph.org/vigil.

For more information on anonymous HIV testing in Guelph and across the province, visit this link.

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