Dear Members, The following petition has been set up for CUPE supporters to sign: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/337/799/583/no-contracting-out-support-cupe-926/ Sincerely, Michele Kramer WLUFA President
Month: July 2016
CUPE Rally Tomorrow!
Attention All Faculty and Librarians! Tomorrow is your chance to show your support for our CUPE 926 colleagues. This group is in a battle for the future of decent jobs at Laurier. Jim Gerlach, WLUFA treasurer and Chief Negotiator for the Contract Faculty labour negotiations, will be presenting a cheque from WLUFA to the […]
OCUFA support for CUPE 926, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dear Faculty Association Presidents and OCUFA Board Directors: At Wilfrid Laurier University, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 926 are facing a strike or lockout deadline this Sunday, July 10. The employer has threatened to impose terms and conditions if a deal has not been reached by then. CUPE […]
Website Maintenance – Sunday, July 24, 2016
Maintenance Window When: 12:15 AM EDT Sunday July 24, 2016 Duration: Up to 10 hours Rogers Network has notified our service provider that they will be making physical changes to fibre network cables providing one of the links to the data center where our web hosting equipment is located. The changes […]
CUPE 926 Needs You This Weekend!
Sent on behalf of Michele Kramer, President WLUFA Dear Members, By now, you might be aware that CUPE 926 is in a legal strike position (and will exercise that right) as of 12 am this Sunday. The decision to strike has arisen out of the Administration’s unprecedented decision to impose an Agreement on the […]
Labour Disruption
In the event of the labour disruption at Laurier the WLUFA staff will be working from home. Please send an email to [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] . If this is an urgent matter, please call Sheila McKee-Protopapas at (519) 500-0939.
WLUFA in support of CUPE 926
WLUFA is gearing up for tomorrow’s rally in support of CUPE 926! Join us at the information picket from 7:00 to 10:00 AM.
Canada Post Poised to Lock Out Postal Workers
Another labour dispute with local repercussions involves the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), and could use your support in conversations with your family, friends, and neighbours. Today (Tuesday), Canada Post served notice that it plans to drive fifty thousand Canadian workers out onto the streets without pay in its efforts to get them to impose steep concessions on […]
Rally to Support CUPE 926
Sent on behalf of Michele Kramer, WLUFA President Dear Members, It’s hot outside and it’s getting even hotter inside for our fellow employees of CUPE 926 who have been bargaining for most of this past year to stave off the out-sourcing of their jobs. Please see the message below, written by Marc Xuereb of the […]