CUPE BC has featured two of our EA’s, Arlene and Leanne. They both run the out of school care at Bench Elementary. Please see the profile below.
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2022 CUPE BC Convention Reports
On behalf of our whole 5101 local executive we would like to once again thank all of the members for allowing us to attend convention. Part of us attending convention is upon our return is to summarize our experiences. Please find an attachment of our convention summaries.
May 5th – National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Please help us recognize May 5th as it’s The National Day of Awareness for MMIW also known as Red Dress Day. This is a commemoration day for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit and Non-Binary people.
We invite you to wear RED, as many Indigenous nations believe that Red is the only colour spirits see. For more information about how The Red Dress Project started, check out artist Jaime Black https://www.jaimeblackartist.com/exhibitions/
CUPE National Convention Reports
Our CUPE 5101 executive in November attended the CUPE National Convention virtually. Please find our convention summary reports from each of our executive members that attended.national convention write ups – nov 2021
K – 12 Provincial Bargaining Survey – Please fill out
Our collective agreements are coming due June 30, 2022. Please help both your Provincial and local bargaining committees by filling out the following survey below. All answers are confidential, the survey should only take about 15 minutes to complete
Help a family in need if you can!
A family in Duncan that has relatives that are CUPE 5101 members needs your help to re build their life’s. They have lost their home in a fire and now the tragic passing of their beautiful son, Enzo, as a result of the fire. Please click the link below to contribute.
CUPE Pro D Registeration – Oct 22nd
Tommorow morning at 8am registeration will open up for CUPE Pro D on Oct 22nd, please register right away as spots are limited. Please find the signup link in your school district email.
Pro D Day – Save the date – October 22nd, 2021
Keynote Speaker – Alvin Law
Alvin will join us and share how his life experiences changed his life. Watch a short clip of Alvin below.
K-12 Education Recovery Plan for 2021/22 school
The B.C. Ministry of Education has released a guide for its K-12 Education Recovery Plan. The plan lays out broad guidelines for districts to deliver programs and supports in the 2021/2022 school year that are in line with the province’s over all pandemic recovery efforts.