CUPE 5101

Please find below a joint memo from BCPSEA and CUPE regarding improvements to the Unionized Support Staff Provincial Standardized Extended Health Plan (Standard Plan), including minimum levels of dental coverage which will be put in place July 1, 2023.

Also included below is a plan comparison for your reference, showing the Standard Plan improvements on the right and the current plan on the left.

Memo – Extended Health Provincial Standardized Plan Update – 2023 (1)

Provincial Standardized Plan Improvement Summary

A reminder about the Special meeting for all members taking place this Thursday Oct 20th @4:45pm in the Quamichan Multi-purpose room. Bargaining Proposals will be presented. See everyone there!

Please mark your calendars for a very important All Candidates Meeting for School District #79 School Trustee

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.

Great job!

https://www.cupe.bc.ca/2022/05/20/cupe-members-demonstrate-how-education-assistants-can-help-create-thousands-of-new-childcare-spaces-across-bc/

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.

2022 CUPE BC 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

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

BC K12 Provincial Bargaining Survey – 2021 (cupe.ca)

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.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/896wsb-help-the-wilsons-rebuild-their-home?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

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.