On Saturday November 15, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Arts and Technology Centre we will be offering a Pension Meeting presented by Mr. Wally Skomoroh who is from Cupe MB office. Please come and get information and ask questions. Refreshments will be served.
This might be very useful information that can help you with adding to your CPP. All you need is to follow the links to get more information.
Here is our list for City Council.
Mayor ………JUDY WASYLYCIA-LEIS
Daniel Mac ………..Harvey Smyth
Point Douglas ……… Anthony Ramos
Fort Rouge …………..Jenny Gerbasi
St. Boniface …………..Matt Allard
Mynarski ……….. Ross Eadie
Elmwood ……… Jason Schreyer
St James ………..Stefan Jonasson
St Norbert ………….. Sachit Mehra
Transcona ………..Ray Ulasy
North Kildonan ………. Evan Comstock
Old Kildonan ………………Suzanne Hrynyk
Winnipeg School Division
Ward 1 ….. Sherri Rollins Ward 2 …… Chris Broughton
Ward 3 ……. Mark Wasyliw Ward 5 …… Kevin Settee
Ward 6 …….. Cathy Collins Ward 7 …….. Allan Beach
Ward 8 ……. Mike Babinski
We are and have been in contact with people regarding Wards 4 and 9 and we will send out the appropriate information as it comes in. We are asking support for all of the above mentioned people and I am informing the Membership that Mike Babinski has represented his constituents to the extreme, all whilst listening to Workers’ concerns and has most definitely shown compassion for the people working for the Division.
Louis Riel School Division
Ward 1 ……. Cindy Turner Ward 2 …… Chris Sigurdson
River East School Division
Ward 2 ….. John Toews Ward 5 …… Brian Olynik
Seven Oaks School Division
…. We are allowed 3 candidates per ward
Ward 2 …… Nirmal Sidhu
Winnipeg Labour Council Vice President Greg McFarlane …… and we are supporting the former President of the City of Winnipeg Bus Drivers ….. Dennis Ruggles
St James School Division
Deer Lodge Ward ……… Adrien Sala
Division Scolaire Franco Manitobaine
Region urbaine ….. Patrick Fortier
More information to come.
In Solidarity
Dwight Lavallee
President
This is to advise you about an administrative change that the Payroll Department will be implementing regarding the deduction of Blue Cross premiums for Extended Health Benefits from Clerical/Technical and Custodial/Maintenance/Bus Drivers’ Pay cheques. Currently, one deduction is made each month which means that there can be a considerable fluctuation in the pay cheque amounts from one pay to the next. In order to address this concern, effective September 2014, the Division will begin splitting this deduction on a 50/50 basis between the 2 pay cheques each month to help even out cash flow for employees.
We trust that this change will be received positively by your members as this is in response to feedback that we have received. I will be posting a message on the Clerical Conference to advise the Clerical/Technical Group about this change and will send a memo to Custodial/Maintenance and Bus Drivers.
On behalf of the Executive and all the members we would like to congratulate our brothers and sisters – Germaine Sabot, Cecile Lamoureux, Flo Berard, Roger Carriere and Larry Boitson .
Also congratulations to our brothers and sisters that have completed 25 years of service with the Division – Anne-Marie Plamondon, Maria Dunsmore, Christine Thioux, Liliane Pilotte, Sharon Chaikowski, Sandra Cruse, Marie Davies, Shannon Falkenberg, Paulette Nolin, Lorraine Kreitz, Karen Chubey, William Mars, Joel Durand, Wendy Desrochers, Steven Pagee, Audrey House, Sylvia Corrigal, Garry Leclerc, Guy Laroche.
Congratulations to all of you and thank you for everything you do…..
Rallies last week took place all across Canada,
including three events here in Manitoba. We called for the Harper government to
renew the Health Care Accord with Manitoba and every other province and
territory. For Manitoba, $1.3 billion in health care funding is at stake, over
ten years. But it isn’t just about funding, it’s about investing in and
protecting public sector jobs. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is encouraging
provinces to rely on the for-profit sector to deliver health care.
http://cupe.ca/health-care-public-solutions/backgrounder-health-accord
Our Year end party is being held at Cowboys – Canad Inn Windsor Park on May 10, 2014 at 5:00. Members and their spouse tickets are $5.00 each. Tickets are also available to family and friends $10.00 each. 50/50 draw and prizes. All money collected is being donated. Come celebrate our year end with us. For Tickets Contact:
Butch Lavallee @792-8038 Marcel Saltel @509-3518
Ginette Lemoine @997-8501 Leanne Gregorchuk @ 226-4486
Annette McLeod @ 256-1135
Deadline for tickets is May 3, 2014
Please be advised that both contracts for Custodial/Maintenance and Clerical have been accepted. Once the new agreements have been signed we will have them available on our site.