Arbitration Update
Anita, Rena, and Michelle returned from Vancouver today with great news for our members. They were attending and participating in the arbitration hearing regarding the use of TTOC’s doing the work of EA’s. We would like to share the outcome with all our Members.
Kootenay Lake School District support workers in favour of strike action
NELSON – School support workers in School District 8 – Kootenay Lake are in overwhelming support of taking job action if they can’t reach a fair collective agreement. Members of CUPE 748, over 400 workers who provide critical service in over 20 schools in the East and West Kootenays, voted 98 percent in favour of job action – such as a strike – in a vote held last week.
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Strike Vote
As you know, we have hit an impasse with the employer and are holding strike votes this week.
Thank you to everyone who came to the meetings in Salmo and Crawford Bay on Monday and Creston on Tuesday.
We are in Kaslo today, Winlaw on Thursday, and Nelson on Friday. You may attend any one of these meetings.
We booked the meetings throughout the area so there would not be too much traveling involved for you all to vote.
Special Membership Meetings – STRIKE VOTE
Jan 18 – Kaslo – 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – Kemball Building (Upstairs) 312 4th St
Jan 19 – Winlaw – 10:00 am – 6:00 – pm – Bindu Yoga Studio 5676 Winlaw Bridge Rd.
Jan 20 – Nelson – 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – Railway Station (Upstairs) 90 Baker Street
We want to keep our members informed. It is crucial that we can reach out to you quickly. Please ensure we have your current personal email address and encourage your coworkers to do the same. You can also give us this information at the meetings this week.
Please send your up-to-date information to michelleb748@gmail.com.
Bargaining Bulletin – CUPE 748
December 15, 2022
Bargaining Update
We want to give CUPE 748 members an update on how bargaining has been going. As you may know, we began bargaining with the school board this month and have met four times. We have exchanged our respective proposals. Unfortunately, we are farther apart on many issues with the school board than we’d hoped.
We want to hear from you – Bargaining
Your bargaining committee have already been working hard on your behalf to make sure that issues are dealt with, but we need your help and input too. Please take a moment to fill out this survey so we know what is important to you. Thank you for taking the time to participate in the 748 bargaining process.