Subject: Bill 64 Town Hall invite

I am reaching out to ask for your assistance in inviting your members to a town hall with Wab Kinew and a panel of MLAs on Bill 64’s impacts on Support Staff.  We’ve heard from teachers, and admins, and now are asking to hear from support staff!

The townhall will be on Zoom, Tuesday May 11th at 7pm, and we would be so grateful if you could share it with your members.

Hi there,You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 11, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)Register in advance for this meeting:
https://mbndp-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscuivqDguEtYRUp-dUhTxwQvOZEceVftg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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May 10, 2021

Greetings,

At our May Executive meeting, there was discussion on the Local’s annual Windup which is usually held in May.   As per the COVID 19 restrictions, the Windup will once again have to be cancelled for this year.  Your Executive has come up with an alternative plan.  All CUPE Local 4701 members will receive a $50 Co-Op gift card. The gift cards will be disbursed through the Executive Committee, Area Reps and/or the bus garage(s). Each gift card disbursed will require a signature to verify that it has been received.   We will send them out before the end of the school year.
Because we have not had a wind up in the last 2 years, and there have been no conventions etc. so our bank account is healthy.

We do not need a motion to do this as it was a planned expenditure under Annual Windup.The gift card you will be receiving will cover for the 2019-2020 and the 2020 – 2021.

Please stay safe and healthy.

Your Local 4701 Executive Committee

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Good Afternoon,

As per CUPE’s presentation on Saturday regarding The Education Modernization Act,

This is what was stated: 

*English School Divisions and School Trustees are being eliminated and are scheduled to be removed by July 1, 2022.

*The Education Property Tax that provides 42% of education funding will be phased out gradually.  

*There will be 15 regional organizations responsible for facilitating the administration of the education system in their areas. 

*Once School Divisions are dissolved, all employees will become employees of the Provincial Education Authority.

*The legislation is silent on Collective Bargaining Units for Support Staff.

What is FACT:  

*All Collective Agreements will be respected.

*Our Collective Agreements remain in effect until renegotiated.

 *There are 1200 lawn signs that CUPE will be distributing to all Locals.

  *There is approximately $130,000 in CUPE’s Fight Back Campaign that will be utilized for the “Kids Not Cuts” Campaign

*Please go to www.cncmanitoba.ca/education to sign the letter for the CUPE campaign to stop the attack on public education. 

Please continue to check your Local’s website, as we will keep you updated over the next year as information is delivered to us.  

Thank you, 

Your Executive Committee