CUPE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT DAY
Monday, February 25, 2008
9 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
JOHN BARSBY SCHOOL
CUPE LEARNING AND WORKING TOGETHER

  Staff Development Course Booklet

  Staff Development Registration Form

O'Neill to launch provincial tour on Vancouver Island
Public presentations to focus on local solutions to boost economy

BURNABY—As part of the union’s ongoing “Strong Communities” campaign, and following through on a resolution from last year’s convention, CUPE BC president Barry O’Neill is hitting the road to talk about local investment and alternatives to privatization in B.C. communities. more...

"Your Move" Campaign
Nanaimo Students fundraiser to support AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe.
11AM-4PM Saturday, October 13
Library Square
Downtown Nanaimo

War Made Easy
Film Screening
7PM Wednesday, October 10
Malaspina College
Theatre in Building 355
admission by donation
Hosted by Nanaimo Global Film Festival Group

In the red shirt, Rob Zver can be seen counting off raffle tickets as School District 68 representatives dig into wallets and purses for funds to support the cause.

Rob is serving his sixth year representing CUPE 606 as a volunteer for the United Way. Rob is serving his second year as 2nd vice president on the local United Way board.

A tremendous portion of United Way contributions are made by working people through payroll deduction.

Link to United Way of Nanaimo & District

CUPE 606 - SD68 Collective Agreement Posted.
The collective agreement for July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010 is now available. Printed copies of the agreement have been couriered to worksites.

CUPE Professional Development Alert.
The sign up booklets for the October 19th Pro-D have been sent to school sites. Please sign up by October 3, 2007. Professional Development Booklet. Registration Form.

HEU will meet with government, HEABC in October for further talks on Bill 29
Sept. 8: Some layoffs will be put on hold though government won’t put a stop to contract-flipping in long-term care

BC Forestry Workers on Strike.
The main issues in the dispute are hours of work and contracting out, the union says. For the last three years, loggers have complained of ever-changing work rotations, including one lasting 10 days with only one day off.

B.C. Coast Strike Bulletins - United Steelworkers Local 1-80 Website

CUPE Summer Office Closure

The office of CUPE Local 606 will be closed from Friday, August 3 until Friday, August 24, 2007, inclusive. The office will reopen on Monday, August 27.

If you have a concern please call a Shop Steward for advise.

CUPE Local 606 wishes you a wonderful summer!

Approved CUPE Local 606 Bylaws.
Bylaw amendments approved by CUPE 606 Members at the February 25, 2006 General Meeting were approved by CUPE National May 2007 (as per the CUPE Constitution).

NDTA President Carol McNamee Retires
She learned that to be a union leader, you have to believe in justice, fair play and be able to stand up, respectfully, to defend that.

"My heart is with people who, in many cases, are disadvantaged," McNamee said. "I've always been an advocate."

Link to Nanaimo News Bulletin Website no longer valid.

The May 28th deadline is fast approaching for nominations for the
Race Relations Award
to to recognise and honour a student who has made an outstanding contribution to anti-racism and diversity activities in School District #68 (Nanaimo and District).
Click on this link for a printable details on how to apply.

STOP the madness!
Rally to Support Nanaimo Seniors Village Health Care Staff - Swy-a-Lana Lagoon Nanaimo
10 am to 12 Noon - Saturday, May 26
Sponsored by: Nanaimo Health Care Workers and the Nanaimo and Duncan District Labour Council
Printable PDF Poster

Working toward a Sustainable Future

Special Guest Speaker: Dr. William Rees

Thursday, April 26th, 2007 - 6:30PM Coast Bastion Inn Ballroom

co-hosted by Friends of Plan Nanaimo & the Nanaimo and Area Land Trust

Admission by donation - Everyone Welcome - For more information, call 714-1990

Nanaimo's Walk for Darfur - Together we can make a difference

Walk from Bowen Park to Maffeo Sutton Park

11:30am - 3:00pm Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Canadian Students for Darfur Website - Printable Adobe Poster - Printable Adobe Brochure

Rally Against Raw Log Exports

Monday, April 23, 12:00 Noon

Meet at 596 Albert Street, Nanaimo (PPWC Hall)

Speakers: Carole James - NDP; Bob Simpson - Forestry Critic; Arnie Bercov - PPWC; Ken Wu - WCWC; and representatives from the USU, BC FED, Save our Valley Alliance.

Organized by the Pulp, Paper, and Woodworkers of Canada (PPWC) Union

Marlene Crozier, President of CUPE Local 606, is retiring on June 30!

Please join us as we celebrate with her on . . .

Saturday, May 26, 2007, 6:45 PM at the Bowen Park Complex Auditorium, 500 Bowen Road, Nanaimo

$25.00 per person (includes light mid-evening meal, gratuity & gift)

RSVP to Donna Murphy by May 15, 2007 (link to full registration details)

Nanaimo Earth Day 2007

Sunday, April 22, 11 AM to 4PM

Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo

Speakers: Jean Crowder, MP : Leonard Krog, MLA : Nadine Wiepning, SOLUTIONS.

Full Details

Peace Rally Saturday March 17 - Harbourfront Plaza
Unite Against War and Imperialism is a rally and free concert to end the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. The event will include a mix of speakers and musical performances, in the Harbourfront Plaza on March 17, 2007 and run from 12:30pm to 4:00pm.

Nanaimo Region Meeting Monday, March. 12, 2007

12:15 PM - NDSS  Meeting Room 'B'
4:30PM Georgia Avenue Community School Multipurpose Room

An Inconvenient Truth
the Al Gore film
Saturday, February 24, 6:30PM
Bowen Park, Nanaimo
Hosted by the Nanaimo-Cowichan Federal NDP Association

WHO SAYS WE CAN'T AFFORD PUBLIC HEALTH CARE?
 BC Health Coalition - Public Solutions Forum
Monday February 19th, 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Bowen Park Complex, Activity Room One
500 Bowen Road, Nanaimo

Executive Board Summary for 2006

Professional Development Day
February 22, 2007

Finance Watch November Issue
Financial fallout from school fees ruling

Urgent Notice
For All CUPE Local 606 Members
RE: Signing Bonus/Employment Insurance

Seasons Wishes for employees at work sites

Christmas Office Closure
The Union Office will be closed on December 25, 2006 for the Holidays and reopen on January 8, 2007.

Report from the BC Federation of Labour 50th Convention
November 27th to December 1st, 2006
Report by Catherine Dugan (Region VP Nanaimo).

Duncan Office Closure
Effective November 1, 2006 the Duncan office of CUPE 606 will be closed.

Executive Board Report
for October 2006

CUPE Women Strengthening Our Union
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
6:30 - 8:30 PM
CUPE Local Office

Site Representative Meeting
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
4:30 - 6 PM
Meeting Room 'A' @ NDSS

Nanaimo Region Meeting
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Noon session in Meeting room 'B' @ NDSS
Afternoon session in Cafeteria @ NDSS
4:15PM - 6PM

 "Working Together to Protect Our Water"

Public Forum - Saturday, September 16th - 9AM
Quw'utsun Cultural and Conference Centre, 200 Cowichan Way, Duncan

Sunday, 10th September, 2006
World Suicide Prevention Day
Survivors of Suicide Vigil
Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Equal Rights & Justice

Labour Day Rally
September 4th - 3PM
Downtown Nanaimo
Harbourfront Plaza

CUPE 606 Professional Development Day

October 20, 2006
Spaces are limited - Register Now!

16th Annual
Labour Day Picnic
Monday September 4
11AM to 3PM
Transfer Beach in Ladysmith

Reflections on the World Peace Forum
June 23rd to 28th, 2006
Report by Joel Southward (Region Sgt@Arms Nanaimo).

Bargaining Update: All K-12 local unions have settled and ratified
August 24, 2006
All CUPE K-12 local unions have now settled and ratified contracts for the current bargaining period and almost all have received the "incentive payments".

CUPE 606 Summer Office Closure

July 31 until August 25, 2006

All CUPE contracts signed in K-12
June 30, 2006
CUPE SBC local unions have now settled their 2006-2010 collective agreements. To the best of our knowledge, all locals and school districts have also ratified those agreements.

Annual General Meeting Update!

PPWC Rally in Lake Cowichan to stop log exports - June 22nd
Posted June 17, 2006
The Pulp, Paper and woodworkers of CANADA are holding a rally at Saywell Park, on June 22nd at 1PM to protest the export of logs and jobs.

CUPE 606 Annual General Meeting

10 AM Saturday, June 10, 2006
Ladysmith Intermediate

CUPE 606 announces tentative contract settlements!

RETIREMENT RECEPTION!
A Celebration to Honour our Retirees
Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:00 - 4:00PM
Nanaimo German Club - 71 Caledonia Avenue, Nanaimo

K-12 Support Staff begin settlements!

At 6:00 a.m. today, May 22, 2006 members of your Sectoral Bargaining Committee (SBC) signed a Letter of Understanding (LOU) that is expected to provide a template for all other CUPE support staff agreements.

The LOU and Memoranda of Agreements (MOA) provide tentative settlements for the first few CUPE K-12 Sectoral Bargaining Committee (SBDC) collective agreements. They include: Local 379 Burnaby, Local 441 Saanich, Local 459 Sooke, Local 3742 Prince George, Local 3523 Central Okanagan, Local 606 Cowichan, and Local 439 Comox. Those agreements are now concluded.

  No Long Weekend for K-12 Bargaining

CUPE’s K-12 Coordinated Bargaining Committee will join with other unions in mediation at the BC Labour Relations Board on Thursday, May 18. Support staff bargaining representatives will be facing-off with school districts represented by the BC Public School Employers’ Association. CUPE’s goal is to negotiate a collective agreements by the end of the weekend.

CUPE Constitution 2005
Posted May 5, 2006

Public Forum on
Child Care
Malaspina University College
May 17, 2006

Bargaining breaks down in
Cowichan Valley
School District #79

CUPE and STEELWORKERS
to hold joint News Conference
on Friday, May 5, 2006

CUPE BC Bargaining
Updates for K-12

 CUPE BC Annual
Membership Polling

CUPE 606 Bargaining Update 
Posted April 19th, 2005

April 28th International
Day of Mourning Events
in Duncan, Nanaimo, and Parksville

"Ride into Light"
May 1 to July 31, 2006
Cross Canada bicycle tour to raise awareness of the stigma attached to mental illness. More info Hope Lutheran Website

OUR WORK COUNTS
K to 12 support staff
Bargaining Bulletin - April 3, 2006
Link to CUPE BC Website  PDF Version

Privatization threat looms over K-12
March 2006
Finance Watch Report Volume 2 No. 3.

Commemorative Wallpaper from Telus Lockout
Posted March 6, 2006
1024 x 768 Wallpaper Commemorating the Telus lockout of the TWU in 2005.

Volunteerism during the 2005 Strike
Posted February 5, 2006
Volunteers were the backbone of solidarity during the 2005 Teacher's Strike. More info . .

Water testing to remain public in Campbell River
January 17, 2006
City council decision the right move for community, says Water Watch chair. Full story . . .

2005 Executive Board Report 
Posted December 12th, 2005

Season's Greetings to Employees
Posted December 12th, 2005

 CUPE 606 Annual Coat and Boot Drive
December 1st through 15th, 2005
Coats and boots donated to "Loaves & Fishes", "Nanaimo Women's Resource Centre", and Fairview Community Clothes Closet".