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Bargaining Update
Please visit the Members Only page for an important Bargaining Update. All members on our email list should have received the same information via email.
Notice of Motion – Financial Policy
As read out at the May General Membership meeting, here is the written Notice of Motion for updating our Financial Policy – to be voted on at the June General Membership meeting.
Full notice with signatures is here.
Go to the Members Only page to view the full draft Financial Policy document from the May meeting package.
October Meetings
Please note that the Inside Steward meeting date is changed to Tuesday, Oct 19th at noon via ZOOM
Connecting & Meeting on Zoom 🎥
For the foreseeable future the only way to hold meetings and conduct the business of the union is via video conferencing. So far we are doing Executive Board, Steward, and committee meetings via Zoom. We’ve done a successful test run of a membership meeting on Zoom and Bruce is running a weekly checkin for Q & A on Wednesdays at 6pm on Zoom.
Wondering how to get in on all of this? For security reasons, invitations to our Zoom meetings will only be sent out via our email list to members who’ve submitted their personal email addresses. Make sure we’ve got yours & get connected!
New Federal Government Economic Provisions Regarding COVID-19
Download the March 18, 2020 press release from the Federal Government here.
Excerpt:
Temporary Income Support for Workers and Parents
For Canadians without paid sick leave (or similar workplace accommodation) who are sick, quarantined or forced to stay home to care for children, the Government is:
- Waiving the one-week waiting period for those individuals in imposed quarantine that claim Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits. This temporary measure is in effect as of March 15, 2020.
- Waiving the requirement to provide a medical certificate to access EI sickness benefits.
- Introducing the Emergency Care Benefit providing up to $900 bi-weekly, for up to 15 weeks. This flat-payment Benefit would be administered through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and provide income support to:
- Workers, including the self-employed, who are quarantined or sick with COVID-19 but do not qualify for EI sickness benefits.
- Workers, including the self-employed, who are taking care of a family member who is sick with COVID-19, such as an elderly parent, but do not qualify for EI sickness benefits.
- Parents with children who require care or supervision due to school closures, and are unable to earn employment income, irrespective of whether they qualify for EI or not.
Application for the Benefit will be available in April 2020, and require Canadians to attest that they meet the eligibility requirements. …read the rest here…