September 30 – National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

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Check out our new resource page – Truth & Reconciliation Resources – under Education & Learning Resources

September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. All CUPE 23 members are encouraged to honour it through personal reflection, taking opportunities to listen and support Indigenous folks in your community, purchasing and wearing orange from Indigenous owned businesses and donating where you can. ​We also encourage conversations with colleagues, family and friends as learning is best done together.

Government of Canada – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Truth and reconciliation: conversations for CUPE members

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Tuesday, September 28 – 6pm

Truth and reconciliation: conversations for CUPE members

How can CUPE members contribute to truth and reconciliation with Indigenous people? What can we learn from Indigenous CUPE members and their experiences and activism? And how can we support the fight for justice for today’s generation of Indigenous children and youth?

These and other questions will be addressed at a free, national webinar hosted by CUPE’s Human Rights Branch, in collaboration with Union Education. 

What:            A Conversation about Truth and Reconciliation for CUPE members

When:            Tuesday, September 28, 6:00 PM

Register in advance here.

Who:               Event speakers include:

  • Debra Merrier, Diversity Vice-President for Indigenous Workers, CUPE National Executive Board
  • John Brady McDonald, Senator, CUPE Saskatchewan Indigenous Council Committee
  • Mark Hancock, National President, and Charles Fleury, National Secretary-Treasurer, will provide opening remarks and introduce Elder Thomas Louttit.
  • Moderator: Dana Wesley, Senior Officer (Indigenous Issues), CUPE Human Rights Branch

Event details:

The webinar will be followed by moderated Q&A sessions
ASL and live captioning will be provided
Registration required. All welcome
Register here

More information here

Participate in CUPE’s Safe Union Spaces Survey

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Earlier this year, CUPE’s National Executive Board created a National Safe Union Spaces Working Group to address serious concerns about gender-based violence and other forms of harassment and discrimination in our union.

The Working Group, advised by expert external consultants, has been reviewing CUPE’s existing tools and processes, identifying gaps where we need changes or additional resources to ensure safer union spaces.

As part of this important effort, the Working Group is launching a survey.

CUPE encourages all members to participate in this survey. The survey will help us identify actions we can take and policies we can adopt to make CUPE more welcoming for all members.

The survey closes September 28.

– Participate in the survey now – 

Update for Stewards

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CUPE 23 Stewards are now required to use the CUPE Grievance investigation form and checklist when initiating a member complaint or concern. You learned about the “Grievance Fact Sheet” in your Steward training. It walks you through getting all the relevant information so you can best represent our members. Effective and efficient information gathering really helps speed processes up, especially as issues get passed from you to the officers who will handle them. This form will be linked on our Resources page and can also be found on the CUPE.ca website any time – go to Member Resources -> Resources for Stewards.