Dear Members,

We held part 2 of our Special Membership Meeting (SMM) on October 19, as previously communicated. Once again, due to the length of the meeting, there was a motion to continue the SMM at a future date. The rescheduled date was set to December 7, 2022, per a motion on the floor. The motion further stated that we would submit the amendments made to this point to CUPE National for approval.

This SMM will be a continuation of SMM part 2, and is specific to amendments to the CUPE 4070 bylaws that have not yet been presented and voted on.

As a Reminder:
Special Membership Meetings differ from General Membership Meetings in that “no business shall be transacted at the Special Membership Meeting other than that for which the meeting is called, and notice is given.” More information on Special Membership Meetings can be found in Section 5b of the CUPE 4070 Bylaws.  

Previously, a bylaw amendment was facilitated by providing the Membership with a package and voting period. Upon further review of the bylaws, the Union Executive has determined that this process was not as it was written or intended in the bylaws. 

SECTION 17 - BYLAWS 

(b) Amendments  

These bylaws can only be amended if:  

(i) the amendment does not conflict with the CUPE Constitution; 

(ii) the amendment is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of members voting at a General Membership Meeting or at a Special Membership Meeting called for that purpose; and  

(iii) notice of the intention to propose the amendment was given at least seven (7) days before at a previous membership meeting or sixty (60) days before in writing. 

SMM Part 3 Info:
Members in Good Standing (that have signed a Union Card) are asked to register for our Teams meeting using this link:  

Meeting Sign-up

The SMM will take place on December 7, 2022 at
10:00 PT / 11:00 MT / 13:00 ET 
*Membership status will be verified* 

  Meeting Agenda

Bylaw Amendments

Bylaw Amendments FAQs 

We look forward to seeing you there!   

Other Information:
If you have difficulty accessing the SMM and are a Member in Good Standing, please email communications@cupe4070.ca for immediate assistance.

If you experienced difficulties accessing the last SMM please email communications@cupe4070.ca with what the error was, if you were able to fix it, how the error was fixed. We are hoping to eliminate these errors in the future.

If you can't make it to the SMM and have questions for us, please use the "Hot Topics" form so that we can answer them in a future issue of our monthly newsletter: Hot Topics For CUPE 4070 Newsletter

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us: cupe4070.ca/contact 

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team
Interim CUPE 4070 President, Alia Hussain
CUPE 4070 Secretary-Treasurer, Alex Grigoriev
CUPE 4070 Recording Secretary, Marco Di Virgilio
WestJet YVR Base VP, Chris Brewer
WestJet YYC Base VP, Brigitte Benoit
WestJet YYZ Base VP, Bryan Hansraj
WestJet Encore YYC Base VP, Colleen Tracey
WestJet Encore YYZ Base VP, Mauricio Mejia
Swoop Base VP, Allan Ramsarran