Dear Members,

Happy New Year! We hope you are enjoying the start of the new year and new decade.

2019 saw the formation of your first ever CUPE 4070 Education Committee, and what a year of learning it has been!

Your committee values education and will strive to provide you with all of the educational tools available. Our first year reflects this value through our many achievements:

• Proposed a budget at the first General Membership Meeting which reflects our goals/vision for the committee (including elected Member training, CUPE and Non-CUPE education). 

• Collaborated with CUPE National to have elected Members trained in their respective roles.

• Created and conducted a survey to gain knowledge of what the Membership wants. We had 692 Members who completed the survey by the deadline—thank you! The results were published for Members to view. 

• Co-hosted an Open House Social with the Mobilizing Team at each base in November—as a way for the Membership to meet and engage with their Education Committee Representatives and for us to introduce our scholarship and CUPE workshops applications.

• Offered scholarships to the Membership. We had $1,500 for 2019 to go towards different scholarships which are awarded based on eligibility combined with a personal letter, financial need, and completeness of application.

• Working on ongoing projects including creating info-graphics which are to be sent out to the Members throughout the year. Some of the info-graphics we have been working on:

  • Top Reasons To Attend A General Member Meeting.

  • Getting Union Representation. 

  • Who In The Union Do I Contact?

We are working behind the scenes with monthly conference calls to ensure we provide the very best for you, our Members.

We look forward to furthering engagement through Union Education in 2020. We will be offering scholarships again this year—stay tuned, more to come.

Thank you for taking the time to read our update. Please reach out to us anytime, education@cupe4070.ca, we would love to hear from you. 

We wish you the very best in 2020 and we look forward to our second year serving you!

Let's make education a priority this year!

Warm Regards, 

Your CUPE 4070 Education Committee