CUPE 4070 Newsletter - February 2024
Topics in this Newsletter:
Elections Coming Soon
By-Law Changes and SMM Coming
YWG Base Vice President
Reminder
Share Your Story
UP Express Fare Hike
Save the Dates
Galley Gossip
Called for a meeting with your Leader/Manager? Click here to contact your CUPE Base Vice President
Elections Coming Soon
If you are interested in joining the Union in a role, please reach out to your Base Vice President here or the Committee Chair here for more information and details. There are several open roles, view them here.
An election will be held in the near future, stay tuned for dates.
By-Law Changes and SMM Coming
As we continue to grow and evolve due to the Company adding new bases, our current union operating structure and bylaws need to evolve as well, as we are not in the same space we were 6 years ago when they were created.
Once a plan is developed to sustain a new structure and financial responsibility along with it, a SMM will be held for Members to attend and vote on the changes. Please stay tuned for this.
YWG Base Vice-President
The Executive Board has approved the appointment of Tyson Conrod to the role of interim Base Vice President YWG in addition to his current duties as Vice President.
Please welcome Tyson in the addition of this role.
Reminder - Contacting the Union
When contacting the Union via email, please use your personal email address and send it to the Union Representative's CUPE email address.
Please do not use your company email address, or the company's email address of the Union Representative. Executive and Committee email addresses can be found behind the member portal on the 4070 website, or you can use the contact form.
Please do not contact the Union using their personal social media or the Unions social media. The Union's social media inboxes are not monitored.
Share Your Story
We have several recognition months coming up. If you would like to share a short story please email communications@cupe4070.ca
Depending on the number of responses, not all may be able to be included in the newsletters.
Some of the upcoming months;
Asian Heritage Month
Pride Month
Emancipation Month
Jewish Heritage Month
National Indigenous Heritage Month
Womens History Month
If you have a story to share about others months as well, please write in to the email address above.
The UP Express Fare Hike
Airport employees will be subject to another Fare increase on the UP Express as of January 29th!
This is on top of:
Last year's fare hike
The decommissioning of the UP Express app (with no plan to replace it)
A new requirement to pay by credit card only
The shortening of the validity of tickets to only 2 days (was 365 days validity)
Join us now in voicing your displeasure and that of of all airport employees at the downgrading of our public transit accessibility.
Sign the change.org online petition here:
https://chng.it/qCQb72GWKg
Once you've signed the petition, please be sure to share and circulate widely!
You can read the fare increase here:
https://www.iamtorontopearson.com/news-and-events/up-express-fare-increase-for-airport-employees
Save the Dates
All events can be found under "Events" after you log into the website
General Membership Meeting (GMM)
May 8th, 2024 1100PT/1200MT/1400ET - Sign Up Here
Open only to Members in Good Standing or to those who have completed the application process.
If you are unsure if you are a Member in Good Standing, please reach out to anyone on the Executive Team here.
If you are not a Member in Good Standing, to apply, Sign a Card Here and pay the $5 Membership fee (if you haven't already). The final step is approval at the next GMM, which occurs every May and November.
When you sign into the meeting the day of, please ensure your first and last name, and your employee number is showing. Otherwise you cannot be verified and will be denied entry into the meeting.
**DO NOT USE YOUR WORK EMAIL ADDRESS**
Galley Gossip
(Visit the Galley Gossip Wall on our website to see previous submissions and answers)
No new Galley Gossip questions were submitted, please submit here.