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Know exceptional professionals? Nominate them for CCSL
March 05, 2010
REMINDER OF UPCOMING DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS!
In the Spirit of Giving Back, we solicit your nominations for
The Concordia Council on Student Life Awards
and
The Concordia University Volunteer Initiative
Recognition Awards
Is your professor available to help you outside the classroom, to support your projects,
listen to your problems and try to help?
Is there a staff member who has taken the time to go above and beyond their job
to assist students with special projects or needs?
Has one of your fellow students shown initiative on campus to develop new projects,
help out and make life better for students?
Does one of your friends volunteer in the community helping those less fortunate
or working to address social ills?
Now is your chance to show how much you appreciate students, faculty and staff for being special and giving back by nominating them!
Guidelines and applications available online at:
Dean of Students
or
Volunteer Concordia
Deadline for application: March 9, 2010 at 5pm
Compensation for Education and Step Placement Errors: Grievances Settled
November 30, 2009
Last Friday morning, Adriana Volpato and Geoff Selig signed a letter of agreement resolving four grievances that disputed the accuracy of salary determinations and retroactivity calculations undertaken by the University in November 2005 shortly after the signing of the collective agreement that ran from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2008. These grievances alleged that the University had incorrectly paid some professional employees. The types of errors envisioned by the grievances included incorrect initial step placement, incorrect calculation of "history steps", incorrect annual step increases, failure to adjust stipends, and failure to recognize education that was above the minimum required for a given position.
Welcome to CUPEU's new website!
August 25, 2009
It has been over a year in development, but CUPEU's new site is finally ready for viewing. And while it's not yet perfect, we felt it was important to launch the site while continuing to make it even better. CUPEU's new website is streamlined and crisp. You'll note that it has a white background this time round! You'll also note other interesting changes in this website which include:
HR Corrects error in calculating salary
November 25, 2008
About a month ago, the University corrected an error in the calculation of biweekly salary by adjusting some employees biweekly pay and by paying affected employees a retroactive sum equal to approximately 0.2% of their gross salary. For more information on the university adjustment and payout, click here. This error was discovered by Geoff Selig as part of the ongoing CUPEU salary and retroactivity verification exercise. The following is an overview of how CUPEU originally presented the situation to the University.
Elections at AGM, Oct. 29th,2008
November 03, 2008
At the Annual General Meeting, Oct. 29th, 2008, the following CUPEU members were elected to union positions:
Treasurer– Diane Sole
VP Grievance – Laurel Leduc
VP Membership – Betty Bondo
VP Negotiations – Fred Francis
Audit Committee – Simon Horn, Shelagh Peden, Milushka Icaza
Union Council – Kim Archer, David Mckenzie (added to existing members)
Labour Relations and Grievance Committee – Frank Carrière, Shoshanna Kalfon
Electoral College – Shailesh Prasad, Simon Horn, Roberto Chen-Rangel, Shoshanna Kalfon, Sigmund Lam, Chanel Bourdon
Congratulations to all.
Dale Robinson, V.P. Communications, CUPEU
AGM Results in full committees
October 30, 2008
For the first time in recent memory, all of CUPEU's internal and external committees are full! Thanks to everyone who attended last night's AGM, and especially to those who came forward to offer their time and energy as committee members. See the committees page to see the current committee listings.
IITS vacation blackouts are over
July 22, 2008
For a number of years, IITS (Instructional and Information Technology Services) has imposed vacation "blackouts" during certain periods of the year. During these blackout periods, few vacation requests were accepted and even fewer were approved. In general, these blackout periods ran, in late summer, from the end of the third week in August to the end of the second week in September, and, in early winter, for the last week of work in December and the first two work-weeks in January.
CUPEU settles two major grievances
August 29, 2007
Yesterday afternoon, the University finally came to its senses and settled two important grievances. The case concerns a long-time temporary employee who went on maternity leave, returning a year later only to be told that she no longer had a job, her position had been given to someone else in her absence.