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Take a Photo - Make some cash!
June 11, 2010
The CUPEU website needs some new pics, so we are inviting CUPEU members to submit photos to a contest to win some cash.
To enter the contest, submit fun, interesting photos of yourself, your colleagues or other CUPEU members, doing what you do each day at Concordia. Make them fun, interesting, and reflective of the diversity amongst us.
The top three photos will be awarded cash prizes of $50, $100 and $200!
Start clicking today! The contest deadline is August 1st.
Send your entries, electronically, to cupeu@alcor.concordia.ca.
Say cheese!
D. Robinson, VP Communications for
CUPEU Executive
Newer, Easier Professional Development Application
March 23, 2010
They're not quite paper-free yet, but CUPEU's Professional Development application forms just became a whole lot easier to fill out. Thanks to CUPEU's Napoleon Soberanis, these sleek new forms do most of the work for you.
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.
Complex Calculations Affect Retroactive Pay Deadline
October 22, 2009
At CUPEU's last General Assembly, the membership approved the resolution of the clause remorque and an extension to the Collective Agreement which would provide a salary increase as of July and a retroactive payment that would be made available on or before Dec. 1, 2009.
The salary increase was implemented on time. However, due to the complexities of the process and a mutual interest in resolving outstanding grievances related to salary and retroactivity calculations, upon the recommendation of our CSN advisor it was decided to allow the University a SHORT extension to calculate said retroactivity. As a result, our retroactive salaries will now be paid out by the end of December if the original deadline cannot be met.
This decision was made to guarantee that the retroactive payments resulting from the resolution of the clause remorque and the extension of the collective agreement are based on CORRECT salary calculations for all CUPEU members and to allow the union and the university sufficient time to complete all tasks associated with resolving the grievances and paying out the retroactivity.
Nothing in the agreements settling the clause remorque and extending the CUPEU Collective Agreement has changed except for the date that the university must pay retroactivity to professional employees.
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:
CUPEU Collective Agreement Extended, Improved
July 07, 2009
Yesterday, CUPEU and the University signed two documents which effectively extend the collective agreement to 2010, result in pay increases of over eight percent, and expand employment security. Under the first document - the Lettre d'entente - Employment Security to age 61 has been extended to all permanent employees who were hired on or before June 1, 2006. Previously, only those hired before June 1, 2002 had been qualified. Approximately 65 members were affected by this change. Other improvements to the Employment Security package include tuition waivers for laid off employees, outplacement services and free financial advising for those who take severance packages. This agreement also results in a doubling of the 2007 pay scale increase, from two percent to four percent.
Professional Development Budget Announced - Increased Popularity Spurs Changes
June 08, 2009
The budget for the 2009-2010 CUPEU Professional Development Fund, announced this week, is $100,500. The figure is the sum of the amount carried over from the previous year (less than $500), plus 0.5% of the CUPEU Mass Salariale. For the first time ever, the fund was fully subscribed in 2007-2008, resulting in a number of applications being refused. This prompted a series of changes intended to ensure that funds are distributed more fairly among qualified members.
Election Results from May, 2009 AGM
May 28, 2009
CUPEU is proud to announce the results of last night's elections for a number of committee positions. The new incumbents are:
President- Geoff Selig
VP Communications- Dale Robinson
VP Operations- Sheila Ettinger
VP Special Projects- Frank Carrière
VP Membership- Jocelyne Côté
Union Council- Sigmund Lam, Shailesh Prasad, Normand Lanthier, Anna Barrafato, Kim Archer, Roberto Chen Rangel, Danielle Duguay, Owen Moran, Dave McKenzie, Teresa Zuccaro, Richard Melkonian
Audit Committee- Simon Horn, Brenda Fewster, Milushka Icaza, Shelagh Peden
Professional Development Committee- Frank Carrière, Sigmund Lam, Kim Archer
Electoral College- Sigmund Lam, Shailesh Prasad, Simon Horn, Shoshana Kalfon, Chanel Bourdon, Roberto Chen Rangel
Employee Assistance Program- Gary Katch
Pay Equity Committee- Geoff Selig, Teresa Zuccaro (Alternate), Danielle Duguay (2nd alternate)
Central Advisory Health and Safety- Sheila Ettinger
Congratulations to all committee members, and thank you to everyone who participated in the voting!
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