CEIU NVP ELECTIONS
Reminder For our members
Elections for NVPS
Now that the deadline of nominations for NVP positions is finished, CEIU will need to hold elections for the following NVP positions since we have received more than one nomination for each of these positions:
• NVP for BC/YT
• NVP for Alberta/NWT/Nunavut
• NVP for Ontario
• NVP for NCR
• NVP for Quebec
• NVP for Human Rights
• NVP for IRCC
• NVP for Women’s Issues, Eastern Region
These elections will be done by electronic voting which will start at 9 a.m. (EST) on March 18th, 2020 and end at 9 p.m. (EST) on March 25th, 2020. Every eligible member in good standing who can vote for one or more of the respective NVP positions listed above will receive an email advising them that they can vote, and how to go about it.
Members need to be aware that they will be eligible to vote only if CEIU has their personal email address on file. Members with only employer email addresses will not be eligible to vote. In order to make their vote count, each member must ensure that CEIU has their personal email address. Members can send their email address to vote@ceiu-seic.ca along with their full name so that we may enter their personal email address in our database prior to the start of the election period.
Small ask, big impact
Hi. Let’s everyone set their Lync message at work to “ready”.
It’s subtle, but if enough members do it, it will be noticed.
10 o’clock break reminder
If you are able to and not on scheduled breaks, stand up, walk out and and take your 15 minute break at 10am tomorrow.
Support Universal Pharmacare
Pharmacare
It would actually save money – buying in bulk. Also, proactively looking after people saves money on long term health care.
The majority of Canadians support this. It’s one way to help bridge the income equality gap and save people without drug coverage to have to choose between prescriptions they need and other necessities.
CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS (CLC) – NATIONAL LOBBY DAY, OTTAWA
Met with Julie Dabrusin, Liberal MP from Toronto-Danforth and Lindsay Mathyssen from London-Fanshawe, with teams of activists from various unions
Almost 400 union activists came to Ottawa to lobby MP’S and Senators for:
A single payer, universal pharmacare program for all, better protection for workers’ pensions (particularly in cases where their employer files for bankruptcy), the reintroduction of a federal minimum wage at $15 to lead the way for provinces to follow suit and encouraging our government to be one of the first to sign on to ILO Convention 190 which works towards setting a global standard for the elimination of harassment and violence in the world of work on an international level.
