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Candidates and Acclamations for LUDM Delegate and USW Local 1944 – Telus Bargaining Committee

November 10, 2020 - The deadline for acceptance or decline of nominations for LUDM Delegate or USW Local 1944 – Telus Bargaining Committee members has passed and we have heard from all nominees. Some positions will proceed with balloting on November 20, while other positions have had candidates already acclaimed, pending approval of the final election results.

Resolutions to the Local Union Delegated Meeting

November 3, 2020 - Units are able to pass resolutions that they want to be considered at the Local Union Delegated Meeting, which is being held March 16-18, 2021. For a Unit to pass a resolution to the LUDM, a member of the Unit must propose the resolution at their Q4 Unit Meeting being held in either November or December, it must be in a correct format, and the Unit Meeting must approve it by majority vote. To be clear, your November or December Unit meeting is the only Unit Meeting at which such a resolution may still be passed prior to the submission deadline.

Call for delegates for the USW 2020 Virtual Education Conference

November 3, 2020 - To help close the gap created by the pandemic, the United Steelworkers are hosting our first-ever virtual conference on Tuesday, November 17 and Wednesday, November 18, 2020. This conference, open to all Steelworkers, will consist of nearly 100 different training sessions that will provide members with practical knowledge to take back to their workplaces. 

The conference is structured around 10 themes:

October 1944@Work: Executive Board meeting, Going to work at Telus during COVID-19, Shaw Abbotsford members stick together during bargaining, and more

October 30, 2020 - As the Executive Board met by Zoom videoconference in mid-October, Board members received Officer and Committee reports and approved the amalgamation of Units 1, 5 and 7 into a new Unit 7. Sister Brooke Downey stepped down from her positions as REO Ontario and Chair of the Civil and Human Rights Committee; the Local Union is thankful for her fierce activism and dedication to the membership.

Shaw Abbotsford Bargaining Update #8 - October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020 - In order to achieve a fair and respectful collective agreement - the Union passed a sensible package over that addressed the Company's concerns as well as advancing your needs. In response Shaw Communications responded with a package of their own that is simple; Rollbacks! Except you do not work for Walmart. You perform skilled, technical labour and you neither want nor need a regressive deal that doesn’t respect this fact.

Discover the fourth publication of the Women of Steel Committee’s series addressing mental health issues

October 28, 2020 - The Women of Steel Committee has been working on a series of four Special Publications addressing common mental health issues, including burnout. We are releasing one publication each month. All four publications are inter-linked. 

2020 Provincial Elections in British Columbia

October 13, 2020 - The 2020 Provincial Election is now underway in British Columbia. This election, there are more ways to vote than ever:

At-risk voters and voters with disabilities have access to accessible voting: these options include curbside voting, assisted telephone voting, and site-based voting.

September 1944@Work: Upcoming election of the Local 1944 – Telus Bargaining Committee, members at Shaw Abbotsford show #NoFear, scholarship recipients 2020, winners of our photo contest, and more

September 30, 2020 - Check out the September 2020 issue of your 1944@Work magazine.

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Call for delegates for the 59th Constitutional Convention of the BC Federation of Labour

September 28, 2020 - The BC Federation of Labour is holding its 59th Constitutional Convention, on November 24, 25 and 26, 2020. Exceptionally this year, given public health orders prohibiting mass gatherings, the convention will be held virtually. 

Check out the third publication of the Women of Steel Committee’s series addressing mental health issues

September 25, 2020 - The Women of Steel Committee has been working on a series of four Special Publications addressing common mental health issues, including burnout. We are releasing one publication each month.