On the first day of cross-country coordinated action that saw all the national
and all regional offices close, CSU, COPE and ATSU members sent a strong and
clear message to CUPE: get back to the table so we can negotiate a fair
collective agreement. The show of solidarity was phenomenal among CUPE staff
and, in some cases, from CUPE locals. Highlights of the day:
- in Burnaby, CEP members who work for the provincial government employees’ union joined a
CSU/COPE picket line that shut down the regional and division offices all staff in the Manitoba office picketed the 7th floor premises in Winnipeg’s Union Centre
- national and Ottawa area office staff, gathered around burn barrels in the deep cold, made it to the 6 p.m. news
- in an equally cold Montreal, CSU and COPE members shut down the entire Quebec Federation
of Labour building for part of the morning
- members from one large CUPE local brought coffee and donuts to the picket line outside the Maritimes regional office.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
CUPE Staff Strike Update: Staffers hit the bricks
An update from staffunions.ca. Paul Moist and CUPE national had better wake up, return to the table, offer a fair deal, and end this strike. NO CONSESSIONS! It's embarassing that these people are even forced into striking in the first place.
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Unionized Union reps are labour fakirs and parasites on the back of their lowest paid workers. This is the bureaucracy striking against the bureaucracy. These guys should be elected like they are in CUPW.
service reps are hardly bureaucrats. They are the people who make our union work on a day-to-day basis, and they deserve fairness from their employer, even it is a union. Have a look at staffunions.ca/support
These are letters of support from the locals whose services are being reduced as a result of labour stoppages. These unions- mine included- aren't suggesting these people are parasites, they're suggested that CUPE national deal fairly with their employees.
Calling them parasites? whatever happened to solidarity?
What a great way to divide workers: servicing reps are bureaucrats (last I checked bureaucrats are workers too) and are paid off the backs of "their lowest paid workers." Eugene, you should be an employer, you have that one skill that's necessary: the divide and conquer tactic.
Solidarity? how can you preach to someone else when clearly you don't support the idea yourself? Do any of you out there wonder if maybe you should know the truth of whats being offered before assuming that they are not being dealt with fairly? Does no one want to even know that before playing the blame game? Its funny how easy it is for some of you to divide our union, without knowing the facts. If all employers have the "divide and conquer tactic" then I strongly urge you to run for the position. No ones stopping you from doing that. Show us how the perfect person would get the job done please. I dare you.
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