Cape Breton Regional Municipality
The November Monthly meeting date has changed
The regularly scheduled date has changed from Wednesday November 28, 2018 to Tuesday November 27, 2018.
The time and location has not changed and the meeting will be held at C200 in the McDonald Room at 7pm.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Anyone working in the East Division interested in becoming the Area VP for East Division can contact Kevin Ivey or Tracy Rudderham to put their name forth.
The names of the interested people will be announced at the November Monthly meeting and posted on Facebook page and our Cupe Website.
In the event there is more than one interested person; an election will be held in the East at a later date.
Contact: Kevin 902-578-9557 or Tracy Rudderham 902-578-5938
CUPE LOCAL 759 will be awarding three, five hundred dollar ($500.00) bursaries annually starting in January 2012. The bursaries will be awarded by CUPE Local 759 to a member, spouse, son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson/ granddaughter or ward attending a post-secondary institution (university, trade, private college) fulltime (September 2018 to June 2019 term).
The three awards will be chosen by a draw held at the January 2019 monthly meeting.
The Bursary Application deadline is January 15, 2019.
You can find the application and more information under the Resources tab and select Bursary Application.
Completed Bursary Applications can be sent to the following:
North Division: Mike Whitty
Central Division: Tracy Rudderham
East Division: Darrell MacDonald
The executive of Local 759 would like to welcome Darryl McNeill as the new Vice President.. We look forward to working with Darryl in representing the membership.
Great turn out at the meeting – 83 members came out to vote.
Great job to all candidates who participated.
The October 2018 regular monthly meeting and election for Vice President will be held on Thursday November 1st 2018. The meeting will be held on this date because of Halloween falling on our regular meeting date. The meeting will be held in the MacDonald Room at C200 (use the players entrance at the back of C200).
The candidates for Vice President are as follows:
1. Bernie Bennett
2. Darrell MacDonald
3. Alex Buchanan
4. Myles Timmons
5. Darryl McNeil
The new collective agreement has finally been signed today 21 Aug 2018. The new collective agreement can be found under the Resources Tab and by selecting Collective Agreement. We will be sending paper copies out to our Shop Stewards in the next few days.
The rescheduled June 2018 REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING will now be a special meeting with an information session and a vote on a tentative collective agreement. This Special Meeting will take place on Wednesday July 04, 2018 at 7:00 PM in the Main Concourse at Center 200. All Members are urged to attend!!
The REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING for CUPE LOCAL 759 MEMBERS will be held on April 25, 2018 at 7:00PM.
Please note the change of location to the MacDonald Room at Center200. Please use the rear door.
The bursary draws took place on 31 January 2018.
Congratulations to the three lucky winners:
John Bersuk Bursary: Winner Emily Buchanan
Calvin Michalik Bursary: Winner Victoria Ivey
Cupe 759 Bursary: Winner Jennifer Roland Buffett
The regular monthly meeting for the month of January will be held on Wednesday January 31, 2018 at 7pm at the Centennial Arena (upstairs). Items on the agenda are Committee Reports, Correspondence Reports, and the Draw for the three (3) $500.00 Bursaries. All Members are urged to attend!!