February 2023 Regular Monthly Meeting

The Febuary 2023 regular monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday Febuary 22nd, 2023 at the CUPE 759 Office (Upstairs of Regional Chirporactic Rear Entrance 1498 George Street, Sydney, NS).

Please note that the start time has changed to 7:00pm.

Items on the agenda are Committee Reports and Correspondence Reports.

All Members are urged to attend!!

January 2023 Regular Monthly Meeting

The January 2023 Regular Monthly meeting will be held at the Southend Community Centre on Wednesday January 25th 2023 at 7:30pm.

The Agenda will include Commettee Reports and Correspondence Reports and a Draw for the 3 CUPE 759 Bursaries.

All members are urged to attend.

November 2022 Regular Monthly Meeting

The November 2022 Regular Monthly meeting will be held at the Southend Community Centre on Wednesday November 30th 2022 at 7:30pm.

There will be an election for Vice President.
The candidates are Darryl McNeill and Mark Monahan.

The Agenda will include Commettee Reports and Correspondence Reports.

All members are urged to attend.

Bursary Applications for the Sept 2022- June 2023 School Term

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 2021 to June 2023 term).

The three awards will be chosen by a draw held at the January 2023 monthly meeting.

The Bursary Application with supporting documentation deadline is January 15, 2023.

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 or Kevin Ivey

Central Division: Tracy Rudderham or Darryl McNeill

East Division: Darrell MacDonald

May 2022 Regular Monthly Meeting

The May 2022 regular monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday May 25th, 2022 at 7pm in the Southend Community Centre (Old Mira Road School) . Items on the agenda are Committee Reports and Correspondence Reports.

All Members are urged to attend!!

March 2022 Regular Monthly Meeting

The March 2022 regular monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday April 6th, 2022 at 7pm in the Southend Community Centre (Old Mira Road School) . Items on the agenda are Committee Reports and Correspondence Reports.

All Members are urged to attend!!

Proposal Presentation and Vote

President, Kevin Ivey, Treasurer Mike Whitty and National Rep, Kathy MacLeod will be in the area on Thursday, Dec 16, 2021 at the worksites to present the employer’s final offer and answer any questions.

A vote will take place following the presentations and the boxes sealed to be counted Thursday evening.

Below are the time lines

Proposal Presentation: 6:00 a.m. —–Location: Transit—————–Vote Times:6:30 am – 7:30 am
Proposal Presentation: 8:00 a.m. —–Location: North – Public Works—-Vote Times:8:30 am – 09:30 am
Proposal Presentation:10:00 a.m. —–Location: East – GB Public Works–Vote Times:10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Proposal Presentation: 1:00 p.m. —–Location:Central – Public Works—Vote Times:1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Proposal Presentation: 4:30 p.m. —–Location: Central – Public Works–Vote Times:1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

All presentations and voting will take place at the lunchrooms at the above locations.

Members may attend and vote at a different location then where they work.

Information Rally @ Civic Center

We are holding an Information Rally in front of the Civic Center on Tuesday December 14th 2021. The Rally starts at 5pm. There will be T-shirts and noise makers and hot chocolate. It is very important to have as many members as possible attend so we can show the Mayor and Council that we are a strong union!!