Student employees make second attempt to unionize
The St. Thomas Union of Student Employees failed to become a union last year, but they’re going to try again, starting this week. The union certification application was withdrawn late last semester. STUSE started last winter as student employees of the university called for improved working conditions. St. Thomas University spokesman Jeffrey Carleton said STU [...]
In the past week, I’ve taken the Acadian Lines bus twice, and each time I’ve thought about the possibility of an upcoming strike. The union representing Acadian bus drivers, mechanics and customer service representatives are set to go on strike Nov. 21 after voting 98 per cent in favour of a strike – a huge majority by any measurement. There’s no question that [...]
Continue reading …CUPW members occupy MP’s office to protest Canada Post back-to-work legislation
June 22, 2011 Comments Off
Inside Conservative MP Keith Ashfield’s Fredericton constituency office, the temperature rose quickly with body heat and shouts of “Heil Harper!” Tuesday evening. About 40 people, mostly from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, gathered outside the office demanding to speak with the MP about the upcoming vote on back-to-work legislation for Canada Post employees. Office [...]
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Employees of the St. Thomas University students’ union are now members of a union. Employees include the chief returning officer, communications coordinator and welcome week chair. A tentative agreement between the union and the STUSU was the subject of a last minute meeting of the STUSU executive on Saturday, April 30 – the day before [...]
Continue reading …Dean of students says program changes student relationship Unionization could make the student employment program at St. Thomas University less flexible said Larry Batt, Dean of Students and Registrar in an email to students last Tuesday. “I am concerned that we may lose some of the positive benefits of the current program if the University [...]
Continue reading …Negotiations have “broken down,” says VP of local union Aramark staff at St. Thomas University might be waving their picket signs soon. The union members have been negotiating their contracts with Aramark, their employer, since July 2009 and still haven’t come to an agreement. According to Jamie Pilling, the vice-president of the Canadian Union for [...]
Continue reading …A student union by-election slated to happen Nov. 9 and 10 has been postponed until Nov. 12 and 13. The by-election was scheduled last week after Vice President Administration Corben McLean submitted his resignation. The election move comes after off-campus representative Mitch Messom resigned from his position, creating a need for a second by-election. Union [...]
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Alex Solak – The Aquinian We students are all part of a union. It’s a pretty big operation. We (well some of us) elect a group of 19-20 people every year. Those people are somehow responsible for the hiring of at least a dozen other staff members. Some of those staff members deal with even [...]
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