We represent Calgary Board of Education Employees who work in Facility & Environmental Services

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

April 5, 2025

In-person Meeting

9:00 a.m. (Saturday)

Local 40 office:

#105-811 Manning Road, NE T2E 7L4

STRIKE PAY

Good Afternoon Folks,

If you do not receive an EFT for tomorrow’s last installment of Strike Pay, you can pick up a cheque:

CUPE Local 40 Office

#105 811 Manning Road NE

Friday | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Monday | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Make sure you bring your ID

⚠️ YOU CANNOT BE FIRED FOR PARTICIPATING IN A STRIKE.

✅ THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTION TO YOUR BENEFITS.

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PLEASE NOTE:

Images and names of persons crossing the picket line may be placed on CUPE Local 40’s web and Facebook pages in accordance with the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Alberta (information and Privacy Commissioner) v. UFCW, Local 401, [2013] 3 SCR 733.

Absence Email Requirements

When emailing about an absence, please include the following details in your message:

Subject Line: “Absent on [Date/s] – [Your Full Name]”

Full Name:

Reason for Absence:

Date(s) of Absence:

If you are sick for three days or more, please provide a sick note attached to your email.

BARGAINING AND STRIKE UPDATES

Contact Information

There appears to be some confusion as to who to contact for what, please see the email addresses below for who to contact:

Picket Coordinators

Troy Killam takillam@live.com

George Kutzak gkutzak@gmail.com

*Send them emails about picketing duties and they can direct your emails to the appropriate person, have patience, someone will respond to you.

*If you are sick or have an appointment, you could be excused from picketing duties, have patience, someone will respond to you.

Finance

Abbie Mitchell cupe40treasurer@gmail.com

*Send Abbie the completed EFT forms and anything financially related.

Send Vik and Maritza emails about the Hardship Fund

Vikramjit Chand vchand1113@gmail.com

Maritza Delfin delmar_3821@hotmail.com

Please do not contact any of the other Executive or Pillar Leaders with questions or concerns about the matters above.

I know you have some people’s contact in your phones, but we all have certain duties we are trying to do and we can not be inundating people with requests and questions that have nothing to do with the work they’re trying to do.

None of us have done this before and we are trying our best to accommodate and answer everyone, please have patience, we are doing the best we can.

If your Supervisor or School contacts you…

Tell them that we are on strike and you’ll see them when we have a new contract, you have no obligation to answer any of their questions and we would appreciate it if you didn’t.

Strike Pay

To receive Strike Pay you must work 20 hours a week on the picket line, that is 4 hours a day. Accommodations are based on need, not want, our expectation is that you report to the picket line for 4 hours a day.

March 7 will be the first day that we are issuing cheques, it just like any other job, there is a week delay, we can not pay you until the week is complete, that is why we are not issuing cheques this Friday.

Our number one priority is to make sure you receive your Strike Pay.

I know this is stressful, but if we stick together, we can win this fight.

⚠️ YOU CANNOT BE FIRED FOR PARTICIPATING IN A STRIKE.

✅ THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTION TO YOUR BENEFITS.

The Longer the Line, the Shorter the Strike!

Strike Pay

To receive Strike Pay you must work 20 hours a week on the picket line, that is 4 hours a day.

Accommodations are based on need, not want, our expectation is that you report to the picket line for 4 hours a day.

Alternate Picketing Duties

If you are unable to attend the specified picket hours, please email:

Picketing Coordinators

Troy Killam takillam@live.com

George Kutzak gkutzak@gmail.com

Hardship Fund & Medical Accommodations

To apply for the Hardship Fund, please reach out to:

Vikramjit Chand vchand1113@gmail.com

Maritza Delfin delmar_3821@hotmail.com

Vik & Maritza will be able to forward you the applicable forms. Please remember, just because you apply, it does not mean you automatically receive funds. We have to consider everything when we are accessing the Hardship Fund.

For Medical and Religious Accommodations, please reach out to:

Abbie Mitchell cupe40treasurer@gmail.com

Clay Gordon cupe40president@gmail.com

Our number one priority is to make sure you receive your Strike Pay, please reach out to myself or Abbie if you need an accommodation.

I know this is stressful, but if we stick together, we can win this fight.

The Longer the Line, the Shorter the Strike!

Hardship Fund & Medical Accommodations

To apply for the Hardship Fund, please reach out to:

Vikramjit Chand vchand1113@gmail.com

Maritza Delfin delmar_3821@hotmail.com

For Medical and Religious Accommodations, please reach out to:

Abbie Mitchell cupe40treasurer@gmail.com

Clay Gordon cupe40president@gmail.com

Our number one priority is to make sure you receive your Strike Pay, please reach out to myself or Abbie if you need an accommodation.

To check the latest updates or find resources, click the link below.

BARGAINING UPDATES PAGE

CBE Communication

The CBE sent out communication this afternoon (Feb 7) and it’s safe to say it is misleading. Yes we did secure those wins in the last contract, but we are bargaining a new contract and don’t we deserve more in this contract also?

If the CBE would like to discuss history, why are they not mentioning:

2016 0%

2017 0%

2018 0%

2019 0%

2020 0%

2021 0%

2022 0%

We could also talk about the 5% rollback in the 90s that we received, that the CBE promised we would get back once the province restored funding. The CBE received that 5%, but they did not give it back to us as they had promised.

Over the 4 years at 3/3/2/2, the average is $2.97 per hour. For the maintenance group, the average increase over the 4 years would be $3.32 per hour. This would keep many of us under the current cost of living, how far below the poverty line will be in 4 years? A provincial government that has seen a surplus of over 20 Billion dollars can afford to pay education employees a living wage.

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