Month: July 2024

We had a third day of bargaining on July 24^th. After having rescheduled bargaining numerous times at their request, we were disappointed in the employer’s counter offers. The counters on benefits and wages fell far short of what the bargaining committee felt would be acceptable to the membership.

Our displeasure was made clear to the employer and we informed them we would be consulting with the membership for direction on next steps. We also informed them that we are not in a rush to reach a deal that will not meet the needs of our membership.

There will be a special membership meeting scheduled near the end of summer to provide a comprehensive bargaining update and to discuss next steps. The employer needs further time to explore benefit options and we will do our best to schedule the special membership meeting at a time that accommodates all of our members.

Once a date for the meeting has been determined it will be shared with the membership.

CUPE 917 General Meeting

Wednesday, July 17 2024

Clearihue A317 at 4:15pm

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/s/82200919048#success

Meeting ID: 822 0091 9048

This meeting will be held both in person and via zoom simultaneously.

All members attending via Zoom are required to display their full name before being admitted.

Hybrid meeting voting note:
Due to CUPE National guidelines, all secret votes for elections, ratifications, bargaining and strike votes must be done using a singular platform. As such, all voting in this manner will be done in person using paper ballots to ensure the integrity of the votes.
Any vote that only requires a show of hands may still be done via Zoom.

Meeting Agenda:
New Member at Large – Virgie Stewart

Nominations for 2 Member at Large

Palestine protest encampment update

U-club bargaining update

Food service food credit discussions

Pension plan changes

Use of CallHub to text membership

In solidarity,

Dave Sylvest
Recording Secretary, CUPE 917
Outside Workers | University of Victoria

We were scheduled to resume negotiations on July 8^th , after the employer had rescheduled previous date citing operational requirements. The July 8^th date has now been postponed until July 24^th at the employer request as well. We are still awaiting a counter offer on the monetary proposals and hope to conclude negotiations by July 26^th