CUPE 4600

04/24/2024

Campus United Event on Demystifying Carleton's Finances and discussing the impacts of Bill 124!

Join us for a special Campus United Event on Demystifying Carleton's Finances and discussing the impacts of Bill 124!

WHEN: Tuesday, April 30, from 5-7 pm
WHERE: Porter Hall or by zoom

Keynote Speaker: Preethy Sivakumar (Research, CUPE National)
Moderator: Dominique Marshall (President, CUASA)

Panellists:

Noreen Cauley-Le Fevre (President, CUPE 4600)
Jerrett Clark (Presidentm CUPE 2424)
Pierre Cloutier de Repentigny (Chief Negotiator, CUASA)

03/06/2024

This event is happening today, organized by our friends in SJP-Carleton. Attend if you can, and find out how you can get more involved in the push for Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions against apartheid

02/02/2024

CUPE 4600 stands in solidarity with Palestine.

read our full statement here: https://cupe4600.ca/2024/01/31/cupe-4600-stands-in-solidarity-with-palestine/

And then join us on Sunday at 1:30pm at the PSAC building (233 Gilmour) to march with the Labour 4 Palestine contingent at the rally for Gaza

01/30/2024

On Wednesday, February 7th, join CUPE 4600 and Labour 4 Palestine for an educational event at Carleton. Come learn about the role of unions in the fight against apartheid, why Palestine is a workers' issue, and what you can do to support the fight for Palestinian human rights

11/27/2023

Attention all CUPE 4600 members! 📣

Are you looking to get more involved with the local? If so, the Mobilization Committee would like to invite you to join their meeting TOMORROW (November 28) at 5:30 PM in Nicol 3022.

All are welcome and encouraged to attend!

11/09/2023

We love to see it!

A couple who work at a Ford factory that was on strike for 41 days said the terms of a tentative contract agreement would be transformative for them.

11/03/2023

🚨OTTAWA - 100K OUT FOR GAZA🚨

Join the Palestinian Youth Movement Ottawa alongside a broad coalition of community, labour, and student organizations on November 4th at 2pm on Parliament Hill in the call for a National Day of Action! We call on all Palestinians, Arabs and allies to join in organizing for this call.

Join us to make our demands clear:
1. An immediate ceasefire,
2. Lifting the siege on Gaza to allow for immediate medical aid,
3. An end to Canada's funding of Israel's war crimes, genocide, and colonization of Palestinian land.

On November 4th, our voices will unite with the tens of thousands of people who will also be marching in Washington DC at the same time. Let's show the world that we are not just people in solidarity with Palestine, we are a movement that will rise from every corner of the world until all our demands are met.

CEASEFIRE NOW! END ALL CANADIAN AID TO ISRAEL!
LIFT THE SIEGE ON GAZA!

‎أوتاوا - 100 ألف شخص خارج لغزة🚨🚨انضموا إلى حركة الشباب الفلسطيني ومجموعة من المنظمات المجتمعية والطلابية في أوتاوا يوم 4 نوفمبر الساعة 2 بعد الظهر على ارض البرلمان في الدعوة ليوم العمل الوطني! ونحن ندعو جميع الفلسطينيين والعرب والحلفاء إلى الانضمام إلى التنظيم لهذه الدعوة. كونوا معنا لنقل مطالبنا:

‎الوقف الفوري لإطلاق النار 1.
‎2.رفع الحصار عن غزة للسماح بوصول المساعدات الطبية الفورية،
‎3. وضع حد لتمويل كندا لجرائم الحرب والإبادة الجماعية واستعمار الأراضي الفلسطينية التي ترتكبها إسرائيل.

‎وفي الرابع من تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر)، سوف تتحد أصواتنا مع عشرات الآلاف من الأشخاص الذين سيسيرون أيضًا في واشنطن العاصمة في نفس الوقت. دعونا نظهر للعالم أننا لسنا مجرد أشخاص متضامنين مع فلسطين، بل نحن حركة ستنهض من كل ركن من أركان العالم حتى يتم تلبية جميع مطالبنا.

وقف إطلاق النار الآن! إنهاء كافة المساعدات الكندية لإسرائيل! ارفعوا الحصار عن غزة!

10/31/2023

Why is solidarity with Palestine a worker's issue?

Learn more at this online panel organized by PSAC, Independent Jewish Voices, and Labour For Palestine.

The webinar will take place on November 1st, at 7pm. See more details in the link below.

⚜️⬇️ - Join PSAC-NCR in collaboration with Labour 4 Palestine and Independent Jewish Voices Canada for a webinar this Wednesday, November 1 at 7PM to build international solidarity and heed the urgent call to action of trade unionists in Palestine to speak out and take action in the face of injustice as trade unions have done historically.

Global events have made it clear that it is more important now than ever for an international workers movement to support the ongoing struggle for the liberation of people in Palestine and for an equal society for all people in Israel and Palestine.

Why is solidarity with Palestine a worker's issue?

It was the push from unions and workers worldwide that helped lead to the end of apartheid in the 1990s in South Africa. The labour movement and international solidarity has the power to help bring an end to the atrocities happening currently in Gaza and a permanent end to the cycles of violence caused by 75 years of occupation.

Unions have a long tradition of international solidarity and uniting as workers around the world to fight social and economic equality and to advocate for quality public services and human rights.

As a union that opposes all forms of discrimination including antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, and all forms of hate, it is imperative that we fight injustice wherever we see it.

Speakers will also touch on the ongoing repression of free speech when it comes to criticizing the state of Israel or when it comes to showing solidarity with the Palestinian people and how you can obtain representation from your union.

We will hear from speakers involved in solidarity work here locally in Ottawa but also those who are directly affected in Palestine.

So join us this coming Wednesday to learn more about how you, as a worker and union member, can take action to fight for a just and lasting peace in Israel-Palestine.

The panel will be moderated by PSAC-NCR Regional Executive Vice-President Alex Silas and will include:

➡️ Judy Rebick, Independent Jewish Voices
➡️ Hassan Husseini, Labour 4 Palestine
➡️ Wassim Garzouzi, Labour Lawyer
➡️ Rana Daher, Birzeit University Union of Professors and Employees, Palestine.

English/French translation will be available.

This event is open to PSAC members and members of the public.

REGISTER: https://psac-afpc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xikjWkiNS3GOjvuh3YWYHQ #/registration

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Joignez-vous à l'AFPC-RCN en collaboration avec Labour4Palestine et Voix Juives Indépendantes pour un webinaire ce mercredi 1er novembre à 19 h pour renforcer la solidarité internationale et répondre à l'appel urgent à l'action des syndicalistes en Palestine pour s’exprimer et prendre action face à l’injustice comme l'ont fait les syndicats dans l'histoire.

Les événements mondiaux ont clairement montré qu'il est plus important que jamais que le mouvement international des travailleuses et travailleurs soutient la lutte pour la libération du peuple palestinien et pour une société égalitaire pour tous en Israël et en Palestine.

Pourquoi la solidarité avec la Palestine est-elle un enjeu important pour les travailleurs?

C’est la pression des syndicats et des travailleurs du monde entier à l’époque de l’apartheid en Afrique du Sud qui a contribué à la fin de l’apartheid dans les années 1990. Le mouvement syndical et la solidarité internationale ont le pouvoir de contribuer à garantir la fin des atrocités qui se produisent actuellement à Gaza et la fin permanente des cycles de violence causés par 75 ans d'occupation.

Les syndicats ont une riche tradition de solidarité internationale et s'unissent en tant que travailleuses et travailleurs du monde entier pour lutter pour l'égalité sociale et économique et pour défendre des services publics de qualité et les droits de la personne.

En tant que syndicat qui s'oppose à toutes les formes de discrimination, y compris l'antisémitisme, l’islamophobie, le racisme, et tout formes de haine, il est impératif que nous combattions l'injustice partout où nous la voyons.

Les intervenants aborderont également la répression actuelle de la liberté d'expression lorsqu'il s'agit de critiquer l'État d'Israël ou lorsqu'il s'agit de faire preuve de solidarité avec le peuple palestinien et comment obtenir de la representation de votre syndicat.

Nous entendrons d'invités impliqués dans le travail de solidarité ici localement à Ottawa, mais aussi ceux qui sont directement touchés en Palestine.

Alors rejoignez-nous ce mercredi pour en savoir plus sur la façon dont vous, en tant que travailleur et syndicaliste, pouvez agir pour lutter pour une paix juste et durable en Israël-Palestine.

Le panel sera animé par Alex Silas, vice-président exécutif régional de l’AFPC-RCN et comprendra :

➡️ Judy Rebick, Voix juives indépendantes
➡️ Hassan Husseini, Labour 4 Palestine
➡️ Wassim Garzouzi, avocat du travail
➡️ Rana Daher, Syndicat des professeurs et employés de l'Université de Birzeit, Palestine.

Une traduction anglaise/française sera disponible.

Cet événement est ouvert aux membres de l'AFPC et au public.

S'INSCRIRE : https://psac-afpc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xikjWkiNS3GOjvuh3YWYHQ #/registration

10/04/2023

Happening this Friday at U of O, a Town Hall on the rising cost of post-secondary education and the lack of appropriate resources for students.

Register with the UO GSAÉD to join the event

Graduate Students' Association, Carleton University

09/22/2023

We are proud of all of our members who showed up in support of trans kids on Wednesday. It continues to be crucial for all of us to fight back against rising far-right hate in Canada.

To join the CUPE 4600 Anti-Hate Flying squad, contact vp.external@cupe4600.ca

Our flying squad is a fast moving response team! We show up to counter hate wherever it rears its ugly head. We act to defend marginalized communities and individuals, and are proud to take action against homophobia, racism, transphobia, sexism, fascism, classism, and all other kinds of hate!

09/21/2023

"One very instructive example for doing so going forward came from CUPE 4600 (education workers at Carleton University in Ottawa) who mobilized their flying squad to participate in the local counterdemonstration.
Flying squads are among the best examples of rank-and-file self-organizing. Rapid response networks that can be mobilized on short notice, flying squads are effective in doing direct actions and solidarity work within unions, with workers in other workplaces, and in communities.
Flying squads that I have been active in have supported anti-poverty movements and Indigenous land reclamations in addition to doing picket line solidarity, putting people directly on the line and ready to act."

Interested in joining the CUPE 4600 Anti-Hate Flying Squad? Contact info@cupe4600.ca and we'll get you looped in

On September 20, 2023, a hodgepodge of far right forces organized hate fests under the “1 Million March 4 Children” banner in dozens of cities across so-called Canada. Organizing groups and individuals represented a who’s who of fascist, far right, transphobic anti-2SLGTBQIA+ operations in the...

09/04/2023

Join us this week for a bunch of fun events!

The party kicks off today at 11:45 for the Labour Day parade!

09/04/2023

It's the most important meal of the day, and it's free!

Join us on Thursday, September 7th at 9am in Dunton 2017 for some free pancakes, served with a side of hot solidarity

08/16/2023

Join us on August 27th at the Ottawa Pride Parade!

We'll meet up at 12:30 at the Human Rights monument (220 Elgin st), and then join the parade for the 1pm start time.

We will have a limited amount of CUPE 4600 pride swag for members who want to march with us.

04/14/2023

I’m a former CUPE 4600 member, and I have massive respect for the resolve I’ve seen from the union in this latest round of bargaining.

Cupe4600 joins unions that have beaten Doug Ford’s wage-capping . An unconstitutional law defied in the streets.

They’ve won pay increases, including retroactive pay increases. Intellectual property rights for all academic workers. Major steps forward.

Let’s tip our hat to the hard-working Cupe4600 negotiators and members who made this happen.

Notably Noreen Cauley, Cupe4600’s President and nursing-on-the-picket-line mom :)