• We all benefit when we can learn with and from other unions; and • We all benefit from the lobbying, campaigns and work of our central labour bodies.
BECAUSE: • Children form the largest group of people living below the poverty line; and • Poverty and child hunger have grown exponentially over the last fifteen years; and • Obesity amongst children due to poor nutrition has led to increased diabetes and related diseases; and • Canada is one of the few countries in the world with no food program for children.
NEB decision - CONCURRENCE
Resolution No. 322 Submitted by CUPE Manitoba
NEB decision - CONCURRENCE
CUPE NATIONAL WILL:
Resolution No. 320 Submitted by CUPE Saskatchewan, Local 3967 (Sask.) CUPE NATIONAL WILL: 1.
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Lobby municipal, provincial and federal governments to declare March 20th as Shift Work Day to honour the contributions of shift workers in our society; and
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Pursue new and innovative ideas on how to engage the membership and get members interested and involved in union activities; and
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Strike a committee and research the ways to develop union activists.
BECAUSE: • That CUPE set out to engage its membership and recruit new activists; and • CUPE should provide more information in packages to the activists and stewards in regards to what union dues are used for and what the union does for its membership.
Call on national unions, federations of labour and the CLC to join us in this cause.
BECAUSE: • Almost 1/3 of Canadian workers are involved in some kind of shift work; and • Between 80 and 90 per cent of shift workers express concerns about fatigue and drowsiness on the job; and • Sleep, alertness, hunger, and many other aspects of life are controlled by biological rhythms; and • Shift work upsets these rhythms and takes a toll on the long-term health, well-being and safety of workers both on and off the job.
NEB decision - COVERED BY SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION 903
Resolution No. 323 Submitted by Local 2081 (B.C.) CUPE NATIONAL WILL:
NEB decision - CONCURRENCE
Resolution No. 321 Submitted by CUPE Manitoba CUPE NATIONAL WILL: Call on all of its affiliates to join federations of labour and local labour Councils. BECAUSE: • Together we are stronger; and
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Advocate and embrace the use of Open Source software; and
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Encourage the use of Open Source software by members, locals, employers, government and others; and
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Provide educational opportunities to members on Open Source software; and
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To the degree possible, move with all deliberate speed to eliminate proprietary software from its computer systems; and