TEMPORARY WORKERS RIGHTS COURSE – May 29, 2015

TEMPORARY WORKERS RIGHTS COURSE

Vancouver Local Union Hall

4530 Dawson Street, Burnaby BC

May 29, 2015 – 8am – 4pm
Application Deadline is May 18, 2015

This course is designed for temporary workers. It includes some CUPW history and sections on basic rights and benefits and how to defend them.

Please complete an application form and mail, fax (604-685-4931), or drop off at the Union Hall to the Attention of Aaron Spires.

You will be booked off for your entire shift if you are regularly scheduled to work of the day of the course. Please ensure that you application includes your regularly scheduled shift and work area/depot.

Applications are available on the bulletin board, at the Hall, or DOWNLOAD HERE.

***Together We can Win!***

1995: CUPW negotiates a provision that forces Canada Post to permit temporary workers to fill vacant regular positions based on seniority. Prior to this, Canada Post’s representatives often used arbitrary and discriminatory hiring procedures, especially with respect to the filling of internal positions.