This year’s weeklong school will be held from May 14th to 19th at Terra Nova Resort and Golf Community in Newfoundland. Please see the attached documents which includes the Mike McNeil Bursary Application. Forms and schedule – download a printable copy of the CUPE Atlantic Weeklong Schedule.
Please see the attached documents relating to the 54th Annual CUPE Nova Scotia Convention. Convention runs from Sunday, May 28th and ends on close of business on Wednesday, May 31. All delegates are encouraged to make arrangements to stay until the end of business. Document 1 – 2017 Convention Call Documents Document _2 – CUPE NS Education Committee Letter November 7, 2015 Document _3 – 2017 Blank Resolution Form Document _4 – Sample Resolution Document _5 – 2017 Blank Constitutional Amendment Form Document _6 – 2017 Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments – Important Info Document _7 – 2017 Convention Solidarity Assistance Fund – Did You Know Document _8 – 2017 Guidelines CUPE NS Convention Solidarity Assistance Fund Document _9 – 2017 Form CUPE NS Convention Solidarity Assistance Fund Document _10 – 2017 Child Care Request Document _11 – 2017 CUPE NS Special Meal Request Document _12 – Per Capita Increase Letter … Read more…
A report written by CUPE Economist Toby Sanger warns that private financing of the proposed Canada Infrastructure Bank could double the cost of infrastructure projects, and shows how the bank can instead provide low-cost, public financing for much-needed projects. The study was published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in advance of the federal budget, where more details of the proposed bank are expected to be unveiled. Sanger outlines the dramatic shift from Liberal election promises of a bank with low-cost financing to the current plan, which focuses on higher-priced private borrowing. The shift will increase pressure to privatize key infrastructure, and will mean less public funding is available to deliver public services and infrastructure. “No homeowner in their right mind would commit to a loan or mortgage at a rate of 7 per cent or more when they can borrow at 2.5 per cent — especially when it involves locking in over 10, 20 … Read more…