Dear Member,
Our Union is built on your voice. To ensure we are serving you effectively, the CUPE Alberta Division is reviewing its internal structure to make sure it matches our membership’s reality.
We invite you to participate in the Governance Review Survey and share your perspective in how our leadership should be structured. Please click on the link below to access the survey and review Resolution 2026-20, which was passed by the membership at Convention 2026.
Governance Review Survey Link: https://surveys-sondages.limesurvey.net/611471?lang=en
For your convenience, we have also attached a QR Code.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jason Fenske directly at: gvp.south@cupeab.org.
In solidarity,
Shawna Zillman
International Literacy Day is observed globally on 8th September every year. The day spread awareness about the importance of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies and the need for intensified efforts towards more literate societies.
Learn more about International Literacy Day
In Canada, Labour Day is celebrated on the first Monday of September and is a federal statutory holiday. For the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), it is a day to celebrate the achievements of its over 750,000 members and to advocate for workers’ rights.
The local will support the attendance of 2 members!
You can use the QR code on the posters to go directly to the registration page, or register here:
Calgary Pride Parade Registration – https://actionnetwork.org/events/cupe-alberta-calgary-pride-parade/
Just a quick note of update on the ALHI project about commemorating the 1926 recall election that preserved publicly provided textbooks for Calgary students.
We are nearing the printing stage of 10 pop-up banners (small sneak peak image below) that tell the story of how the working people of Calgary were able to organize to overturn the decision of the school board to charge for textbooks for kids in grades 4 to 8 by organizing the first recall campaign in Alberta history and winning. As one of the standard bearers for labour, Amelia Turner put it later, “What my labor colleagues and I tried to do was, briefly, to put the welfare of our children ahead of any concern about taxes.” Thanks to the design work of Karen Mills and the research of Stephanie Weber, Tom Langford and myself, I think it is going to be a really effective display.
The banners are going to have their debut at the Calgary Public Library 27 July at a talk I’m giving on this subject for Historic Calgary Week on this subject. It would be great to see some friendly faces there and I would appreciate you sharing the below link with anyone you think might be interested:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/recall-1926-democracy-and-public-education-in-calgary-tickets-1991999778962?aff=oddtdtcreator
I hope to get the banners into libraries, high schools, and universities over the course of the autumn — any suggestions or contacts about possible venues for display would be most welcome.
Hope this finds each of you well and all best,
Kirk
At the event organized by the Alberta Federation of Labor
