Harassment in the workplace

The topic for the day is harassment in the workplace ; but not by the management people. The harassment in the workplace is by our own members and is an every day occurrence at many worksites; and national is not capable or willing to address this. If you contact a rep. or r.d. : they will meet with you several times and try to get you to calm down and not be so disturbed over the matter to the extent you will give up and not file an harassment charge at work against the fellow member who continues to harass you. There have been cases throughout the country where reps. have represented the harassers and not the members who have been harassed. There even have been cases where the rep. has tried to dig up dirt on the members who filed the complaint in order to have the harassment charge dropped. The bottom line is; when this occurs, both parties require immediate representation from the union and the members being harassed should have representation by people of their choice. Do not let them pull a fast one on you if this takes place because you will end up being the bad person in the end ; even though you have been the one who has been tormented by the other member or members all along. Watchdog annie.

CUPE and the right to fair representation

Today there are still provinces that do not have duty of fair representation for members of unions in relation to acts that affect their labour boards. This is just another example of unions getting away with whatever they want and not fighting for the rights of their members. Cupe will fight when it comes to another union talking to their members or when they think they should be part of some board in a particular province ; but when it comes to something that actually benefits and protects the rights and interests of the members they do not want any part of it. Duty to fair representation gives the members the right to file a complaint with their respected labour board when a national union decides to write it’s own rules and dictate how things are going to be and who is going to be in charge.This can be as simple as the national union president or one of the national executive board members or a chrony does not like the local president or local executive ;or the executive may have called the national union on some facet of misappropriation and the national union just steps in and eliminates these people dragging their names through the mud at the same time with no remorse or conscience. Without this , unions like cupe can abuse their power and basically do whatever they want whenever they want and the dues paying members are at their mercy. Trust me, cupe national has did this many times and will continue to do it because there is no legislation and they have all the members money to discredit people and fight in the courts. It is like paying for something you think you have but you do not have--------premiums for an insurance that only exists in theory not principle. Watchdog annie