[mobglob-discuss] Re: [vancouver-activist] Fw:_[cupeaction]__Locked_out_shelter_workers_need_your_help_|_Les_travailleuses_d’un_refuge_en_lock-out_ont_besoin_de_votre_aide

[this is you]

As always, it seems that details always get left out
of the mix.  Before anyone goes off writing letters,
it might be a good idea to look at this article:
http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CCNM/20040124/0124001n

I think it's reasonable for an organization such as
Yellow Brick House to decide to lay off staff because
they want staff with higher credentials who fluently
speak at least two languages.

The lockout, however, not such a good call.




--- Paul Browning <pnbrown at vcn.bc.ca> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <cupeaction at members.cupe.ca>
> To: <cupeaction at members.cupe.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:34 PM
> Subject: [cupeaction] Locked out shelter workers
> need your help | Les travailleuses d’un refuge en
> lock-out ont besoin de votre aide
> 
> 
> > On Saturday, January 24, 2004, the hard-line
> management and board of 
> > directors of Yellow Brick House - a women’s
> shelter in Aurora - locked 
> > out the 38 shelter and outreach counsellors who
> are members of CUPE 
> > Local 3636.
> > 
> > In addition to locking out the front-line staff,
> management abruptly 
> > closed the shelter, forcing residents to pack
> their belongings in 
> > garbage bags and boxes and move to a facility with
> little security and 
> > no access to a kitchen.
> > 
> > At issue is a workplace re-organization plan that
> management claims can 
> > only be implemented by terminating nine shelter
> councillors who 
> > collectively have more than 75 years work
> experience at Yellow Brick 
> > House. All those targeted for firing are strong
> union activists or 
> > members of the current bargaining committee.
> > 
> > Please take a minute to send a letter to the
> executive director of 
> > Yellow Brick House, the Ontario Minister of
> Community and Social 
> > Services.
> > 
> > Visit:
> > 
> > http://cupe.ca/action/YellowBrickHouse
> > 
> > In solidarity,
> > 
> > Chris Lawson
> > webmaster at cupe.ca
> > 
> > -----
> > Les travailleuses d’un refuge en lock-out ont
> besoin de votre aide
> > 
> > Le samedi 24 janvier 2004, adoptant la ligne dure,
> la direction et le 
> > conseil d’administration de Yellow Brick House, un
> refuge pour femmes 
> > d’Aurora, ont mis en lock-out les 38 préposées et
> conseillères du 
> > refuge, membres de la section locale 3636 du SCFP.
> > 
> > En plus de mettre en lock-out les travailleuses de
> première ligne, la 
> > direction a subitement décidé de fermer le refuge,
> obligeant les 
> > résidentes à mettre leurs affaires dans des sacs
> poubelle et à se 
> > réfugier dans un établissement où elles ont peu de
> sécurité et aucun 
> > accès à une cuisine.
> > 
> > Le point en litige est un plan de réorganisation
> du milieu de travail 
> > qui, au dire de la direction, ne peut être mis en
> œuvre qu’en 
> > licenciant neuf conseillères qui, ensemble ont
> plus de 75 années 
> > d’expérience à Yellow Brick House. Toutes les
> femmes visées sont de 
> > grandes militantes syndicales ou des membres du
> comité de négociation 
> > actuel.
> > 
> > Passer à l'action : visitez:
> > 
> > http://scfp.ca/action/YellowBrickHouse
> > 
> > Solidarité
> > 
> > Chris Lawson
> > webmestre at scfp.ca
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > cupeaction mailing list
> > cupeaction at members.cupe.ca
> > http://www.cupe.ca/mailman/listinfo/cupeaction
> > 


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online.
http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html