Organizing
LOCAL 255G EDMONTON, ALBERTA
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“With the Union representatives and collective bargaining, CEP members have an effective say in their working conditions and, as a result, they have higher pay, better benefits, improved working conditions, more job security and the right to be treated with dignity and respect.”
Why join a Union? What’s in it for me? Both valid questions and ones I am sure you are asking yourselves right now. I guess the simple answer would be to coin the phrases, “In Unity there is Strength” and “No man is an Island”, but it’s more than that. Local 255G is part of a brotherhood that represents approximately one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) members in Canada. This affiliation gives you access to Union Pension Plans, Union Apprenticeships and Union jobs. Union membership gives you the opportunity to bargain collectively, to secure a Collective Agreement that cannot be changed on the whims of your employer. A Collective Agreement free from discrimination. A Collective Agreement with a Grievance and Arbitration Procedure. A Collective Agreement negotiated by you, yourselves, with the help of experienced Local and National Representatives.
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada is one of the largest and fastest growing unions in Canada.There’s a pretty good chance you have family or friends who are members of the CEP. From coast to coast we work at pulp and paper mills, telephone companies, in the oil, gas, chemical and mining industries. We are truck drivers, nurses, computer programmers, journalists, radio and TV broadcasters and of course printers, bindery workers and graphic artists. – you name it CEP members do it.
CEP is Canada’s graphics union. We represent more print industry workers than anyone else in the country. Joining our union is a smart thing to do. Have a real say at work. With a commitment from a majority of employees, we will work toward building a strong union that strives to make your workplace as productive as possible. A workplace that is fair to employees whose hard work and dedication makes this company run.
For information on how to join, or answers to any questions you may have contact Ray
Office: 780-426-0624 Cel: 780-668-6400 Email: raywade@telus.net
ALL CONTACT IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Attention
Do you have an effective say in your workplace?
Are you satisfied with your present working conditions, wages and benefits?
Are you treated fairly; with dignity and respect?
FACT: If you answered NO to any of these questions and would like to improve your working life and provide a decent future for your family, there is only one solution . . . you need to have a union collective agreement with your employer.
Can management retaliate against workers who want to form a union?
FACT: Your right to join a union is protected by law. It is illegal for management to threaten fire or discriminate against you in any way for exercising your right to unionize your workplace.
How do we join CEP?
FACT: You indicate your support for the union by signing a confidential petition. When a majority of workers have signed up, we can apply to the Labour Relations Board for Certification. A secret ballot election will be conducted and you will be allowed to vote on whether you wish to have CEP represent you in negotiating with Management for improved wages and conditions of employment.
Ask yourself this question. “Am I ready to take the necessary steps to gain some control, dignity and fairness in my workplace?”If the answer is YES, contact Ray Wade of CEP Local 255G. All inquiries are completely confidential. We will take as much time as you need to answer any questions that you and your co-workers have about CEP, Local 255G and what it will take to achieve union representation.
Join the thousands of men and women who form the membership of CEP and perform similar work as you who recognize that it makes sense to bargain collectively with their employer rather than as individuals.
Office: 780-426-0624 Cel: 780-668-6400 Email: raywade@telus.net
Union Quotes
CLARENCE DARROW
“With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.”
MOLLY IVINS
“Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.”
MOTHER JONES
“My friends, it is solidarity of labour we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: “We must be together; our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing.”
“What does labour want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures, to make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful, and childhood more happy and bright.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
“Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
“We must all hang together or assuredly we shall hang separately.”
ALEXANDER DUMAS
“All for one; one for all.”
WENDELL PHILLIPS
“The labour movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.”
LANE KIRKLAND
“If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.”
JOHN F. KENNEDY
“Our labour unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor. But their work goes beyond their own job, and even beyond our borders. For the labor movement is people. Our unions have brought millions of men and women together . . . and given them common tools for common goals. Their goals are goals for all America–and their enemies are enemies of progress. The two cannot be separated.
