January Picket Schedule

Please contact fes.picket@gmail.com to sign up for picket shifts.

January 2009

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 Last Day of Holiday Period	3
4	5 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	6 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) Stewart Tristan SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	7 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	8 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) Tristan SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	9 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	10
11	12 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Stewart Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	13 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	14 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	15 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	16 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	17
18	19 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	20 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	21 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	22 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	23 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	24
25	26 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	27 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	28 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	29 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	30 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) Stewart SHIFT 2 (10AM-2PM) SHIFT 3 (1PM-5PM) Early (7-3) DoubleShift Late (9-5) DoubleShift	31

Picket Schedule December 2008 - Updated for the Week of Action

Please contact FES.picket@gmail.com if you have any questions about events taking place during the Week of Action, December 15th to the 19th, or any other questions or concerns about the picket and scheduling.

The picket line at the Northwest Gate will not be operating during this week. Instead, if you scroll down to the week of the 15th-19th on the December calendar, you'll find a variety of different actions scheduled for different locations (2 on York campus, 2 downtown, 1 at Glendon, plus a GMM and a Strike Party TBA), most of them beginning around 11AM/noon. Participation in any one of the following events will count for at least one shift of picketing. Sign-up sheets for all lines will be at each action. For more information about what each activity entails, please consult the CUPE 3903 Strike Site.

Meanwhile, the holiday period will run from Monday December 22 until Sunday, January 4th. More information about holiday strike pay and strike duty can be found here.

When the picket lines resume, the available Shifts will be:

1. 7 AM to 11AM
2. 10AM to 2PM
3. 1PM to 5 PM

For Double Shifts, the options are 7AM to 3PM, or from 9AM to 5PM.

December 2008

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	2 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	3 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	4 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	5 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	6
7	8 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	9 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	10 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	11 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	12 SHIFT 1 (7AM-11AM) SHIFT 2 (11AM-3PM) SHIFT 3 (3PM-7PM)	13
14	15 11:00 AM - Mass Rally and Teach-In, Keele Campus Assemble at the York Blvd. Picket	16 11:00 AM - King and Bay Block Party Assemble at the SE corner of King-Bay intersection.	17 12:00 PM - Caroling Snake March, Keele Campus Assemble at the York Blvd. Picket ] 4:00 PM - GMM at Meron Banquet Hall, 1600 Steeles Avenue West	18 11:00 AM - Board of Governors Information Picket Assemble at the NW corner of King-Bay intersection (First Canadian Place)	19 7AM -5PM Mass Picket at Glendon College, with BBQ Assemble at the Glendon Main Gate, 2275 Bayview (Bayview at Lawrence) Evening - CUPE Strike Party details TBA	20
21	22 Holiday Start	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31 Holiday Continues to January 4

Being outside in cold weather

There was an email sent around on this, with this link: http://seagrant.uaf.edu/bookstore/pubs/SG-ED-28.pdf about dressing for the cold.

thanks,

jen cypher

Reactivation of the blog!

The blog has been dormant for awhile, but time to reactivate! People should be signing themselves up for duty here when possible, or asking a picket captain for help with it if they can. If someone who is NOT a picket captain would like to take over scheduling and running the blog that would be FABULOUS! 

Carpooling for picket duty

Hi all,

At our meeting on Monday we identified people with cars who are willing to drive to the Northwest Gate for picket duty. They will pick people up at the subway stations closest to their homes and/or at Downsview station. I am putting a star beside those people's names so if you see that they're on your shift get in touch with them and see if you can arrange to meet for a lift. Obviously, we need to chip in for gas and can't expect that folks with cars will always be driving so do get in touch on a case-by-case basis!

Cheers,

Maggie

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR A SHIFT:

Send an email to FES.picket@gmail.com with:

- Your name and contact info
- What shift time you would like, on what day
- Specify whether you are picketing or working on alternative strike duties

We will update the calendar with your name and (p) = picket (alt) = alternative strike duty, so that people can see how well the shifts are being covered. We need to be 15 to 20 people on the line at all times, though we will not be the only department on our line.

Picket pay & schedule / alternative duties

You are expected to take on FIVE 4 hour shifts per week (20 hours) in order to receive a 200 $ weekly honorarium (strike pay). You are welcome to take on more shifts on a voluntary basis! You can also take on less shifts if you are unavailable: in that case, each 4 hours shift is compensated with 40 $.

The strike date has been set for Thursday Nov. 6th, and the Special Consultative (Final Offer) GMM where we will collectively discuss the proposals offered by the employer, has been set for Wednesday Nov. 5th. However, we are in a legal lockout position on Sunday Nov. 2nd -- we have to be ready to walk by this date. Thus our sign-up shifts begin for Monday Nov. 3rd: just in case of a lock-out.

You can do your shifts back to back (2 or 3 a day) if you have impediments to coming up to campus every day.

If you cannot stand on a picket line for family, medical or legal reasons (etc.), there is a list of alternative duties you can take on, from the union headquarters (near the picket lines) or from home.