Here’s Stephanie Burton crushing her NDCC courses, before and after noticing the sun is shining outside! Which photo is the before and which is the after?

I spy with my little eye: 2 dedicated unit exec members giving up their weekend for the good of the union!

Pictured are Abbey Burlak and Christine Broad working hard in the health and safety course at NDCC spring school

Not pictured: Liza Lewis learning her little butt off elsewhere, and Jen Winnik who thinks she is the paparazzi!

April 28th is National Day of Mourning to remember the workers who died on the job. Find ways to show support in your area below:

Niagara Falls
A ceremony will be held at Niagara Falls city hall, 4310 Queen St., at 10:30 a.m. at the memorial near the front door. Niagara Regional Labour Council representatives, Mayor Jim Diodati, members of city council and the community will be attending.
Flags will be flown at half-mast at city facilities.
St. Catharines
Multiple ceremonies are happening in St. Catharines. They include:
• At 7:30 a.m., at the monument dedicated to the fallen Welland Canal workers, at Lock 3 on Welland Canals Parkway — west side of the canal.
• At 8 a.m., under Garden City Skyway, on Welland Canals Parkway — west side of the canal, under the bridge.
• At 4 p.m., at the monument at St. Catharines city hall, 50 Church St.
Welland
The ceremony will be held at the Welland Canal monument in Merritt Park, 151 King St., at 2 p.m.
Thorold
Two ceremonies are happening in Thorold.
One event happens in Port Robinson in memory of Robyn Lafleur, Esquire Canada Explosion site (1999), 125 South St. N., at 3 p.m.
Another event is happening at the monument at Niagara Region headquarters, 1815 Sir Isaac Brock Way, at 5:15 p.m.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
A ceremony happens at the monument at Centennial Arena on Four Mile Creek Road in Virgil at 9:15 a.m.
Fort Erie
A ceremony happens at the monument at Fort Erie town hall, 1 Municipal Centre Dr., at 11:45 a.m.
Port Colborne
The Port Colborne event happens at the monument located at H.H. Knoll Lakeview Park on Sugarloaf Street, at 1 p.m.

Our crew attended closing plenary, with a climate action presentation, health and safety panel discussion, and swearing in of the newly appointed alternates. Congratulations Kim!

Wednesday was education day! All the delegates were split up into small groups and we have lots of new information and ideas to bring back to you

Since there weren’t any opportunities for photos, please enjoy this groupshot with Jagmeet from Tuesday!

Holy cow was today Kimber Lee Turner’s day to shine!!

Kim took the mic to speak up about issues affecting our local during the DS sector breakout, totally fan-girled over NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, and won a three-way election for SSWCC alternate by a landslide! You go, Kim!!

Check our cbc for a short clip of Jagmeet talking about campaign promises and see if you can spy anyone you know in the background ‍

We’re proud to be representing 2276 at the Social Service Workers’ Cupe Conference in Toronto this week!

National Rep Jeff Vreeken , unit 1 VP Vanessa Mallaley, unit 0 VP Ayrvi Lawrence, Local President Jen Winnik, unit 3 VP Christine Broad and unit 2 VP Kimber Lee Turner squished in with our Bethesda friends for opening day in a packed house! Thank you all for giving us this opportunity to learn and advocate with our SSW peers across Ontario.

What an absolute honour it’s been to work with this great group of people! Thank you for every phone call you’ve answered, question you’ve fielded and time you’ve sacrificed for the good of the Union. On behalf of all the members who have benefited from your kindness, patience and knowledge, please know that you are appreciated!!

Congratulations to the bargaining committee for their hard work! They got a good deal that passed with over 98% of members in favour