Education News!

EDUCATION CONFERENCE!!!

Our CAW Education Conference will be held at the CAW Family Education Centre in Port Elgin from May 4-6, 2012.

The call letter has been sent by mail to Local Unions, and is also accessible on our website.

Click HERE for the printable call letter and registration forms.

 

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NEW 50/50 FUNDING OPTION FOR PORT ELGIN COURSES

If your local hasn't negotiated PEL, you can now use local union funds to send members to Port Elgin.

That's right - and it gets better:  the CAW National Union will split the cost of sending your members to any CAW course in Port Elgin*.

If you already have PEL in your contract, but have insufficient funds, you can still access the 50/50 cost-sharing agreement if you want to send additional members to Port Elgin.*

That's right - you can send members two ways - by using your PEL funds, or by using local union funds.

*All costs associated with sending a member to a program in Port Elgin would be "paid up front" by the local union and then submitted to the National Union for a 50% reimbursement for lost time, travel and expenses (consistent with amounts paid under PEL Bylaws).