www.cupe4400.org February 18, 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:

Attention: CUPE EWBT Benefits Plan Members

Scholarships *

Registering for the General Membership Virtual Meetings

Elections

Daylight Savings Time

Retirement Workshops

Lunar New Year Celebrations * - Virtual Event

International Women’s Day

Black History Month *

Accessing Our Website *

T4 - Tax Information

Have You Moved?

Unit Update

Nomination Form *

* enclosures

BY COLLEEN COSTA

RECORDING & CORRESPONDING

SECRETARY

A Bit of Good News? Got a good news story to share

about members or your worksite? Email:

colleen.costa@cupe4400.org and we may include it in our mailings!

G E N E R A L M E E T I N G S -

M A R C H 6 & 8 , 2 0 2 1

This Scholarship will be awarded to an individual who has recently or is currently enrolled in Post-Secondary education for the 2021-2022 academic year, including but not limited to, University, College,

Technical Institute, Teachers College, Nursing School, etc.

An individual is entitled to receive a maximum of only one (1) full-time Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 Scholarship or two (2) part-time Scholarships.

The Application package is enclosed in this mailing or can be submitted here: Scholarship Online Submission

Scholarships of 1 (one) $1,000 for full-time studies or 2 (two) $500 for part-time studies will be awarded each September to a child/grandchild/Member of Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400.

Scholarship 2021

Basic Life, Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Life, and Supplemental AD&D (if applicable) benefits are paid for by the CUPE Benefits Trust. Therefore, under CRA regulations, they are considered a taxable benefit and a T4A slip is issued annually by OTIP, the Plan Administrator. You will need to

report this with your taxable income for the 2020 taxation year.

These taxable benefit amounts were calculated based on the premiums paid by the Benefits Trust for the 2020 tax year (January to

December).

(Prior to 2017, these amounts would have been reported to you on

your T4 slip from the TDSB as a taxable benefit).

You will need to log in to the OTIP website on or after February 28 to access your T4A slip securely online and it will be available online until May 1, 2021. You will need your OTIP ID number (from your Drug Card)

and your personal password to log in.

Attention: CUPE EWBT Benefits Plan Members

To access your T4A tax slip online:

1 Go to www.otip.com and click Log in.

2 Select Health and Dental from the drop-down menu and log in.

3 Click Access your T4A slip.

Click Access your T4A slip.

The amounts shown on the T4A slip must be reported on your tax

return in April.

*T4As will continue to be mailed to the homes of those Plan

Members who have not consented to them being sent via email.

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These links can be found on the GM Agenda page (last page) of the Monthly Updates that are emailed to you every month and posted to our website in the Members’ Portal.

The GM Agenda page can also be found posted as a lone document in the GM folder on our website in the Members’ Portal. This is also where you can find the General Membership Meeting Minutes posted (1 to 2 days before the current meeting) from the previous meetings (new this year) to read.

Once you have clicked on the link and registered for the GM Meeting of your choosing you will receive a confirmation registration email – like the sample below:

You can ensure that your calendar is linked to your email by following the steps outlined below for your Google account:

This can be ensured with the following steps:

Settings- Accounts and backup- Accounts- [select Google email account}- Sync account- [Ensure calendar is toggled on]

Furthermore, go to the calendar app:

-Menu (3 horizontal bars on top left)- [select Google email account]- ensure there is a checkmark before the account name.

To add the link to the calendar event, it must be added with copy- paste under either location or notes. This usually happens automatically once they accept (say yes) in the email invitation, it will not appear unless they accept the invitation.

Thank you for registering for "GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021- 5:15 pm".

Please submit any questions to: colleen.costa@cupe4400.org

Date Time: Feb 8, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: Click Here to Join Passcode: 902889 Note: This link should not be shared with others; it is unique to you. Add to Calendar Add to Google Calendar Add to Yahoo Calendar Or iPhone one-tap Canada: +16473744685,,97661190552# or +16475580588,,97661190552#

Or Telephone:

Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): Canada: +1 647 374 4685 or +1 647 558 0588

Meeting ID: 976 6119 0552 Passcode: 902889 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/acgpkn7i2e

You can click on the link – Click Here to Join – highlighted above or you can click on the add to Calendar options.

We hope this information helps. If you require further information about linking your email to your calendar, you may have to contact the support information for your email/cellular/WIFI carriers.

Registering For The General Membership Virtual Meetings

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Daylight Savings Time

begins Sunday, March 14th !

Don’t forget to spring

forward and set your

clocks ahead by one hour!

Please make sure your nomination form is submitted before the deadline of noon Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

Bylaws Committee: (6 to be elected)

a) Works with Members and committees to review, develop and amend the Bylaws as necessary. b) Amendments to the Bylaw shall be brought to a General Membership Meeting once annually.

See Nomination Form in this mailing

Join us on:

Sunday, February 28, 2021

2 – 4 pm

As we Celebrate the Rich Culture of Black History

Register Here For The Event

See the flyer enclosed for more details.

Please continue to check our website - WORKSHOPS/EVENTS for

updated information regarding our Retirement Workshops.

As we continue to work through these challenging times and follow the recommendations of the local Public Health Authorities.

These workshops will be held virtually.

Retirement Workshops

March 8th is International Women's Day!

Join us in honouring the power of women.

Details to follow.

Watch your local4400.ca email.

Lunar New Year Celebrations Sunday, February 21, 2021- 10 am - noon

This year the celebration will be held virtually, as we continue to follow the Public Health Guideline.

See Flyer Enclosed for more Details. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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HAVE YOU

MOVED?

If you need to make viable

changes to your address and/or

contact numbers you can email

cecilia.alexander@cupe4400.org or you can visit the Members’

Portal on our website

cupe4400.org (login required),

and update the profile

information page.

Changes will be applied within

24-48 hours - confirmation of

changes is not given (change from

uppercase to lower case is not

necessary).

In January 2017 TDSB moved to electronic pay statements through myINFO, allowing staff more flexibility to access their pay statements when it’s convenient for them.

For active employees, an electronic copy of their T4, for the 2020 taxation year, will be available through myINFO (Employee Self-Service) on or before February 28, 2021.

myINFO is available from any computer inside or outside of the TDSB network.

Should you have difficulty with the login procedure or require additional assistance, call the HRIS Help Desk at 416-338-4747 – Option 4 (Business Hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Monday to Friday).

Accessing Our Website See How to Sign In flyer attached.

The username for our Members is: firstname.lastname@local4400.ca and the password is defaulted to the word Local – capital L only and your employee # with no leading zeros and no spaces – for example – Local12345. If you have issues logging in, Members should try and reset their passwords by:

clicking on “FORGOT PASSWORD” under the Members’ Portal login area, you will have to answer 4 of the following 5 questions correctly (1 can be skipped):

1. PHONE NUMBER

2. STREET NAME

3. EMPLOYEE #

4. POSTAL CODE

5. MEMBER ID# (skip this one)

These are in no order and come up randomly – if you continue to have issues logging in – please call reception at our office and leave a message.

Sometimes you cannot reset your own password because we have not been informed of contact information changes (please see how to update your contact information in this update).

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THIS IS...TRIVIA THIS IS...TRIVIA …with Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400…

Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 is hosting Trivia Night on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 7 pm.

Register HERE to take a “virtual” ride with The Cash Cab Guy - Adam Growe.

Once registered you will receive an email to your local4400.ca and TDSB email (where we have access) closer to the date of the event that will contain the information for you to either participate and try to answer the questions in the app or you can choose to just watch via YouTube – your choice.

Prizes will be drawn randomly from the registration list, once we have confirmed that everyone on the list is a Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 Member. Only winners will be notified of prizes won.

You must register in order to be eligible to win a prize – don’t delay – register today!

FEBRUARY, 2021

I would like to begin by wishing Adelia Sergeyeva a wonderful retirement. Thanks for your years of hard work and dedication Adelia! We hope your retirement is full of fun and happiness and everything that you enjoy! As for the weather, it finally feels that winter has arrived and snow makes it official. The good news is that on Groundhog Day, Wiarton Willie did not see his shadow and no shadow predicts an early spring for 2021, so winter will carry on for only six more weeks. Due to the pandemic, this very Canadian annual event was celebrated virtually. In this month of February, we also celebrate Black History month, the achievements and contributions to the country of the African Canadians. Negotiations Committee: On January 19, we had our first virtual JIAS General Membership meeting. Three Members were appointed by the Members who were present to sit on the Negotiations Committee. Congratulations to Jim Vazirov, Nik Vlasichev, and Marina Glizer. Bargaining Survey: In preparation for Bargaining with the Employer, the bargaining team needs to hear from you. Please fill out the BARGAINING SURVEY. This survey has been created with SurveyMonkey, which is an online survey tool that helps us to gather information in an organized manner. Please help your team by filling out online this important questionnaire and submit it no later than February 28, 2021. If you would like to provide the bargaining team with additional information or concerns that are not reflected in the survey, please add your comments in the space provided at the bottom of the survey. Reopening of schools and the March Break: Elementary and Secondary schools reopened on February 16 with in-person learning. However, no changes have been received for our sites yet, and we will continue with our current delivery model. The Ontario government and the Education Minister announced the postponing of the March Break to the week of April 12. The move is intended to keep the community safe, curb travel, gatherings, and limit the spread of the Coronavirus. At present, JIAS has not issued any changes in postponing the March Break. EI Benefits: Temporary changes have been made to the EI program to help access EI benefits. These changes are in effect until September 25, 2021. One of the changes is that you will need only 120 insured hours to qualify for benefits. Please visit Service Canada website for more information.

Personal Days: As per our Collective Agreement, Art. R.2, Effective January 1, 2021, Employees on Seniority List A regularly scheduled to work 15 hours or more are eligible to receive 5 paid personal days each calendar year. Employees, on List A, regularly working fewer than 15 hours are eligible to receive 3 paid personal days each calendar year. These days are not to be used for vacation as per Art. R.3. Vacation: Our Collective Agreement states in Art. U.1.2 that those employees whose period of employment with the Employer is five or more years shall receive six percent in lieu of paid vacation. Please check your pay stub. I encourage you to refer to our Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 website for additional information as well as helpful links and resource (login information included in this update). We appreciate any feedback, suggestions or comments relating to the workplace that can help us make the workplace even better. Wishing you and your family good health, good spirits for this winter month. Hellen Yousufzai hellen.yousufzai@cupe4400.org 416-873-8562

Steward Telephone Email Jim Vazirov (on leave) 647-501-4370 jim.vazirov@cupe4400.org

Nikolay Vlasichev 647-203-6020 nikolay.vlasichev@cupe4400.org

Tamilla Zeinalov 647-822-0174 tamilla.zeinalov@cupe4400.org

Who to Call in Unit B JIAS …. February 2021

Contact your Steward by email by entering: firstname.lastname@cupe4400.org .

Vice-President Terri Preston terri.preston@cupe4400.org (416) 393-0440 Ext. 241

Steward Co-Ordinator: Hellen Yousufzai hellen.yousufzai@cupe4400.org (416) 873-8562

Health & Safety Chair: Jason Ramsay jason.ramsay@cupe4400.org (647) 204-4590

WSIB/LTDI/CPP/RTW Committee

Carlos Capurro carlos.capurro@cupe4400.org 647-822-0225

Darrell Day darrell.day@cupe4400.org 416-898-5591

May Smith - Chair may.smith@cupe4400.org 647-500-6738, 416-393-0440 Ext. 261

Application and Process Scholarships of 1 (one) $1,000 for full-time studies or 2 (two) $500 for part-time studies will be awarded each September to a child/grandchild/member of Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400. This Scholarship will be awarded to an individual who has recently or is currently enrolled in Post-Secondary education for the 2021-2022 academic year, including but not limited to, University, College, Technical Institute, Teachers College, Nursing School, etc. Applicants are to provide any type of commentary you want i.e. essay, photo exhibit, artwork (of transportable/manageable size), PowerPoint presentation, to illustrate your point on the following topic:

This award is being given by Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 for the purpose of supporting further education for Members and children/grandchildren of Members. An individual is eligible to receive a maximum of only one (1) full-time Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 Scholarship or two (2) part-time Scholarships. To apply for the Scholarship, please complete the attached Application form and return, together with your commentary and ALL required documentation (in one email/package), to the Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 Scholarship Committee. The deadline for this Scholarship is July 12, 2021 by 4:00 pm and the Scholarships will be awarded in September of the same year. Applications must be completed and submitted in their entirety or they will not be considered. In Solidarity, Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 Scholarship Committee

Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 Member and Children/Grandchildren of Members

2021 SCHOLARSHIP

WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE TORONTO EDUCATION WORKERS/LOCAL 4400 JOBS DURING COVID-19 AND

THE ESSENTIAL WORK THEY DO?

Please fill out the application below or submit the Scholarship application package in it’s entirety with:

SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE SUBMISSION

Date: Member’s Employee # Member Information:

First Name Last Name

Child/Grandchild of Member: First Name Last Name Address: Apt.# City Postal Code: Phone: Email: Name of Post-Secondary Institution accepted to: Address: Full-time: Part-time:

Mandatory Criteria ALL the following must accompany your completed application (in one email/package):

1. Application 2. Commentary - Applicants are to provide any type of commentary you want i.e.

essay, photo exhibit, artwork (of transportable/manageable size), Power Point presentation, to illustrate your point on the topic on page 1; via email send as a PDF document only;

3. Why I should receive this Scholarship (this must be completed by the applicant); 4. Academic records; 5. Proof of acceptance or enrolment to Post-Secondary course(s) for the 2021-2022

academic year; 6. References – two (2) personal or professional; 7. Resumé.

Signature of Applicant Date

It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide up-to-date postal address, phone number and email address.

Please send completed application and ALL attachments by July 12, 2021 by 4:00 pm, to: Scholarship Committee, Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400, Route SW by Board mail or by postal mail, 1482 Bathurst Street, Suite 200, Toronto ON M5P 3H1; OR by email to scholarships@cupe4400.org; OR https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XSMRCS5. Confirmation of receipt of Application will not be given.

Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 reserves the right to use any or all commentaries submitted.

Application for Scholarship

Please join us, as we celebrate the Year of the Ox!

Hosted by the

TORONTO EDUCATION WORKERS/LOCAL 4400

at the

Chinese Cultural Heritage Day 2021

Date: Sunday, February 21, 2021

Time: 10:00 am - 12 pm

This year the celebration will be held virtually, as we continue to follow the Public Health guidelines.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctd-qqqj8pGdwgIp70iUOSruKZ7utgrpHK

Our Committee has some great things planned - join us for:

Classical Instruments, Music and Dance, Chinese Calligraphy, Games & Gifts and so much more…... We have room for 1000 Members, participation is first come-first served. Hope to see you there!

Please Join

Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400

as we

Celebrate the Rich Culture of

Black History

on Sunday, February 28, 2021

Time: 2 pm to 4 pm

REGISTER HERE FOR THE EVENT

This year the celebration will be held virtually, as we

continue to follow the Public Health guidelines.

The Black History Month Committee has some great

things planned - join us for:

Trivia

Storytelling

Short Movie

Prizes

Inaugural Grant/Awards

We have room for 1000 Members, participation is first

come-first served.

Hope to see you there!

Step1

Step2

Sign in to

MEMBERS’ PORTAL

Easy Steps to Login

Want to access all your Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 Union email, documents and updates in one secure location? Sign in to the Members’ Portal on the Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400 website!

Visit cupe4400.org, sign in today, STAY CONNECTED!

For those who have not already logged in and changed their passwords, the format is:

USERNAME:

PASSWORD:

[firstname] . [ lastname]@local4400.ca

Local(your employee number)

*No leading zeros, example - Local111111

Go to cupe4400.org and scroll down to the “Members’ Portal” section.

• Click on the “Forgot your password” or “Having Trouble Logging in” link to reset your password.

• Enter your Union-issued email (fi rstname.lastname@local4400.ca)

• You will be asked 5 verifi cation questions to reset your password yourself. You must answer 4 of the 5 questions correctly. You can skip only 1 (one) question.

• If you are unable to reset your password yourself, you must create a ticket and provide an alternate (diff erent) email and a Support Technician will contact you with your Username and Password. The ticket number you will receive from Support is not your new password.

• Make sure to check the junk mail of the alternate email you provide for a response.

Enter your username and password.

Having trouble logging in? Forgot your password?

@CUPE4400 @TorontoEducationWorkers

To submit a nomination for election, please complete this form in its entirety and either fax to John Weatherup at (416) 393-0456 or email 4400@cupe4400.org by 12:00 noon on the Wednesday prior to the Membership Meeting.

NOTE: To ensure that your Fax goes through, wait for the confirmation sheet. Please bring it to the meeting.

POSITION / CONFERENCE:

1. ________________________________ 3. ___________________________________

2. ________________________________ 4. ___________________________________

PERSON NOMINATED NOMINATOR

EMP #: NAME:

NAME: UNIT:

UNIT: WORKSITE:

WORKSITE: WORK PHONE:

CELL PHONE:

CELL PHONE:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

I AGREE TO STAND FOR THE ABOVE ELECTION(S): ______________________________________________ OR (nominee signature)

I HAVE ASKED THIS MEMBER AND HE/ SHE AGREES TO STAND: □ YES (please √)

Check our website: www.cupe4400.org Thursday before the GM to view the list of nominees. Confirmation of receipt of Nomination forms will not be given

LOCAL 4400 BY-LAW PROVISIONS COVERING ELECTIONS

All Elections will take place concurrent with, but independent from, the regularly scheduled General Meeting.

Delegates to Conventions: ► To be eligible to attend Conventions, a member must have attended at least 50% of the regularly scheduled General Meetings (with or without quorum) in the previous 12 months.

Election to Committees: ► No eligibility criteria

Election of Officers: ► To be eligible to be nominated as an officer, which includes Steward Co-Ordinator, thenominee must have been a member for at least one year and have attended 50% of theMembership Meetings (with or without quorum) in the previous 12 months ending the monthbefore the nomination meeting.

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NOMINATION FORM

1482 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M5P 3H1 Phone: (416) 393-0440 Fax: (416) 393-0456

A G E N D A will include:

► ELECTIONS • Bylaws Committee: 6 to be elected

… AND REGULAR BUSINESS

TORONTO EDUCATION WORKERS/Local 4400 strives to be a scent-free environment. For Sign Language Interpretation: contact colleen.costa@cupe4400.org by the Wednesday before the meeting.

General Membership Meeting

SATURDAY, March 6, 2021 - 10:00 a.m. via ZOOM – https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsdeyurz8uEt3cum6Yp94R1R5-FiWsz2nw

and

MONDAY, March 8, 2021 - 5:15 p.m. via ZOOM – https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtd-ioqz0uHNJ5zQFxJTrnvKr6MBXFoy1_

Please note that registration is limited to 1000 participants for each meeting – you do not have to attend both – this will be first come - first served attendance – first name and last name is

required for attendance purposes (rename while in meeting).

For those wishing to attend by phone only – local call-in numbers are:

647-374-4685 OR 647-558-0588 – registration is still required to obtain the meeting code

To submit motions & nominations, please send to: John Weatherup, (416) 393-0456 or by email 4400@CUPE4400.ORG by 12 noon on Wednesday, March 3, prior to the Membership Meeting.