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Convention 2005

The 2005 CUPE National convention took place October 3rd to 7th at the Winnipeg Convention Centre,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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National Convention 2005 Program

Daily agenda for the convention, in Adobe Acrobat format

Gaining Ground: Strategic Directions Program for CUPE, 2005-2007

Delegates to CUPE's 2005 convention will engage in an open discussion about the union's strategic direction for the next two years. Delegates will use this document as a starting point for several plenary sessions on issues like strengthening our bargaining power, increasing our day to day effectiveness and intensifying our campaign against contracting out and privatization.

CUPE’s Strategic Directions 2003-2005: Reporting Back

This report, Reporting Back, attempts to capture some of our activities on the specific action recommendations from the 2003-2005 Strategic Directions Plan.

NEB proposes five vice-presidential positions for women

Convention delegates will consider a proposal from CUPE's National Executive Board to create five vice-president positions for women. The board adopted the proposal at its June meeting. The positions would be elected by region at national convention. "Representation of women on CUPE's National Executive Board is at its lowest level in a generation," the resolution argues. If approved, the proposal would take effect at the 2005 convention.

Task force on women's representation

CUPE's national executive board will recommend that convention delegates establish a national task force to examine issues of women's representation at all levels of the union. The board adopted the following proposal at its June 2005 meeting

CUPE membership survey results

As mandated by the 2003 convention, CUPE commissioned NOW Communications to conduct a survey of member attitudes about the union and what it should be doing. NOW conducted focus groups in ten cities and surveyed 2425 members across the country. This is a presentation of the results of this survey.