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Building on our sound financial footing continues
to be a priority, National Secretary-Treasurer Claude
Généreux told delegates in his financial report.
“My speech is not about a crisis,” he said in outlining
his vision for CUPE’s future. “There is no per capita
increase before you this week. This convention is not
about CUPE’s finances. It’s the first time in 25 years
that we have been able to say that.”
As evidence of CUPE’s financial stability, Généreux
pointed to a strike fund of close to $30 million, general
fund surpluses in the last two years, and a balanced budget for 2005. That
stability, he said, has allowed CUPE National to “match the fighting spirit of
CUPE members.”
Since the 2003 convention, he added, 70,000 members have gone on
strike and $9 million has been spent on strike pay and benefits, campaigns
and arbitrations.
With the new “Strategic Directions” document setting CUPE’s course for
2005-07, and prudent financial management, he concluded, “we can build
our union from the inside and continue CUPE’s work for progressive social change.”