Unit 7 September News
Equity Funds Overview
A reminder that the following Unit 7 Equity Funds have rolling deadlines year-round:
Black and Indigenous Workers Fund
International Workers Legal Fund
Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors Fund
Trans Fund
Read more information about each Equity Fund and examples of eligible expenses on the fund pages linked from the Unit 7 Benefits webpage.
You can apply for Equity Funds via the Member Portal.
Seeking Unit 7 Equity Funds Representatives
We’re seeking Unit 7 members to represent each of the Equity Funds for the Equity Funds Subcommittee, a joint committee between Unit 1 and Unit 7 representatives. To qualify, applicants must identify as members of the constituencies represented by the funds.
To apply to serve on the Equity Funds Subcommittee, submit a brief statement of interest to your Secretary-Treasurer at st@cupe3902.org, indicating which fund or funds you are applying to represent. The honorarium for each position is 13.13 hours/year at the SGS-II rate (currently $51.93/hour +4% vacation pay). We’ll keep running calls for each position until they’ve been filled.
