COPE Local 343 is committed to the empowerment of our members by providing education through workshops, and panels/plenaries at our Conventions and Annual General Meetings. In addition, our Local encourages members to participate in educational workshops regularly held by COPE Ontario and new in 2017, the Local 343 Fall School. The Local covers the costs for its members to attend.
COPE Local 343 also promotes enrollment in general union courses offered by Regional Labour Councils, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Ontario Federation of Labour and other labour organizations and will consider funding the costs for registration, accommodation, lost wages, per diem and travel as appropriate. All funding requests for courses and other educationals require prior approval from the Education Committee for funding to be considered.
It is also part of the Committee’s mandate to advertise regional scholarships received from COPE/SEPB and to determine the applicant’s eligibility. Once the Committee has selected an applicant, it makes a recommendation to the Vice-President, Region 2.
For more details see the ‘Educational Practice’ in the Local’s Policies and Procedure Guide.
If you have an educational request or inquiry, please contact us.
COPE Local 343 consists of 1700+ members and 97 collective agreements across Canada. Local 343 is an autonomous Local and the largest COPE Local in Ontario.
Ethiraju has been a member of COPE Local 343 for the last 25+ years with an
extensive accounting and financial background. A friend and colleague once
told him that if you want to see change, you need to get involved, and so he did. Ethiraju has been a steward, a bargaining committee member, and sits on multiple committees at Local 343. Advocating for those who are not able to and helping others and social justice has always been a strong value of his, and he will continue to do that at the board level! Ethiraju believe in a more just world. In his spare time, he love to spend time with his family, his dog Maya, enjoys gardening, talking about politics, and making the best biriyani in town!
