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CUPE Licensed Practical Nurses and Continuing Care Assistants are key members of the nursing team. It is an important time to recognize the tremendous work CUPE members do every day to deliver high quality patient, resident, client care as part of the nursing team.
May 2, 2018
On December 4, 2017, the Provincial Government passed The Provincial Health Authority Act (the Act). This Act amalgamated 12 former Regional Health Authorities and created one Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).
Read more: Understanding The Provincial Health Authority Act and Transfer of Employees
As many of you are aware, on April 18, the Saskatchewan Health Authority issued a memo announcing a province-wide review of security services, using an external consultant named Tony Weeks.
Open Letter to CUPE Local 5430 Members
RE: Information Technology and the Saskatchewan Health Authority
In conjunction with the release of the Saskatchewan Government’s budget on Tuesday, April 10, CUPE Local 5430 learned of significant changes coming to members who work in information technology (IT).
Region 5 Members in Melville are wearing CUPE at work to support the bargaining committee during negotiations this week!
This message is running in newspapers across the province this week in all areas where CUPE represents health care workers.
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5430 members in Melville took this group photo to show support for the Bargaining Committee. Remember to wear CUPE in the workplace during bargaining this week if you can in your department.
Congratulations to Brian Manegre and Marilyn Goll on their CUPE Saskatchewan awards for union activism! And also to the entire executive board and membership of former Local 5111 (Now L. 5430, Region 1) on their Woodrow Stanley Lloyd Award for Collective Action! This award was given for their commitment to workplace health and safety in the name-tag arbitration victory.
On March 12 a delegation of Local 5430 members from across the province hand-delivered more than 2,000 individually signed postcards to the office of Minister of Health Jim Reiter.
The postcards demand a fair and reasonable pay increase for health care workers, not a 3.5% wage rollback.
The delivery of postcards to the minister's office coincided with the first day of the new legislative session and as parties return to the bargaining table in health care.
The delegation of 5430 members also met with opposition Health Critic Danielle Chartier and Labour Critic Nicole Rancourt to discuss the seriousness of short-staffing, workload, workplace violence, resident care, and retention and recruitment of staff in health care.
Please plan to participate in a telephone town hall that will be held Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. Your bargaining committee will provide further details about the status of collective bargaining as well as many transition issues we are dealing with due to the replacement of 12 health regions with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The telephone town hall format allows members to ask questions and provide feedback to your bargaining committee, so your participation is extremely important.
You should receive a phone call automatically at 6:30 PM on Thursday.
If you would like to call-in, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 306-546-2185 to learn the call-in number.
We look forward to speaking with you on the telephone town hall.
Opinion by CUPE Local 5430 President Sandra Seitz as published in the Regina Leader Post January 25, 2018
For years, the Saskatchewan Party government has been championing the benefits of public private partnerships (P3s) as a way to build public infrastructure. It has used the P3 model to build four major projects in the province, including the controversial Regina bypass and the new Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford.
Read more: Cancelling Saskatchewan Hospital P3 would save millions of dollars