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On April 8, 2019 @ 6:30 PM
CUPE Local 5430 will be holding a Union Town Hall Meeting on the telephone for members of CUPE Local 5430.
This meeting is to talk about the Memorandum of Agreement.
If you would like to submit questions by email in advance of the meeting, you can do so by sending your questions to:
(Regina) Yesterday’s provincial budget is balanced in favour of bureaucracy, at the expense of front line care, says CUPE Local 5430.
The merger of 12 health regions into the Saskatchewan Health Authority was predicted to save $20 million annually, with all savings being directed to front line care. But there is little evidence to show that such cost savings were realized.
“Where are all of the savings we were promised from the amalgamation? Where is the support for front line workers who deliver hands on care?” said Sandra Seitz, President of CUPE Local 5430. “This budget shows us that executive salaries have continued to grow, while front line workers are doing more with less.”
CUPE members are facing unprecedented workloads due to understaffing, underfunding and higher patient acuity and resident care needs. This results in more exhaustion, workplace violence and injuries.
March 28, 2019 @ 09:00 to 10:30 Lady Minto Edam
March 28, 2019 @ 11:30 to 13:00 Riverside Health Complex Turtleford
March 28, 2019 @ 15:00 to 16:30 St. Walburg Health Complex
March 29, 2019 @ 09:00 to 10:30 Cut Knife Health Complex
March 29, 2019 @ 13:00 to 14:30 Maidstone Health Complex
March 29, 2019 @ 16:00 to 17:30 Loon Lake Health Centre
April 01, 2019 @ 09:00 to 10:30 L Gervais Nursing Home Goodsoil
April 01, 2019 @ 12:00 to 14:00 Meadow Lake Hospital
April 01, 2019 @ 14:30 to 16:00 Northland Pioneer Lodge
April 02, 2019 @ 09:30 to 10:30 Prairie North Plaza
April 02, 2019 @ 12:00 to 13:30 Lloydminster Hospital
April 02, 2019 @14:00 to 15:30 Jubilee Home Lloydminster
April 04, 2019 @ 09:00 to 10:30 River Heights Lodge
April 04, 2019 @ 11:00 to 13:00 Battlefords District Care Centre
April 04, 2019 @ 14:00 to 15:00 Villa Pascal
April 05, 2019 @ 11:00 to 13:00 Sask. Hospital
April 05, 2019 @ 19:00 to 21:00 Battlefords Union Hospital
CUPE SK Standing Committees - Applications Accepted Until March 29, 2019
Structure In focus Standing Committees
Memorandum Applications for Vacant Positions - Standing Committees
(Regina) More than a dozen people from the communities of Grenfell and Broadview joined the NDP at the Legislature today to call on the government to restore publicly funded, publicly delivered long-term care in Grenfell. This call has been consistently made in the nearly seven months since the long-term care centre in Grenfell was shut down because it was riddled with mold and asbestos.
“The people of this community have been working tirelessly to raise money to get their facility back, but they’ve been left in the dark by the Sask. Party,” said NDP Seniors Critic Danielle Chartier. “They don’t want those jobs that serve the community to go to a private corporation, they want them to remain public.”
Download Region 3 - Bargaining Tour - locations, dates and times.
March 21
- Estevan
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
- 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
- 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
March 28
- Fillmore – 9:45 am – 11:00 am
- Weyburn
- 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
April 1
- Kipling - 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
- Wawota – 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Carlyle – 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
April 9
- Redvers – 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
- Gainsborough – 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
- Oxbow – 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
April 10
- Midale - 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Lapman – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
April 11
- Arcola – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Stoughton – 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
April 15
- Pangman – 8:00 am
- Coronach – 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Bengough – 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
April 16
- Radville – 5:00 pm
Dear Health Care Member:
The provider union coalition bargaining committees met with SAHO and employer representatives on February 20. The parties continued to meet on February 21 and February 22.
The parties reached a tentative agreement on each of our collective agreements, including issues common to all three unions and a wage settlement. The health provider unions’ bargaining committees will be seeking direction from our members by way of a ratification vote on the tentative agreement.
In Accordance with the CUPE 5430 Bylaws - SECTION 6 - MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
a) An Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the membership of CUPE 5430 shall be held in the month of May.
- Date - May 6 & 7, 2019
- Time - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Location – Ramada Hotel, Regina, SK.
The AGM shall be attended by registered delegates from each of the Regions with maximum attendance based on the following:
| REGION | DELGATES |
| Region 1 (Legacy Local 5111) | 30 |
| Region 2 (Legacy Local 4777) | 28 |
| Region 3 (Legacy Local 3967) | 77 |
| Region 4 (Legacy Local 5999) | 30 |
| Region 5 (Legacy Local 4980) | 35 |
| Total | 200 |
Regions will follow their established practise for delegates to attend the AGM. In Solidarity,
Sandra Seitz - President CUPE Local 5430
Dear Health Care Member:
Your coalition bargaining committees were asked to return to the bargaining table with SAHO, and agreed to do so, on February 8, 2019. The provider unions were ready to negotiate. The only outstanding item was a fair and reasonable wage increase. In December, a substantial amount of members told their bargaining committees SAHO’s final wage offer of (0%, 0%, 1%, 2%) was neither reasonable nor acceptable. Your bargaining committees conveyed that message to SAHO.
SAHO and the employer committee responded with an ultimatum. They said accept the wage offer (0%, 0%, 1%, 2%) by noon on February 15, 2019 OR the items that have been agreed to in principle and the wage offer will disappear. They were specific that the provider unions would be faced with the initial SAHO and employer rollback proposals and their proposed cuts to get to -3.5%.
Of course, the provider unions were extremely provoked by SAHO’s response. The committees felt SAHO’s strong arm tactics were just like schoolyard bullying, such as ‘give me your lunch money or you will get beat up’. These tactics are not good faith bargaining. It seems SAHO and the employer are not truly trying to reach a collective agreement. SAHO’s response is not moving the parties closer together. In fact, their response is moving negotiations backwards to the place we were over a year ago.
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