1111 Osler St. Regina SK S4R 8R4
Phone: 306–546-2185
Email: reception-main@cupe5430.ca
1291-100th Street
North Battleford, SK S9A 0W4
Phone: 445-6433
Fax: 446-2405
Email: r1gvp@cupe5430.ca
215-16th Street West
Prince Albert, SK S6V 3V4
Phone: 922-0600
Fax: 763-8915
Email: r2gvp@cupe5430.ca
1651 Park Street
Regina, SK S4N 5A2
Phone: 757-7925
Fax: 757-6959
Email: r3gvp@cupe5430.ca
Email: region3@cupe5430.ca
46 – 3rd Street
Weyburn, SK
S4H 0V9
Phone: (306) 842-1559
Fax: (306) 842-1560
Email: r4gvp@cupe5430.ca
Email: r4admin@cupe5430.ca
180 A Broadway West
Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 1E2
Phone: (306) 783-1396
Fax: (306) 783-1398
Email: r5gvp@cupe5430.ca
WHEN; October 11, 2021 – 7:00 PM
WHERE: This will be a virtual meeting using Zoom
WHY: Discussion and clarification on bargaining proposals:
If you are interested in attending, please e-mail Nancy Black to be provided with a Zoom invitation to join.
When: Oct 4, 2022 – 6:00 PM
Via: Zoom
Please join the forum to hear from and meet the candidates nominated for Trustee.
Monique McKay and Victor Castro
To request a Zoom invitation to join this form, please contact
WHEN: November 9, 2022 ~ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
WHERE: Gallagher Centre ~ National Bank A 455 Broadway Steet West Yorkton, SK
WHY: The Provincial CUPE LPN Committee would like to hear from you. We would like to help with any concerns and answer any questions you may have.
If you are unable to attend in person but have a question for the committee, please email
~ Pizza & Pop will be available ~ Please Plan to Attend
Almost 200 health care workers from across Saskatchewan gathered in Prince Albert for CUPE 5430’s annual general meeting.
“Health care providers are facing extraordinary challenges in Saskatchewan: short staffing, inflation, retention and quality of care just to name a few,” said Bashir Jalloh, president of CUPE 5430 and a nuclear medicine technologist. “Members are being run off their feet because there is simply not enough staff. We have seen bed closures, emergency room closures and service disruptions.”
Dear CUPE Local 5430 member:
We have been receiving a lot of questions from the membership regarding this holiday. And, to be honest, we spent a bit of time absolutely sure that it is a statutory holiday and that Article 28.01 of our collective agreement applies. Late in the day on Wednesday, September 14th the employer sent us a letter telling us the employer will not be honouring the day as a paid holiday.
They told us that Monday will be a regular working day for all employees of the SHA and that, “Employees are asked to recognize the significance of (the Queen’s) legacy and passing in their own ways, as they feel appropriate.”
In accordance with the CUPE Local 5430 Bylaws; SECTION 6 – MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS and SECTION 10 NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on:
Date: September 20 & 21, 2022
Time: 9:00 am – 5 pm
Place: Art Hauser Center, Ches Leach Lounge, 690 - 32 Street East, Prince Albert, SK
The AGM shall be attended by registered delegates from each of the Regions with maximum of 215 delegates in attendance based on the following:
Nominations will be held for the following positions at the AGM:
Provincial Review Documents
The employer is required to give members the documents to do their provincial review. These deadlines for completion can be found here: https://www.working-for-health.ca/supportjobevaluation/index If you are in a classification doing a provincial review and have not received your documents, please contact your regional reps immediately. We want to increase our participation numbers and remove barriers wherever we can.
On September 13, 7 pm, CUPE is holding an important webinar: Pharma profits or health justice? Mobilizing for universal pharmacare.
Supported by the Canadian Health Coalition, Council of Canadians, and Canadian Doctors for Medicare and expert panelists, including from the Canadian Labour Congress and NDP, you’ll find out why this is an important moment in history for health justice and why we need to mobilize!
Are you a CUPE member? Are you a health care worker? Are you a social justice activist? As union and social justice activists, we need to gather in solidarity and fight back.
The unions representing health care providers in Saskatchewan are questioning the creation of the Saskatchewan Health Care Recruitment Agency.
“This is just another layer of bureaucratic smoke and mirrors. The government is under pressure to do something – but instead of implementing actual programs they created this Crown corporation,” said Bashir Jalloh, President of CUPE 5430. “The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) already has resources and a robust out-of-scope workforce, some of whom are dedicated to workforce planning and human resources. They are funded by and directed by the Ministry of Health. Why do they need another structure to do the job of recruitment and retention?”
Do you work in the following classifications?
Provincial Review Documents
The employer is required to give members the documents to do their provincial review. These deadlines for completion can be found here: Provider Group Joint Job Evaluation | Provider Group Joint Job Evaluation (working-for-health.ca) If you are in a classification doing a provincial review and have not received your documents, please contact your regional reps immediately. We want to increase our participation numbers and remove barriers wherever we can.
REGINA: In a recent media release, the Sask. Party government announced it was moving forward with surgical privatization, including contracting out surgeries to for- profit providers, and shipping patients out of province for surgery in private clinics.
“Sixty years ago, the people of Saskatchewan came together to create universal Medicare. It is disappointing that our current government seems to be doing everything in its power to move the clock backwards and privatize our health care system,” said Bashir Jalloh, president of CUPE 5430.
“Contracting out surgeries is not a magic wand for wait times. In fact, there is little evidence to show that contracting out will result in shorter wait times. We point to Saskatchewan’s own MRI wait lists which have increased since the government implemented a two-tier system. Even in the case of private surgeries, these patients end up coming back to the public system for follow up. Home care and therapies are just a couple of programs that are also experiencing backlogs,” added Jalloh.
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CUPE Local 5430 is the largest health care union in Saskatchewan, representing over 13,600 members. We represent a wide range of health care providers in five major classification areas: clerical, technical, nursing, support and plant operations. Together, we each contribute to the well-being of hospital patients, long-term care residents and home care clients.
