RPN Newsletter – June 2022
RPN Newsletter - June 2022 Featured in this newsletter is a podcast with Susan Thornton OCHU RPN chair and Simran Prihar lawyer from Goldblatt Partners speaking about RPN workloads. Download the PDF here
Special General Membership Meeting – Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
Special General Membership Meeting (SGMM) June 28, 2022 at 7:30pm A notice of Motion was put forward at the June 7,2022 General Membership Meeting (GMM) for amendments to the By-laws. We will be having a Special General Membership Meeting (SGMM) on June 28, 2022 at 7:30pm to discuss and vote on the amendments. The [...]
Temporary Retention Incentive for Nurses
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The union has just received this update regarding your retention incentive from the employer. CUPE Local 786 also wants to thank you so much for all of your hard work and support during this difficult time. Your humility, kindness and strength are greatly appreciated. There are no words to adequately [...]
Appreciation Day at Marydale Park! July 9th, 2022
Appreciation Day is a way of CUPE Local 786 saying “thank you” to all our members. This is a well-deserved event for us all – a time to come together and have some fun! Let’s put our troubles in the rear-view mirror, at least for a day. We hope to see you all there!
Join CUPE Ontario at Carnival 2022!
Carnival is not only a celebration of Caribbean culture, it also symbolizes the revolt of the Caribbean people against oppression. This year, we have again partnered with EPIC Carnival, a growing non-profit organization with a passionate and creative team who shares a goal of integrating Caribbean culture into our multicultural community. EPIC builds and supports local artists, musicians, small businesses of the Caribbean community and beyond.
General Membership Meeting – Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
CUPE Local 786 Virtual General Membership Meeting - Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 @7:30pm. View the agenda and get the virtual access link here.
The 16th Annual Golf for Wishes | Monday, June 20th, 2022
The 16th Annual Golf for Wishes will be hosted on Monday, June 20th, 2022 at Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, ON*.
Hamilton Hospital Staff Call for Wage Cap Imposed by Ford Government to be Lifted
'I’m not sure I can survive on the one per cent pay raise,' says veteran nurse Sharon Richer.
“We Answer the Call” National Nurses Week is April 9th to April 15th
This year, the Canadian Nurses Association's National Nursing Week theme is "We answer the call." In honour of Florence Nightingale's birthday and all of our nurses, show support on May 11,2022 by wearing blue. Your CUPE local 786 executive team truly appreciate and thank you for everything you do.
CUPE National Executive Board Safe Union Spaces Working Group Interim Report April 2022
In March 2021, CUPE’s National Executive Board (NEB) created the Safe Union Spaces Working Group to address serious and ongoing issues of sexual and gender-based violence and other forms of harassment and discrimination in our union spaces.