Central Grievance Arbitration Update The North Bay Hospital required its Pharmacy Assistants to upgrade to the new regulated classification of Pharmacy Technician. Some of the affected employees were unable to meet the regulatory requirements. As a result, the Hospital fired them. It was the Union’s position that the Hospital was required to [...]
Join us on November 2! Bill 33 – the Time to Care act – is up for Second Reading at Queen’s Park on November 2. That means we need to contact every MPP in Ontario this week and let them know that this issue matters to us, and we’ll be watching [...]
Important Information Regarding Elections at November 7th Administration Information Meeting As indicated in the meeting notice, the Local is in receipt of a written complaint submitted in accordance with section B.XI Trial Procedure of the CUPE National Constitution. As such, the Local must comply with the prescribed procedure which includes the [...]
Collective Agreement Hard Copies Now Available We will be distributing copies of the recently published Collective Agreements at the following dates and locations: August 17th at Charlton Campus outside cafeteria between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. August 18th at West 5th Campus outside cafeteria between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. August [...]
Local Administrator's First Report to Membership As a result of the disappointing turnout at the information sessions held on July 12th, we have decided to post a copy of the Administrator’s presentation (PowerPoint) for the membership’s edification. We will be holding future information sessions where we intend on providing more specific details [...]
As you know, OCHU and the Ontario Hospital Association met in negotiations during the week of June 10. OCHU is scheduling a membership town hall teleconference call meeting on July 24 at 7 p.m. to bring all members up to speed on the negotiations. Please encourage all of your members to participate. They will [...]
To the members of CUPE Local 786: I am writing to inform you that CUPE Local 786 has been placed under administration by the CUPE National President. Administration is a constitutional authority given to the National union to place a local under direct supervision and control of an administrator, effectively replacing all elected officers [...]