GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
The Bond Place Hotel, 65 Dundas Street East – Picadilly Room

Agenda includes:

  • Motion to receive the Transfer of Jurisdiction of the Spiritual Care Practitioners (Chaplains) as a Sub-Unit of CUPE Local 5441. Motion attached.
  • Nominations for vacant Steward positions and elections

In order to be nominated you either need to be at the meeting to accept your nomination, or you need to submit your nomination to someone who will be present at the meeting on your behalf. The nomination should be presented in the following format:

I, (Name of person making the nomination), nominate (Name of Candidate) for the position (Title of the Position, Site and Full-time, Part-time or Casual Status) of Local 5441.

Both the nominator and the Candidate must sign and date the document.

You may also submit your nomination in the above format to the Recording-Secretary, Elkin Greig (recordingsecretary@cupe5441.ca),

Candidates may be elected for both positions.

If more than one candidate is nominated for a position, elections will take place on Wednesday, March 18th.  Voting details to follow.

Positions open for nominations:

Stewards:

St. Joseph’s:        1 Clerical    7 Service

St. Michael’s:       1 Clerical   

Providence:         No vacancies

Transfer of Jurisdiction Agreement between Local 5441 Unity Health Toronto & Spiritual Care Practitioners, Unity Health Toronto:

BE IT RESOLVED that upon approval from CUPE National Office, Local 5441 Unity Health Toronto agrees to receive the transfer of jurisdiction of the Spiritual Care Practitioners of Unity Health Toronto according to the terms and conditions outlined herein: a) That upon approval from the Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE National, the new Local Union number would be CUPE Local 5441.02 (or as assigned by CUPE National).
b) That in order for the members of the Spiritual Care Practitioners to have representation on the Local 5441 Executive, in accordance with the Local 5441 Interim Structure Document, a Unit Vice-President of the Spiritual Care Practitioners will be elected as soon as possible upon approval of the transfer of jurisdiction.
c) That once approval has been received from the CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer for the transfer of jurisdiction, Union dues will begin to be deducted at the CUPE Local 5441 rate of 1.7% of regular wages and be remitted to CUPE Local 5441.
d) That the existing rules and practices shall continue for each of the Locals/Unit until a By-Law Committee (as constituted by Local 5441’s Interim Structure Document) has drafted by-laws which are approved by the general membership of the new Local 5441 in accordance with the National Constitution. Such by-laws shall be completed no later than the May 2020 membership meeting.