Notice of Membership Meeting – Updated Agenda

Wednesday May 20, 2020

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sign in on Zoom
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Meeting

Please note that we have taken the steps to have our General Membership Meetings streamed virtually in light of the circumstances within our Province. To connect to the meeting virtually, you will be emailed a link to Zoom.

Agenda:

1. Acknowledgment of Indigenous territory

2. Roll call of officers

3. Reading of the Equality Statement

4. Voting on new members and initiation

5. Reading of the minutes

6. Matters arising from the minutes

7. Secretary-Treasurer’s Report

8. Communications and bills

9. Executive Board Report

10. Reports of committees and delegates

11. Nominations, elections, or installations

· Special Committee as per By-Laws: Negotiating Committees

· 8 Permanent Committees as per By-Laws:

• Health & Safety Committee
• Bylaw Committee
• Social Committee
• RPN Committee
• Trades Committee
• LTC Committee
• Support Services Committee
• Clerical Committee

12. Unfinished business

· Publishing Minutes online/email

13. New business

14. Good of the Union

15. Adjournment

Day of Action Thursday, May 14, 2020
As many of you are aware, the government has unfairly announced that not all healthcare workers will be getting the pandemic pay promised on April 24, 2020. All Ontario Hospitals within OCHU/CUPE are planning a day of action tomorrow May 14, 2020 at shift change to demand equal pay for equal work.
Please come and join us at any of the 3 main sites within Unity Health Toronto:
Providence Healthcare  2pm-4pm join us on St. Claire Avenue near the bus stop outside of Hospital
St. Joseph’s Healthcentre  2pm-4pm join us on the Queensway in front of the Hospital
St. Michael’s Hospital  2pm-4pm join us at the corner of Shuter and Victoria outside the Hospital
We have Poster boards prepared with the hashtags for this campaign and the different classifications that have not been included in the pandemic pay. We have also come to learn that there are changes planned for the Directive #5 by watering down use of N95 masks, which currently protects ALL healthcare workers. 
Both of these changes affect us all and we hope that you will join us in our campaign to convince the Government that we are being unfairly treated. Our Employer Unity Health Toronto, wants to pay every worker the pandemic pay and are working with the Ontario Hospital Association to support us.
We hope that this day of action will make a difference and look forward to your support.
Please use the following video to share on social media and get the word out about the unfair treatment of all healthcare workers:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1745_3M2k0mKeXraYXp7MBKIx5n4rs0su/view?usp=drivesdk

savelivesn95s drive.google.com

Please use the following hashtags along with any classification that is not included: #fairness4healthcare #savelivesn95s
Together we are stronger, never forget, this is the new us! 
CUPE 5441

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1745_3M2k0mKeXraYXp7MBKIx5n4rs0su/view?usp=drivesdk

Notice of Membership Meeting

Wednesday May 20, 2020

3:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Please note that we have taken the steps to have our General Membership Meetings streamed virtually in light of the circumstances within our Province. To connect to the meeting virtually, you will be emailed a link to Zoom.

Agenda:

1. Acknowledgment of Indigenous territory

2. Roll call of officers

3. Reading of the Equality Statement

4. Voting on new members and initiation

5. Reading of the minutes

6. Matters arising from the minutes

7. Secretary-Treasurer’s Report

8. Communications and bills

9. Executive Board Report

10. Reports of committees and delegates

11. Nominations, elections, or installations

· Special Committee as per By-Laws: Negotiating Committees

· 8 Permanent Committees as per By-Laws:

• Health & Safety Committee
• Bylaw Committee
• Social Committee
• RPN Committee
• Trades Committee
• LTC Committee
• Support Services Committee
• Clerical Committee

12. Unfinished business

· Publishing Minutes online/email

13. New business

14. Good of the Union

15. AdjournmentDC

Nurses Week Celebration for Everyone! 

Good day everyone!

Apologies for the late notice – Local 5441 is looking forward to celebrating Nursing Week at PHC Friday May 15, 2020!

As a huge thank you to our RPNs, along with all of our members working during these difficult times, we want to take a moment to express our appreciation.

ALL CUPE Members are invited to celebrate by enjoying a free coffee/tea and a muffin at the Cafeteria 8:30am-10:30am & Tim Horton’s 2:30pm-4:30pm. To enjoy this treat simply inform them that you are a CUPE member. In this way we hope you enjoy a small token of our appreciation to each of you at the Providence Healthcare Site.

Please note, that the other sites will have a similar celebration on a separate day, Friday is site specific to PHC only.

Thank you all and be safe
CUPE Local 5441

Nurses Week Celebration for Everyone! 

Good day everyone!

Apologies for the late notice – Local 5441 is looking forward to celebrating Nursing Week at SMH on Friday May 15, 2020!

As a huge thank you to our RPNs, along with all of our members working during these difficult times, we want to take a moment to express our appreciation.

ALL CUPE Members are invited to celebrate by enjoying a free coffee/tea and a muffin in the Marketeria ALL DAY. To redeem, please use your voucher that will be handed out to everyone tomorrow. In this way we hope you enjoy a small token of our appreciation to each of you at the St. Michael’s Hospital. 

Please note, that the other sites will have a similar celebration on a separate day, Friday is site specific to SMH only.

Thank you all and be safe.

CUPE Local 5441

Nurses Week Celebration for Everyone!

Good day everyone!

Apologies for the late notice – Local 5441 is looking forward to celebrating Nursing Week at SJHC today!

As a huge thank you to our RPNs, along with all of our members working during these difficult times, we want to take a moment to express our appreciation.

ALL CUPE Members are invited to celebrate by enjoying a free coffee/tea and a sweet treat at the Cafeteria. To redeem, please when you cash out simply inform them that you are a CUPE member. In this way we hope you enjoy a small token of our appreciation to each of you at the St. Joseph’s Health Centre Site.

Please note, that the other sites will have a similar celebration on a separate day, today is site specific to SJHC only.

Thank you all and be safe,

CUPE Local 5441

St. Joseph’s Office: (416) 530-6692 | Fax: (416) 530-6061|General Email: Office.Cupe@unityhealth.to

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Dear sisters and brothers, The government has just released this information concerning the pandemic subsidy. Please paste the link below into your browser to reach the full document. We will set up a call to review it with you and to talk about the next steps to apply pressure on the government. Unfortunately, it appears as though the list of eligible employees has not been expanded For hospitals:.

Eligible workers

• Personal support workers
• Registered nurses
• Registered practical nurses
• Nurse practitioners
• Attendant care workers
• Auxiliary staff, including:
  • porters
  • cooks
  • custodians
  • housekeeping
  • laundry 
• Developmental services workers
• Mental health and addictions workers
• Respiratory therapists in hospitals and in the home and community care sector
• Paramedics
• Public health nurses

In solidarity, Michael, Louis and, Sharon
https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-temporary-pandemic-pay#section-3