Good afternoon Members of CUPE Local 5441.

Please note that we have taken the steps to have our General Membership Meetings streamed virtually in light of the circumstances within our Province. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our GMM this afternoon will be going ahead as planned. It will be from 4pm-6pm at the Bond Hotel, Picadilly Room. If this meeting reaches a total of 50+ people, it will be cancelled.

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CUPE 5441 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: CUPE 5441 – March 18 GMM

Time: Mar 18, 2020 04:00 PM Eastern Time (Canada)

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We would like to apologize for the late notice. As things continue to evolve, please note we will provide further details as we all address the current situation around us.

If you have any anxiety or concerns about these times, please call Employee Assistance Program: 866-606-6367

Thank you,

Your Local Executive

For all of us at CUPE Local 5441 our number one priority is the health and safety of our membership. As the situation with the COVID-19 outbreak continues to plague our province, and as recommendations exist encouraging the limiting of large gatherings in an attempt to help stop or slow the spread of infection, the RPN regional mini conference on April 15th, 2020 has been postponed.
Please note an update to our General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 at the Bond Hotel 4pm-6pm.  If we reach a total of 250+members at this meeting we will be cancelling it as per current Government restrictions regarding large gatherings.
As an Executive we will continue to monitor the situation and should there be any changes to the March 18th GMM, we will communicate this as soon as possible.
We want to thank all of you for your continued dedication and hard work in keeping our hospitals safe places to be.  Please continue to make every effort to practice a high standard of hand hygiene and avoid any unnecessary personal contact with others (example: handshaking, hugging). 
For COVID-19 updates please visit the intranet at your Hospital to get the latest information.
NEW: please allow extra time to come to work on Monday March 16th, 2020, active screening is going to start at these 3 locations for all visitors, staff, patients, residents. 
We are working on more updates including a newsletter in the next few days.
Please continue to check our website weekly: 5441.cupe.ca 
 – Your Local 5441 Executive

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 18^th.  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.

NOMINEES FOR STEWARDS AND

BARGAINING COMMITTEES

Providence Healthcare

Providence – Cafeteria 7am – 7pm

SERVICE

7 TO BE ELECTED

Farida Amin

Hristina Chorolovski

Wanda France

Jude Lanado

Susan Lindeman

Julie Ann Pacturan

Joel Penaroyo

Dominic Pereira

Pamela Rose

Raquel Russell

Beverly Semple

Lisa Wilson

CLERICAL

Wanda Inwood – Acclaimed

Ellen Wu – Acclaimed

BARGAINING COMMITTEE

SERVICE

3 TO BE ELECTED

Elkin Greig FT

Jude Lanado PT

Dominic Pereira PT

Lisa Ross FT

Lisa Wilson FT

CLERICAL

Wanda Inwood FT – Acclaimed

Suganthini Sellathurai FT – Appointed

St Joseph Healthcare

Sunnyside 2^nd Floor Lecture Hall Room 2S-256 7am – 7pm

SERVICE

Sukhdeep Brar – Acclaimed

Marcian Cotter – Acclaimed

Dana Daughma – Acclaimed

Alexia Dinham – Acclaimed

Jenny Myers – Acclaimed

Ann Piper – Acclaimed

Annette Sampson – Acclaimed

Charan Singh – Acclaimed

Luiza Viadoniga-Bojkova – Acclaimed

Darka Oleksij – Acclaimed

Tracey Wright – Acclaimed

CLERICAL

Jacqueline Hutchinson – Acclaimed

Debbie Ramnauth – Acclaimed

Kay Jones – Acclaimed

Rica Best – Acclaimed

Jason Francisco – Acclaimed

BARGAINING COMMITTEE

SERVICE

2 FT TO BE ELECTED

Michael Brito FT

Julian Harney FT

Ann Piper FT

Alexia Dinham  FT

1 PT to be appointed (no nominations)

CLERICAL

Jacqueline Hutchinson FT – Appointed (no nominations)

1 PT to be appointed (no nominations)

St Michaels

Marketeria 7am to 7pm

SERVICE

Chrysostoum Annadas – Acclaimed

Tatiana Bascou – Acclaimed

Rodrigo Bizama – Acclaimed

Aimee Carnell – Acclaimed

Melody Credo – Acclaimed

Latonya Davis – Acclaimed

Daniel Freitas – Acclaimed

Angelica Hernandez – Acclaimed

Stacy Gobin – Acclaimed

Dennis Johnson – Acclaimed

Patrick Kotwa – Acclaimed

Olga Khorunji – Acclaimed

Patrick Lynch – Acclaimed

Hayat Monfaredi – Acclaimed

Paul Porter – Acclaimed

David Salem – Acclaimed

Kostadin Stanojevic – Acclaimed

Marie Stephenson – Acclaimed

CLERICAL

Trisha Bazilewich – Acclaimed

Marta Machado – Acclaimed

Marlon Morris – Acclaimed

Vanessa Nassief – Acclaimed

Carolyn Roberts – Acclaimed

Julinne Tavares – Acclaimed

Jessica Tonin – Acclaimed

Angelo Tucci – Acclaimed

Rahel Woldeselassie – Acclaimed

BARGAINING COMMITTEE

SERVICE

2 FT TO BE ELECTED

Jason Amaral FT

Michael Couto FT

Chris Craveiro FT

Daniel Freitas FT

Hayat Monfaredi FT

Olga Khorounji PT – Acclaimed

CLERICAL

Jessica Tonin  FT – Acclaimed

Rahel Woldeselassie  PT- Acclaimed

Sarah Daniel PT – Appointed (filling 1 PT vacancy on Bargaining team)

Providence Site Meeting

February 25, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Providence Healthcare Room CC301
3276 St Clair Avneu East

St Joe’s Site Meeting

February 25, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

St Joe’s Cafeteria
30 The Queensway

St Mike’s Site Meeting

February 26, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Bond Place Hotel – Picadilly Room
65 Dundas Street East

Tuesday, February 4^th

St. Joseph’s:    9:30 – 10:30 (Cafeteria)
St. Michael’s:  11:00 – 1:00  (Upper Marketeria)
Providence:       2:30 – 3:30  (Seasons Café Lounge)

Motion to Formally Transfer Jurisdiction to CUPE Local 5441

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

BE IT RESOLVED that the Spiritual Care Practitioners of Unity Health Toronto, agree to transfer jurisdiction to Local 5441 Unity Health Toronto according to the terms and conditions outlined herein:

1. 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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.