Current CUPE 5441 representation at Unity Health Toronto (UHT).

ST. JOSEPH’S
Current elected executive & stewards.

ST. MICHAEL’S
Appointed interim stewards with expertise & training.

PROVIDENCE
Current elected executive & stewards for both service & new clerical.

Assigned CUPE National Staff and hospital sector team.

Where are we now?

Scheduling training for new stewards happens in November & December.

A restructuring committee with representation from all three UHT sites is being established. This committee participates in a discussion on the process and structure for the new CUPE 5441 local.

Next steps

• Members vote on proposed structure & on common CUPE 5441 dues rate.
• CUPE 5441 elections for all executive offices & stewards for all sites; clerical, service & chaplains.
• CUPE 5441 members elect by-law committee.By-law committee prepares new CUPE 5441 by-laws.
• Members vote on new CUPE 5441 by-laws.

CUPE 5441 (which includes about 3500 Unity Health Toronto (UHT) clerical, service and spiritual care practitioners employees) are now officially certified as one united CUPE Local.

Working terms & conditions are FROZEN.

There are no changes to your current terms of employment & working conditions until a complete new collective agreement is ratified. This will come at different times for each bargaining unit within CUPE 5441. 

Where are we now?

• Spiritual Care Practitioners have completed bargaining their first Collective Agreement and ratified it.
• Negotiate interim composite agreements for CUPE 5441 clerical & service (composite agreements include some CUPE language for all members for seniority, layoff/recall, grievances, job postings).

What’s going to happen soon?

• CUPE 5441 clerical & service members vote to ratify a complete new collective agreement.
• CUPE 5441 bargaining committees work towards completing wage harmonization for clerical & service.
• C&W Services will elect their bargaining committee and prepare proposals during Summer 2021.

UHT Wont Bargain a 1st Contract for Chaplains – Wants to Take Positions out of the Union.

CUPE’s Chaplain Bargaining Committee has been negotiating with UHT for a first collect agreement.

After 9 days of bargaining NOTHING has been agreed to.

The employer refuses to bargain until there is an agreement to exclude some union positions from the bargaining unit.

Refusing to negotiate a contract until the bargaining unit description issue is resolved violates the Labour Relations Act.

CUPE has filed for conciliation and has lodged an Unfair Labour Practice complaint to push the employer back to the table and to bargain in good faith.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT – WEAR YOUR STICKER!

• You have a clear legal right to wear a sticker in the hospital.
• CUPE has advised the hospital that CUPE members will be wearing stickers
• CUPE will take action if the hospital asks you to remove them.
• Get your sticker from your local executives or from one of our organizers who will be distributing them starting on August 15th.

348 CUPE members at St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto will continue to be represented by CUPE. And, approximately 700 non-union clerical employees at Providence Healthcare Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital will now also be represented by CUPE.

Results

Regardless of the interference from the employer and SEIU to try and persuade workers to vote non-union, the vote results are:

• 533 in favour of CUPE representation
• 168 against

CUPE welcomes all the new members at Unity Health Toronto to CUPE. These new members will officially be represented by CUPE once a final decision comes from the Ontario Labour Relations Board which takes approximately 2 weeks.

Once this happens CUPE will be setting up a meeting for this new CUPE clerical group. Watch for details!