In 2024, Canada experienced yet another record-breaking. year of extreme weather events driven by climate change, including heat waves, wildfires, and floods. Scientists project an increase in these events in the coming years.
This award has been established to honour Shelly Banks who led by example and served as SEIU-West vice-president from 2008-2015.
Her invaluable and outstanding contributions have made a significant and lasting impact on our members and our union.
If you are an SEIU-West member working for the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and you receive a communication from your employer indicating that you owe them money back for an N/52nds overpayment, please:
Info pickets provide an opportunity for SEIU-West members to send a message to their employer and to the general public, that bargaining needs to progress and SEIU-West members deserve a fair contract!
We are so excited to announce that your SEIU-West Treasurer, Janice Platzke, received the Larry Hubich Lifetime of Service Award at the 2024 Saskatchewan Federation of Labour Convention in late October. Congratulations, Janice!
Here's what her nominator had to say about Janice and her years of service:
April 28 is National Day of Mourning, a day held each year dedicated to remembering workers who have lost their lives on the job or been stricken by job-related illnesses. It also reminds us that improving workplace health and safety is an ongoing struggle.
Would you like to be a delegate at the 2025 SEIU-West Convention? It's being held in Saskatoon May 27-29.
April 22 is Earth Day, a day for people worldwide to unite in a global movement to acknowledge the climate crisis and seize the opportunities of a zero-carbon future.
As set out by the SEIU-West Constitution, a Convention of members must be held every two years commencing in 2011. During this event we discuss and debate the issues impacting our members, elect our Union leaders, and learn about member-driven campaigns.
This Convention is an opportunity for SEIU-West members to ignite the passion that moves us to stand up and stand with our coworkers and all those seeking a better world.
We can’t wait to see you there!
You’ll find delegates, SEIU-West staff, and invited guests at Convention. Only delegates have the right to full participation (i.e. voice and vote) in Convention business such as nominations, elections, debates, and votes on resolutions and amendments.
As detailed in the SEIU-West Constitution, delegates are selected as follows:
If you are a delegate (whether automatic or selected), or a staff member assigned to attend, you must submit a delegate registration form no later than April 17, 2025.
A delegate must be a Member in Good Standing (MIGS) of SEIU-West—which includes paying, on time, the full dues and other payments prescribed by the SEIU-West Constitution.
For more information on the delegate selection process (e.g. how many delegates each unit gets to send, whether a meeting is needed to select delegates, etc.), email [email protected]
SEIU-West will cover the following expenses for delegates:
The Resolutions and Amendments (R&A) Committee is responsible for drafting the Rules of Convention, and any proposed amendments to the SEIU-West Constitution—both of which will be debated and voted on at Convention. Each delegate will be sent a copy of the Rules and all proposed Constitutional amendments no later than April 27, 2025. If you have questions for the R&A Committee, please submit them to [email protected] with “R&A Committee” in the subject line.
SEIU-West is governed by an Executive Board of three Officers (President, Vice-President, and Treasurer), three Trustees, 14 Members-at-Large (MALs), and representatives from the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Committee (FNMIC), the Gender and Sexual Diversity Committee (GSDC), the Workers of Colour Multicultural Mentorship Committee (WOCMMC), and the Young Worker Committee (YWC).
The following Executive Board Positions (four-year terms unless noted) are expiring or vacant and will be filled by elections held during Convention 2025:
For questions about nominations and elections, email [email protected].
To run for President or Treasurer (you cannot run for both), you must:
To run for Trustee or Member at Large (MAL), you must
Candidates who run but are not elected for President, Treasurer, or Trustee are eligible to run for MAL.
For questions related to who can be a candidate, email [email protected].
Yes—but they must not campaign “on union time” in other words, while being paid by the union to do other work of the union. Their campaign messaging and activities should focus on their own qualities and accomplishments, not on those of other candidates. A campaign page will soon be set up on the SEIU-West website. Candidates may submit a photo and short (maximum 250 words) biographical statement for posting on this campaign page. The Elections Committee must approve the statement and photo, as well as any campaign materials that the candidates wish to distribute in the Convention Hall.
For questions related to candidates' campaigns, email [email protected].