There is currently a vacancy on the SEIU-West Executive Board for members that work for the Community Based Organizations Sector.
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Virtual town halls (VTHs) were scheduled for the evenings of May 27 and 28 to update SEIU-West members about SAHO bargaining and answer bargaining questions. Unfortunately, the VTH on May 27 ran into major technical glitches. We apologize if you were one of the hundreds of members whose experienced this failure. We were not satisfied that the supplier of the VTH platform would be able to properly fix these problems in time, so we decided to cancel the May 28 VTH.
You may have noticed there hasn't been an announcement about bbqs for the summer yet.
The SEIU-West First Nations, Métis and Inuit Committee (FNMIC) is hosting a contest to design an image for orange shirts that the committee provides yearly to members. Submit your design to enter to win a $100 Co-op gift card.
Disclaimer: the following information is based on what SEIU-West found on publicly available federal government websites. This information is subject to change as it comes from outside sources. We will update this post further as information becomes available.
For Immediate Release - October 2, 2020
Saskatoon – Provincial election campaign season is underway and SEIU-West members are engaging with candidates of all parties on issues that are important to their communities through their Purple Votes campaign (www.purplevotes.ca).
This is the second video in the series of videos SEIU-West has created to help explain the Essential Services process in Saskatchewan when it comes to public sector bargaining. In this video, we explain the steps that need to be in place before any job action can be taken.
Click here to watch the first video in this series ‘Essential Services Part 1: Impasse.’
For Immediate Release - September 30, 2020
Saskatoon – SEIU-West members who work as part of Saskatchewan’s lab services team are knowledgeable, organized, smart, caring individuals who are working hard every day to do the best for their patients. However, shortages of both staff and equipment remain obstacles to meeting the baseless promises on COVID19 testing capacity made by Premier Scott Moe last month.
ICYMI watch what happened when SEIU-West health care members went to the Saskatoon Cabinet office on September 21, 2020 to demand a meeting with the Premier of Saskatchewan in this recap video.
For Immediate Release - September 23, 2020
Rosetown & Kindersley – Health care providers who are members of SEIU-West are reminding the public that they are still without a collective agreement and are frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to fund a fair deal.
As part of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour campaign “Putting Workers First”, the SFL will be hosting a series of labour canvasses in target constituencies with elected labour leaders from our affiliated unions and their members.
What is a labour canvass?
A labour canvass is an organized door-knocking event for labour-friendly provincial election candidates; elected labour leaders join labour friendly candidates and volunteers door knocking in target constituencies.
Who should participate?
Ideally, we want elected leaders of our affiliated unions to join labour friendly candidates on the doorsteps to talk about issues important to working people in Saskatchewan. We welcome all staff and members of our affiliates to volunteer as well!
What to expect:
SFL Labour canvasses will be organized in a space optimal for social distancing where folks will get canvass kits (maps, leaflets, script, etc), swag and a quick lesson on how to canvass from our staff. Folks will then be sent out to polls to canvass on issues important to working people for the labour friendly candidate in that constituency.
How can you help?
Share the SFL’s labour canvass events on your personal and union Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Share labour canvass information to your committees and interested membership through your websites or emails.
RSVP to Deena Kapacila.
In Solidarity,
Deena Kapacila (She/Her)
Campaigns Representative
Health Care Providers are #DoneWaiting for Fairness
Saskatoon –Tired of being ignored, and after months of asking Cabinet Ministers to move off their mandate, a group of SEIU-West members who work in health care visited the Saskatoon Cabinet office today to demand that someone from the Sask Party government hear their request for a fair deal.
For Immediate Release - September 21, 2020
Saskatoon – Home Care Schedulers, Continuing Care Assistants, and Licensed Practical Nurses who are members of SEIU-West want to remind their clients in Saskatoon that they are still without a collective agreement and are frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to fund a fair deal.
For Immediate Release - September 17, 2020
Swift Current – Members of SEIU-West who work at Cypress Regional Hospital and the Meadows long-term care facility want to remind the people in their community that they are still without a collective agreement and are frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) due to the Sask Party government’s refusal to fund a fair deal.