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.
Date: July 15, 2020
Greetings Sisters and Brothers,
SAHO continues to refuse to meet to bargain, and has not responded to our last letter. Your SEIU-West bargaining committee requested a special mediator from the Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Don Morgan to try to break this deadlock.
For Immediate Release - July 13, 2020
Saskatoon – SEIU-West has recently received alarming news that understaffing in housekeeping staff may be putting long-term care residents’ health and safety at risk.
Saskatoon – SEIU-West members are extremely concerned about recent policy changes made in health care facilities as part of the government’s Reopen Saskatchewan plan.
July 6 is National Injury Prevention Day and in recognition, the SEIU-West Worker Safety Committee wrote this piece about infection control in order to help stop the spread of infectious diseases/viruses.
Do you want to be a leader in planning and participating in community actions to support the efforts of our health care provider bargaining? If so, you may want to join our ProCAT team! They will be setting up info-pickets across the province in the next couple of months as our bargaining team works through the next steps/legal requirements - help us to show the employer, government and community that everybody is #Ready2Go!
Applications will be accepted until July 19, 2020. You can apply online at this link or using this pdf form which should be returned to Neil Colmin via Email: [email protected] / Mailing Address: 747 46 St W, Saskatoon, SK S7L 6A1 / Fax: 306.652.1392
Two positions on our Political Action & Awareness Committee (PAAC) are currently vacant and applications to fill these positions are now open.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to expand their union involvement and activism in this position, and play an active role in making the connections for SEIU-West members as to why politics is important.
We are inviting interested members to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). You can submit online or by downloading the printable PDF file of the EOI and sending it in as described.
Once submitted, President Barbara Cape will work with the Top Officers and together they will make a recommendation to the Executive Board to appoint an eligible member to fill the vacancy for the remaining term.
If you or any of the member in your unit are interested in applying, please apply by Friday July 17, 2020.
As always, if you or your members have any questions please use our Contact form.
To mark World Refugee Day, the Multicultural Mentorship Committee (MMC) reached out to Ellamor Alejandro, a Legal Administrative Assistant at a private immigration office. Ellamor shared her thoughts on the state of immigration for refugees during COVID-19.
Date: June 17, 2020
Greetings Sisters and Brothers,
The SEIU-West bargaining committee along with members of our Political Action and Awareness committee and Provincial Contract Action Team (ProCAT) took action by going to the Legislature on Tuesday June 16 to call out the Government of Saskatchewan to get back to the bargaining table with the ‘flexibility’ to reach a deal. This was especially timely in light of the provincial government’s budget announcement Monday that outlined increases to the health care budget, but nothing for front line health care providers.