Effective Tuesday, October 14, 2025 SEIU-West will resume mailing out member expense cheques via Canada Post.
If you have questions about the status of your MEV, please email [email protected] and one of our team members will be happy to help.
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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!
Shelly Banks served as SEIU-West Vice President from 2008-2015. Her invaluable and outstanding contributions have made a significant and lasting impact on members and our union.
SEIU-West Scholarship recipients have been notified, and cheques are rolling out to support both members and members' children in their pursuit of education. This year, the Executive Board and SEIU-West Education Committee decided to expand the number of recipients to 20 members and 10 members' children. Congratulations to our winners and all the best to everyone who applied!
March 8 is International Women's Day and offers an opportunity reflect on the long and powerful history of feminist collective action. Our friends at International Women's Day have put together some highlights.
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.
February 21, 2025
The three health provider unions (CUPE 5430, SEIU-West, and SGEU) met with SAHO on November 13, 2024 to discuss the pace of bargaining and the desire to move forward with negotiations on monetary issues. SAHO did not respond to our request until February 13, 2025.
Saskatchewan continues to have rates of intimate partner and family violence that are over double the national average.
We want to remind folks that there is help. There is hope.
The SEIU-West's Workers of Colour Multicultural Mentorship Committee (WoCMMC) will be sponsoring one SEIU-West member to attend the THREADS Cultural Conversations 2025 Conference on April 30th, 2025, hosted by the Saskatoon Open Door Society. This is a virtual conference. The WoCMMC will reimburse lost wages for those who are selected to attend according to our policies.
SEIU-WEST 2025 MEMBERSHIP SATISFACTION & ENGAGEMENT SURVEY
Are you an SEIU-West member? We want to hear from you!
SEIU-West is running a 10-minute online survey of its members. It will be open until Monday, March 17th.
Wherever you work, if you’re an SEIU-West member, we would really appreciate your feedback!
Period poverty describes the struggle faced by women and girls who cannot afford the cost of menstrual products, like pads or tampons.
The SEIU-West Workers of Colour Multicultural Mentorship Committee (WoCMMC) has attended and supported many of the events hosted by The People's Bridge Advocacy (TPBA), and most recently attended their 2nd annual Champions for Change Gala, which featured inspiring stories and honoured the achievements of ethnocultural and Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) community leaders.
Here are their reports:
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:
The SEIU-West Workers of Colour Multicultural Committee (WoCMMC) would like to share with you that SEIU International is offering a Black History Month Film Festival this February, and you can watch some amazing films with your SEIU siblings across North America and Puerto Rico this month!