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.
Pinned
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!
CAPE CHALLENGES MOE: Give SAHO the Authority & Resources to Make a Fair Deal
Workers Granted Official Certification Order!
Back in May 2019, the organizing department of SEIU-West filed to certify the workers at Saskatoon Twin Charities-City Centre Bingo.
The union vote occurred and the ballot box was sealed pending the outcome of several disagreements between SEIU-West and the Employer.
On December 12, 2019, we received notice that the Employer’s Objection to the Conduct of the Vote was dismissed and that these workers were finally granted their official Certification Order! Our newest members voted in favour of joining SEIU-West and now they will begin to experience the benefits of certification!
A great first step in the journey towards securing a first collective agreement!
A twist on the classic "12 Days of Christmas", performed by members of SEIU-West! Remember to remind your provincial government to put care first and be fair to those who care. From all of us at SEIU-West, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The SEIU-West Education Committee is pleased to announce that all of the 2019 Scholarship Winners have been awarded and the winners have been notified.
Each year, the quality of the applications makes the selection process difficult. The committee wants to thank everyone who applied in 2019.
Here are some of our happy winners!
Applications for 2020 will open soon!
FACT CHECK
SEIU-West/SAHO Votes for Job Action!
Members of the SEIU-West/SAHO have voted to take a stand through a very strong YES vote in favour of a Job Action Mandate. Since the last collective agreement expired in March 2017, this move puts members in a stronger bargaining position.
Responses from members on Facebook included;
“Beyond Excited. Let's do this.”
“So proud of my co-workers across the province for standing up for themselves. Thank you to the Bargaining Committee for hanging in there to protect our rights.”
“About time we can finally get something done! Way to go everyone! We came together!!”
SEIU-West will continue to fight for a fair and reasonable tentative agreement that is satisfactory to our members.
With the holiday season approaching, SEIU-West wants to remind our members to call 211 or reach out to your EFAP (Employee Family Assistance Program) – look for EFAP pamphlets in your workplace – if you or a loved one are experiencing mental health issues or need other kinds of assistance.
If you think you or a loved one might need help but are not in a crisis situation, you can access information on www.sk.211.ca which will connect you with community services in your area.
We encourage you to seek help when you need it and of course in an emergency dial 9-1-1.
Take care of yourselves and each other.
SEIU-West is proud to be a union that supports and lives by social unionism – we understand our role is not just to improve the working lives of our members, but to improve the communities in which we live as well.
In that sense, we strive to support and get involved in community events and organizations striving for social justice. It is our members that lead the way – they volunteer, organize, and get involved in both their union and communities every day – in other words, Purple Works in Our Communities!
In recognition of the member volunteering, we held a contest to highlight this important work over the summer – check out this statement from our winner Julie:
I have been a board member volunteer for about 14 years in Naicam and I help run our community thrift store with about eight other board members and approximately 40 volunteers. The money raised will go to projects such as the school music program, the playground summer program, the STARS air ambulance, and communities in bloom among others. We sell gently used items and we sort and organize our store. We are very proud of our community thrift store. If you are ever out this way stop in for a look and cup of coffee!
Dwayne Kindt works in maintenance at Royal University Hospital and also volunteers as a firefighter out of Asquith. We’re proud to call him our Member of Distinction after his efforts in the Biggar wildfires this past Spring.
Dwayne got the call after local Biggar firefighters had been battling the fire all afternoon and night – he and a group of volunteers from Asquith responded to the state of emergency call for aid immediately so they could relieve the personnel that had been there since the fire
started. Dwayne and his fellow volunteers arrived at 5:30 am and fought the fires continually until 9:00 pm that night. For more than 15 hours, Dwayne helped put out the fires; he also helped save at least one home and workshop by redirecting the fire, all the while surrounded by flames.
The whole community came together to combat the fires, and we’re proud of volunteers like Dwayne who put their life at risk to aid a community in need. While he was not alone in his efforts, his bravery is just one example of how every person can make a positive
difference. Thank you Dwayne!
Send your MOD nominations to [email protected].
We recently held our kick off for the renewal of SEIU-West committees. Each committee had discussions about improvements to worker safety and how this goal might fit into 
their future work. Worker safety has been a regular theme this year for the work done within SEIU-West.
When you think about it, so much of our work flows to and from worker safety: educating and mobilizing around the three rights (the Right to Know; the Right to Participate; the Right to Refuse); building knowledge and skills with young workers, new Canadians, and more seasoned staff; providing awareness about avenues to become involved and active within the scope of workplace safety; and combating racism, discrimination and stereotypes that affect the emotional and mental wellbeing of all of our members.
The committees have been tasked with how they will incorporate worker safety into their work over the next two years. And I’m excited to see the innovative ways that they reach out to build our membership with that goal in mind. Our committees are:
- Aboriginal
- Education
- Member Organizing
- Nursing Care
- Political Action & Awareness
- Retirees
- Worker Safety
- Workers of Colour
- Young Workers
These committees are comprised of members from every sector we represent: industrial and allied, education, community-based organizations, retirement homes, and health care. We want to ensure that our members have opportunities to engage with and help lead our union. We should also be looking at how we build a wider movement to encompass people whose principles and beliefs align with ours.
This is the work of our union beyond bargaining, grievances and arbitration…it builds on our vision of a more just and humane society. Each one of our committees has brought forward something unique: great opportunities, radical ideas, strong advocacy, and solid history…I look forward to seeing what they accomplish over the next two years.
SEIU-West members were invited once again to march in support of awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This walk is held annually by MACSI in Saskatoon on the ninth day of the ninth month at 9:09 am to highlight the nine months of pregnancy.
MACSI is committed to helping women have safe and healthy pregnancies and to supporting individuals and families living with FASD.
We are proud to be a partner in their efforts to educate the public and help put an end to this preventable disorder.
In order for CBOs like MACSI to continue their community-based work, they need stable, reliable, multi-year funding from our governments.
We continue to accept complete CBO petitions with the goal of presenting them to the Legislative Assembly of
Saskatchewan on or around November 6, 2019 - Community Worker Appreciation Day.
Anyone can participate!
Go to the 'what we believe' section on SEIUWEST.ca and click on the 'People Who Care' campaign (or type in this: http://www.seiuwest.ca/ provide_stable_reliable_multi_year_funding_to_cbos).
Download a copy of our paper petition and print several out, and gather signatures.
Return the original, signed petitions using the instructions that are at the bottom of the petition by October 31, 2019.