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CUPE: New report highlights crisis in rural health care

WebThe Saskatchewan Health Authority’s reliance on casual and part-time rather than full-time positions is worsening short-staffing issues in rural areas. “We believe it is important that the public and decision-makers are aware of how bad things are on the frontlines of health care in rural Saskatchewan,” said Bashir Jalloh, president of

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Barely surviving – New report highlights cost of living impacts on

WebToday, alongside Saskatchewan health care workers and CUPE’s National President Mark Hancock, CUPE 5430 released their new report, From Pay Cheque to Pay Cheque: The impact of the rising cost of living on health care workers. The report summarizes the results of a survey of Saskatchewan health care workers on the impact …

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Health and Safety CUPE Saskatchewan

WebHealth and safety is an essential part of our union’s work. CUPE members face a wide range of hazards. CUPE provides tools, resources and training to help members stay healthy and safe and to encourage activism. CUPE also conducts research on current and emerging health and safety hazards. Every worker has three fundamental rights to

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CUPE: Breast cancer diagnostic initiative is too little, too late

WebPosted on November 30, 2023. After over a decade of sounding the alarm on short-staffing, unfilled vacancies and the critical shortage of staff working in diagnostic care, CUPE condemns the inadequacy of the provincial government’s breast cancer diagnostic initiative. “Shipping patients out of province does nothing to build provincial capacity.

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CUPE Local 5430 demands action on short staffing

WebFront line health care workers from CUPE Local 5430 attended Thursday’s session of the Legislature to call attention to the chronic staffing issues in Saskatchewan’s health care system. “Short staffing was an issue before COVID-19, but the pandemic has made the situation much worse for health care workers,” said Bashir Jalloh, president of …

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Locals CUPE Saskatchewan

WebThere are over 120 CUPE local unions of various sizes across Saskatchewan. The smallest local has half a dozen members while the largest has 13,600 members. Across Canada, there are more than 2,382 CUPE locals. Nearly every community in the country has one or more CUPE locals. Leadership through membership.

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More questions than answers about the future of long-term care …

WebPosted on December 15, 2022. CUPE 5430 has significant concerns about the future of public long-term care in Regina. For several years, Regina Pioneer Village (RPV), a public special care home, has reduced its capacity due to the ongoing neglect of infrastructure. Over the last decade the facility has been plagued by major plumbing, electrical

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Critical shortage of Radiological Technologists risks patient care

WebIn light of ongoing short-staffing, unfilled vacancies and upcoming leaves among medical radiation technologists and nuclear medicine technologists, CUPE is calling for an immediate intervention from the Minister of Health to ensure staffing can be secured to avoid disruptions to diagnostic care. “For over a decade, we have been sounding the …

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CUPE calls for a long-term plan for long-term care

WebAfter the recent reversal on the decision to close the Regina Lutheran Home, CUPE is calling on the provincial government to stop treating Saskatchewan seniors like an afterthought and create a long-term plan for long-term care.

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Understanding Occupational Health and Safety in Saskatchewan

WebIf the concern cannot be resolved within the workplace, contact the Occupational Health and Safety Branch at the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety by calling 1-800-567-7233. An occupational health oficer will investigate the refusal and provide a written decision on the matter.

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Sectors CUPE Saskatchewan

WebThe Canadian Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest union. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) represents over 30,000 members across Saskatchewan working in a variety of public service occupations including: health care, K-12 school system, universities, libraries, municipalities, community-based organizations …

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CUPE Saskatchewan Your community union

WebWhen workers organize and unite, we can make real gains for fairness, dignity, and advance justice. CUPE Saskatchewan joins in solidarity with workers and their unions around the world actively engaged in collective bargaining and strikes, mobilizing and empowering workers to take political action, and organizing for fair wages, safer and better working …

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“I will fight like hell for Saskatchewan workers”: Kent Peterson

WebToday, members of Saskatchewan’s largest union – CUPE Saskatchewan – elected Kent Peterson as their new president. “I want to thank my fellow CUPE members for their support.

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Privatization & P3s CUPE Saskatchewan

WebPrivatization & P3s. Privatization is the shifting of ownership, management or provision of assets and/or services from the public to the private sector. Privatization is first and foremost about guaranteeing profits for companies at the expense of Saskatchewan people. Saskatchewan’s largest union has launched a new documentary about the

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Unions launch People Who Care website – just in time for the …

Web“CBO workers are on the frontlines, caring for people with mental health and addictions issues, people living with disabilities, those in crisis, at -risk youth and so many others,” she says.

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Executive Board CUPE Saskatchewan

WebThe 18-member Executive Board carries out the decisions made at the Annual Convention, and it is the governing body of CUPE Saskatchewan Division between Annual Conventions. Members of the Executive Board are elected at the Annual Convention in alternating years for two-year terms. JUDY HENLEY, President of CUPE Saskatchewan, serves as the

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CUPE 5430 hosts Weyburn bargaining information rally to …

WebToday, CUPE 5430 President Bashir Jalloh and executive members joined health care workers, the public, and allies at a bargaining information rally at the Weyburn General Hospital to raise awareness about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on health care workers. This is the second in a series of information rallies across the province to …

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COVID-19 CUPE Saskatchewan

WebThe Government of Saskatchewan introduced a temporary wage supplement for lower income essential workers. The supplement consisted of a flat $400 per month benefit for up to 16 weeks (March 15 to July 4) for each eligible worker. The supplement was for workers helping Saskatchewan’s vulnerable citizens through the COVID-19 pandemic …

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CUPE Saskatchewan Division CUPE Saskatchewan

WebCUPE Saskatchewan DIVISION OFFICE 3725 E. Eastgate Drive REGINA SK S4Z 1A5 Ph: (306) 757.1009 Fx: (306) 757.0102 Email: [email protected] CUPE Saskatchewan office hours are Monday – Fri…

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CUPE Sister Carla Smith honoured for community service

WebCUPE Sister Carla Smith honoured for community service. Posted on February 13, 2015. Myra Potter, Interim CEO, United Way of Saskatoon & Area (left); Carla Smith (centre); Kelly Harrington, President, Saskatoon & District Labour Council (right) CUPE 974 member, Carla Smith, was awarded the 2015 Labour Community Service …

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