Category: Bargaining

Bargaining

Update for CUPE health care support members

CUPE Health Care Support Staff from CUPE 204/Shared Health and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA), CUPE 500/WRHA – Riverview Health Centre and WRHA Corporate, CUPE 4270/ Southern Health-Santé Sud (SH-SS) and CUPE 8600/Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) have voted to accept the new collective agreement.

The ratification date is September 23, 2022.  The collective agreement will expire on March 31, 2024.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rz_G9xnrzs Memorandum of Settlement: https://cupe.mb.ca/2022/09/07/health-care-memorandum-of-settlement/ Info Session Schedule: https://cupe.mb.ca/2022/09/01/health-care-contract-ratification-info-sessions/

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CUPE health care members in CUPE 204, CUPE 500, CUPE 4270, and CUPE 8600 are encouraged to review the Memorandum of Settlement and Letters of Understanding.

Click here to download and review (.pdf) the Memorandum of Understanding.

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Late last night (Monday, August 29, 2022) the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) health care bargaining team and the Provincial Health Labour Relations Services (PHLRS) reached a tentative agreement after twenty-one months of bargaining, for 18,000 health care support workers in Manitoba.

The CUPE bargaining team includes representatives from CUPE 204 (Shared Health, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority), CUPE 4270 (Southern Health-Santé Sud), CUPE 8600 (Northern Regional Health Authority), and CUPE 500 (Riverview Health Centre/WRHA).

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CUPE continues to negotiate your collective agreement with the goal of leaving no health care worker behind.

Your negotiating team continues to meet with the mediator, Arne Peltz, including on July 28th and 29th as well as August 3rd and 4th in the evenings.  Mediation will continue August 10th, 29th and 30th.

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CUPE met with the mediator, Mr. Arne Peltz, on May 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th.  An additional day for mediation was added on June 1st.  Mediation will continue June 20 - 23, 2022.

CUPE continued to meet with the Provincial Health Labour Relations Services (PHLRS) to finalize negotiation of the Letters of Understanding and any changes to the pension and benefits articles on May 4th, 11th, and 18th.

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CUPE Manitoba President Gina McKay presented to the Standing Committee on Justice hearing on Bill 2:  The Public Services Sustainability Repeal Act.

The Manitoba government’s introduction of Bill 28:  The Public Services Sustainability Act in 2017, threw labour relations into chaos, and was cited as “unconstitutional” by the court of Queen’s Bench after CUPE and other unions challenged it in court through the Manitoba Federation of Labour.

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CUPE met with the Provincial Health Labour Relations Services (PHLRS) on April 20, 2022 and have confirmed Mr. Arne Peltz as the mediator.

The first dates available to meet with Mr. Peltz to begin the process are May 24-27, 2022.  The next available mediation dates will be in mid-June.  More dates will be booked as they become available.

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CUPE met with the Provincial Health Labour Relations Services (PHLRS) on February 9, 16, 23 and March 2, 2022.  We have bargaining dates on March 16, 23, 30, and April 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2022.  We continue to see positive movement at the bargaining table, thanks to the efforts and support from members.

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After ninety-two days on the picket line, custodians and cleaners at the Rolling River School Division are heading back to work.

“These workers have been on the frontline keeping schools safe and clean but were pushed to the picket lines for three months in the coldest weather,” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.