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THE TRENCH Message From The President I would like to wish all members of CUPE local 1599 a happy and healthy New Years. Thank you to all the members of our local who helped in 2010 and are now stepping forward to help in 2011. The year 2011 will bring many changes and many challenges. CUPE 1599 will face these challenges together, defending our members and up holding our collecFve agreement. As management, members and our community change, so do the ways we run our local. The CUPE resource binders, located in every department, include the collecFve agreement, seniority list, heavy workload forms and contact informaFon for phoning or emailing the local. It is a valuable resource that every member should use to inform themselves. This is the year of the Steward across Canada. Courses for Stewarding have changed, offering more informaFon for Stewards when represenFng members at the local level. All execuFve members will take the new Stewarding courses. May 2011 be a year that brings us together for fun and friendship as well as work and representaFon. All the best, Jack Sellers President Issue 1 NEWSLETTER Execu6ve • Jack Sellers President • Rhonda Chaboyer Vice President • Debbie Boissonneault Secretary • Mylene Sallilas Treasurer • Amado Bae Health and Safety • Leann Gardner Benifits Officer/ Warden
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THE TRENCH
Message From The President
I would like to wish all members of CUPE local 1599 a happy and healthy New Years. Thank you to all the members of our local who helped in 2010 and are now stepping forward to help in 2011.
The year 2011 will bring many changes and many challenges. CUPE 1599 will face these challenges together, defending our members and up holding our collecFve agreement. As management, members and our community change, so do the ways we run our local.
The CUPE resource binders, located in every department, include the collecFve agreement, seniority list, heavy workload forms and contact informaFon for phoning or e-‐mailing the local. It is a valuable resource that every member should use to inform themselves.
This is the year of the Steward across Canada. Courses for Stewarding have changed, offering more informaFon for Stewards when represenFng members at the local level. All execuFve members will take the new Stewarding courses.
May 2011 be a year that brings us together for fun and friendship as well as work and representaFon.
All the best,
Jack Sellers
President
Issue 1
NEWSLETTER
Execu6ve
• Jack Sellers President
• Rhonda Chaboyer Vice
President
• Debbie Boissonneault
Secretary
• Mylene Sallilas Treasurer
• Amado Bae Health and
Safety
• Leann Gardner Benifits
Officer/ Warden
OUR NEW FLOOR REPS
In July 2010, CUPE Local 1599, formed the Heavy workload Commi\ee. We hold meeFngs to review,monitor,and discuss the Heavy Workload forms that have been completed by the members and forwarded to us. It is very important that when you fill out a HWL form that you give it to a member on the commi\ee or an member of the execuFve. The informaFon gathered with the forms is used in many different ways.
We will also keep memebers informed of The Health and Safety Acts and how these acts apply to Local 1599’s members.If you wish to join our commi\e please let anyone of our members know.
Heavy Workload CommiDee
Shelley Jensen ,Chair -‐ 4 East Amado Bae,Co-‐Chair -‐ X-‐rayAndre Mulgada – PAC
Kecia Valks – DietaryBill Moore – 2 South
CongratulaFons and welcome to all of our new union Floor Reps! The floor reps are there to help direct members on their union quesFons and also to help get out important informaFon from the execuFve. Here is a list of the reps and the area they represent:
5 North-‐ Debbie Boissonneault Housekeeping-‐ Leann Gardner 4 South-‐ Rhonda Chaboyer DiagnosFc Imaging-‐ Amado Bae 4 East-‐ Shelley Jensen OR-‐ Clem Abaya, MyrnaSDC- Phyllis Remple 3 North-‐ George\e Monias ICU-‐ Suzanne Cesario-‐Sacco 3 South-‐ Zalini Paye\e ER-‐ Suzanne Vandepoele & Ed Corle\e 2 South-‐ Bill Moore Dietary-‐ Allan Lezak 1 North-‐ Amanuel Barnabas Resource-‐ Ed Corle\e
Hospice-‐ Norma Burkowski MDR-‐ Karlo Komusanac Materials-‐ Chris Palmer Fianance-‐ Mylene Salillas Admilng-‐ ???????? Staffing-‐ Lorena Noval Health Records-‐ Michelle Sherry PT RegistraFon-‐ Kathy Dunning ETU-‐ Amanual Barnabas
Bargaining CommiDee
As our current contract expires March 31, 2012 it will soon be Fme to negoFate a new one. The goal of the newly formed Bargaining Commi\ee will be to compile a list of items that we at Local 1599 would like to have the Provincial Health Care Council (PHCC) negoFate for on our behalf. Silng on this commi\ee is:
Lorena Novel-‐ Chair (staffing) Debbie Boissonneault (5 north)Leann Gardner (housekeeping) Suzanne Vanderpoele (ER)Suzanne Cesario-‐Sacco (ICU) Rhonda Chaboyer (4 south)Katherine Dunning (PaFent RegistraFon)You can look forward to hearing from this group in the near future.
.GENERAL MEETING
There will be a General Union MeeFng on Wednesday, March the 23rd at 3:30pm in the Fered classroom.
AGENDA -‐Minutes of the last general MeeFng
-‐Financial Report -‐Manitoba Divisional
-‐Upcoming ElecFons (May 2011) -‐Health and Safety Update
-‐CollecFve Bargaining Update-‐Open Floor
We hope all members will do their best to a\end the meeFng. United we stand divided we fall.
CONTACT US
E-‐MAIL:
PHONE: 837-‐0379
IN THE HOSPITAL 2379
www.1599.cupe.ca
SEARCH FOR US ON
FACEBOOK:
CUPE LOCAL 1599
Contributors
Shelley Jensen
Jack Sellers
Bill Moore
Dwayne Binns
Rhonda Chaboyer
Chris Palmer
RespecIul Workplace CommiDe
As of January 2011, CUPE Local 1599’s Respecsul Workplace Commi\ee is in place. As of Febuary 1st,2011 the new and revised Manitoba Work Place Health and Safety Acts and RegulaFons will be in effect. The Respecsul Workplace Commi\ee will be here to keep all CUPE 1599 members updated on their rights to work in a safe and respecsul workplace.
If you wish to join our commi\ee please let one of our members know.
Shelley Jensen – 4 East Amanuel Barnabas – ETU
Zalini Paye\e – 3 South Norma Burkowski – Hospice
Ed Corle\ -‐ Emergency
From the Editors
We hope you enjoyed the first issue of the “The Trench”. Our plan with this issue was to show the members all the different ways your local is working for you and maybe even enFce you to help out on a commi\ee. Always remember, that by keeping yourself up to date with what is happening in your local, YOU make CUPE 1599 be\er and stronger.
We welcome all feedback on the newsle\er, so feel free to get in contact with us through any of the union channels (web page, facebook, union phone or inter-‐hospital mail). We will gladly print le\ers to the editor as long as they are less than 250 words and that they do not go against CUPE or Grace Hospital policies. You must include your name and phone number with your submission. Please note that your name will be printed with your le\er unless expressly stated otherwise.
Rhonda Chaboyer
Chris Palmer
The Social Committee has been formed and an impromptu meeting was held to establish some goals for the short term.The in-term chair is Bill Moore with it's members as Manuel Barnabas, Shelley Moore, Amado Bae, Michele Sherry, Tammi Delyeaand Lorena Novel. Bill, Shelley and Manuel were at the initial meeting. What we wanted to accomplish in that first meeting was to develop a mission statement or purpose of having a social committee and hence social activities for Cupe members. Four ideas came to the forefront: Create more fun for members and a friendlier work environment, create a sense of unity, and give added value to our union dues. As the committee evolves more ideas will surely come forth. We look forward to working with anyone that has the energy to get involved.
