CUPE welcomes new members after LRB win
CUPE welcomes approximately 80 new members into the union following a favourable decision from the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (LRB).
The members who form CUPE 5604 are Southland Transportation bus drivers working in 16 communities across the Horizon School Division.
CUPE 4747 raises red flags over school division’s plan to privatize rural student transportation
CUPE 4747 is raising serious concerns following the Living Sky School Division Board’s decision to move forward with a plan to sell off its rural school bus fleet and contract out transportation services to a private company, Southland Transportation.
“At this stage, there are still many unanswered questions,” said Krista Walker, president of CUPE 4747. “We recognize the financial challenges the school division is facing, but contracting out a critical public service like student transportation carries significant long-term risks.”
Mediation fails between CUPE 2268, CUPE 3730 and Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools
Mediation efforts between CUPE 2268, CUPE 3730, and the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools have ended without agreement this week.
On Monday, January 26, the CUPE 3730 bargaining committee met with the employer and a provincial mediator in an effort to advance negotiations. The following day, January 27, the CUPE 2268 bargaining committee participated in mediation under the same process.
CUPE Health Workers: Scrap the whistleblower hotline
CUPE 5430 is calling on the provincial government to abandon plans to develop a new whistleblower hotline to report health care workers and instead focus on fixing Saskatchewan’s health care crisis.
“At a time when short-staffing is forcing health care facilities to close, patients are waiting months or even years for care, and health care workers have gone nearly four years without a raise, investing in a whistleblower hotline is a misplaced priority,” said Bashir Jalloh, President of CUPE 5430. “It is unnecessary, wasteful, and diverts scarce public resources away from urgent front-line needs.”
CUPE 5430 raises serious concerns over privatization of new long-term care homes in Watson and Estevan
CUPE 5430 is raising serious concerns about the Saskatchewan government’s decision to pursue a third-party, privatized model for the proposed new long-term care homes in Estevan and Watson, warning that this approach risks delays, higher long-term costs, and negative impacts on resident care.