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Board should learn from experience: P3 school model doesn’t work
If experience is the best teacher, the Saskatoon Public School Board should learn from others’ mistakes and not pursue the idea of a privately-owned and operated “public” school in the city, says CUPE Saskatchewan President Tom Graham. [Oct 1, 2008 03:14 PM]
a Night for Rights
[Sep 25, 2008 02:59 PM]
Emergency dispatchers review options, after talks fail to produce settlement
Yorkton: Emergency dispatchers employed by Med-Com Comprehensive Dispatch Systems were hopeful they finally would see a fair contract offer from their employer, when bargaining resumed yesterday evening. The dispatchers, members of CUPE Local 4859, voted 100% in support of taking job action at a membership meeting earlier this month... But last night’s meeting lasted only 10 minutes, as the employer came to the table empty handed [Sep 25, 2008 02:36 PM]
A Night for Rights
CUPE Saskatchewan will mark the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a Night of Rights with acclaimed author, filmmaker and broadcaster, Irshad Manji. [Sep 18, 2008 06:23 PM]
Doing Well, Indeed...
A letter to the editor written by CUPE research representative Cheryl Stadnichuk. Whose boom is this, asks Stadnichuk? [Aug 21, 2008 02:03 PM]
Health Minister’s Comments on Privatization of Support Services Contradict Pre-Election Position: CUPE
“The Saskatchewan Party’s pre-election position recognized there were no efficiencies to be gained by privatizing health support services. Why the sudden reversal?” asked Graham. [Aug 13, 2008 11:28 AM]
2008 Solidarity Conference
CUPE Saskatchewan has sent out the call for Solidarity 2008, to be held in Saskatoon on November 6 and 7. Be a part of it... [Jul 24, 2008 04:04 PM]
CUPE calls on Sunrise Health Region to fully utilize LPNs
“It’s hard to believe that at a time when we have a nursing shortage, we still have so many practical nurses not being fully utilized. It’s a terrible waste of nursing talent, education and skills,” says Pearl Blommaert, President of CUPE 4980, which represents LPNs and other health providers in the region. [Jun 11, 2008 10:21 AM]
No More Political Donations: CUPE
“It’s been suggested in the legislature that neither corporations nor unions should be allowed to financially prop up the candidate of their choice,” said CUPE Saskatchewan president Tom Graham. “The members of our union whole-heartedly agree, and are calling on the Government of Saskatchewan to modernize the province’s donation policy, and ensure that no elected officials owe anybody any favours.” [May 27, 2008 02:32 PM]
A Practical Solution to the Nursing Shortage
A brief prepared by CUPE research. [May 21, 2008 05:55 PM]
SAHO still has no plan to fully utilize practical nurses
Despite the nursing shortage in Saskatchewan, one group of nurses continues to be woefully under-utilized and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations still has no comprehensive plan to address it. [May 21, 2008 02:59 PM]
CUPE Sask to call for plan to fully utilize LPNs
A new report prepared by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, A practical solution to the nursing shortage, says a long-term solution to the nursing shortage won’t be found until the issues facing LPNs are addressed. [May 21, 2008 09:40 AM]
Register now for the '08 Aboriginal Conference
The Annual Aboriginal Conference will be held June 6 and 7 at the Quality Inn in Regina. Come a day early to participate in a national union development seminar! [May 8, 2008 10:45 AM]
CUPE National President to address convention Wednesday
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Paul Moist, the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), commends CUPE Saskatchewan for “getting out front” to oppose the Saskatchewan Party’s sweeping legislative changes that would undermine public sector bargaining and make it more difficult to join a union. [May 6, 2008 12:31 PM]
Sask. Party should follow its own advice and hold public hearings
REGINA: The new government should heed its own advice and consult the public before introducing sweeping legislative changes, says Tom Graham, the President of CUPE Saskatchewan. [May 6, 2008 12:29 PM]
Strategic plan needed for third group of nurses: LPNs
The CUPE Health Care Council welcomes the Wall government’s agreement to hire more registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses, but it says the long-term solution to the “nursing shortage” must address issues facing the third group of nurses in Saskatchewan – licensed practical nurses. [May 6, 2008 12:26 PM]
CUPE files unfair labour practice against university
Saskatoon: The Canadian Union of Public Employees filed unfair labour practice charges against the University of Saskatchewan for events that took place during and after a lengthy strike by CUPE 1975 members. [May 6, 2008 12:23 PM]
First Nations employment staff join CUPE
REGINA: Employees of the First Nations Employment Centre in Regina took a step to improve their own employment last month when they joined CUPE. [May 6, 2008 12:15 PM]
Finance minister must do his homework on P3s, union says
REGINA: Provincial finance minister Rod Gantefoer needs to do his homework on “public-private partnerships” (P3s) before he commits the province to these controversial infrastructure schemes that could cost Saskatchewan taxpayers for decades, says Tom Graham, President of CUPE Saskatchewan. [May 6, 2008 12:13 PM]
Solution to nursing shortage must involve LPNs
REGINA: Discussions to resolve the nursing shortage are doomed to fail as long as licensed practical nurses are excluded from the conversation, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. [May 6, 2008 12:10 PM]
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