You Deserve Better – You Deserve CUPE

Attend the PSW Meeting on December 2, 2:00 – 6:00PM at Capers 28 Bridge Street West Campbellford – private dining room upstairs

Learn about the benefits of joining your coworkers, which include:

Annual Wage Increases

CUPE staff negotiate wage increases every year to maintain purchasing power:

  • 4.75% (Sept. 29/2021)
  • 3.5% (Sept. 29/2022)
  • 3% (Sept. 29/2023)
  • 3% (Sept. 29/2024)

With full retroactivity.

Job Security

The best layoff protections in the hospital sector!

 

Fairness

Same rules for everyone, eliminating nepotism and favouritism.

Paid Sick Leave

No penalty for CUPE staff who are sick more than 5 times in a year– they get paid for all sick days

 

Better Benefits

Unlimited physiotherapy, $800 mental health, individual benefits for each practitioner

Percentage in-lieu of Benefits

Part-time staff receive 14% percent in lieu of benefits, even if they are enrolled in the pension plan!

 

Early Retirement Benefits

Retire early and your benefits continue until age 65 at same cost-split.

Get the Facts

MYTH: “You will pay dues and lose more than you gain”

TRUTH: Union dues are 1.7% and are tax-deductible. Dues are the resources that workers pool together to build strong campaigns and contracts that win improvements to wages, benefits and working conditions and to save jobs.

Hospital workers have won 14.25% in wage increases from 2021-24, huge increases to shift and weekend premiums, and many other improvements. Dues were the resources they used in their campaigns when the hospitals refused to negotiate real wage increases and tried to take away job protections

Next Steps

Once a strong majority of PSWs sign a membership card you will hold a vote. When the majority of workers who cast ballots vote YES, you will become unionized! Union cards and the vote are confidential: your employer never gets to see who signed union cards or how you vote.

Encourage your coworkers to sign their card today!

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