Office Operations:
With the surge of the Omicron variant and the Provincial Government directive our 503 Office has returned to staff working seamlessly from home and the Officers rotating through the office to take care of essential in-office work. Staff can be reached by calling our general office number at 613-230-2456 or you can email [email protected]. If you require a Shop Steward for a representation meeting please contact our mainline and Heather will be able to assist.
Bargaining Updates:
Ottawa Public Library Collective Agreement:
The Union and the Employer have secured dates to continue bargaining the end of January and early February 2022.
City of Ottawa Part-time Recreation & Culture:
The Union and the Employer continue negotiations and had two dates mid-January and have scheduled an additional date for early February 2022.
Sandfield Place Long Term Care:
An Arbitration date has been scheduled for May 27th 2022.
Forest Hill Long Term Care:
An Arbitration date has been scheduled for February 17th 2022.
Champlain Ontario Health HCCSS (formally Champlain LHINS):
The bargaining survey that will inform the Bargaining Team of the members priorities for the Local table has been completed and the Bargaining Team will be pulled together early in the New Year to review the results and start to develop proposals. We do not yet have confirmed dates from the Employer for the Local Table.
Ottawa Community Housing:
The Bargaining Team has been convened and has reviewed the survey results. Two Ratification meetings have been scheduled for Monday, January 24th and members who have provided their personal emails have received the registration process for these virtual meetings. Bargaining dates with the Employer commence the end of January with dates through February 2022.
Staying Connected:
Each month the Local provides a Membership Update that is posted on the CUPE 503 Website at www.cupe503.com, our Facebook Page and is sent out to all of the personal emails we have on file. In order to best stay connected your can email your PERSONAL email address to Heather at [email protected] and provide your Full Name, Employer and Department.
In addition to updates, for bargaining we break down our email lists by Collective Agreements to be able to send out notices and links for the bargaining surveys, meeting invitations for bargaining processes and key dates when it comes to ratification processes. Email is the fastest way for us to get information to our members in the bargaining process and encourage members to sign-up given how many rounds we currently have ongoing.