Bargaining Updates:
CUPE 503 Members at the Ottawa Public Library:
Your CUPE 503 Ottawa Public Library Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement with the Employer and the Ratification Process is underway. Four Member Engagement Meetings are scheduled for July 14th and July 16th and the Canada Post mailing with a summary of the tentative agreement, your ballot for the Ratification Vote and a postage paid return envelope has commenced. Ballots in the postage paid return envelope are due back to the CUPE 503 office by Monday, July 28th at 1pm to be counted.
CUPE 503 Members at Ottawa Community Housing:
Your CUPE 503 Ottawa Community Housing Bargaining Team heads back to the table with the Employer on Wednesday, July 23rd 2025. A Strike Mandate Vote is currently underway and a Canada Post mailing with your ballot for the Strike Mandate Vote and a postage paid return envelope was included. Ballots in the postage paid return envelope are due back to the CUPE 503 office by Monday, July 21st at 1pm to be counted.
CUPE 503 Members in the City of Ottawa Inside/Outside Collective Agreement:
Your CUPE 503 City of Ottawa Inside/Outside Bargaining Team held a Member Engagement Hybrid Meeting to provide an update on the bargaining table on Thursday, June 26th between 6-8pm. After many days of bargaining with the Employer and no response to the Union’s financial package from the Employer your Bargaining Team filed for Conciliation with the Ministry of Labour. This is a normal process where a Conciliator will meet with the parties to try to move bargaining forward. Your Bargaining Team offered dates to the Employer through July, August and September to continue bargaining and the Employer has accepted a series of September dates. The date for Conciliation has also been scheduled for September 10th 2025.
CUPE 503 City of Ottawa Part-time Recreation & Culture and Summer Aquatics Members:
Your CUPE 503 Bargaining Teams have reached tentative agreements for both the Part-time Recreation and Culture Collective Agreement and the Summer Aquatics Collective Agreement. A communication with the dates for Member Engagement Hybrid Meetings to review the tentative agreements as well as the timeline for the Ratification Votes will be announced the week of July 21st.
Sandfield Place Long Term Care:
The bargaining survey for members in the Sandfield Place Collective Agreement closed Friday, May 30th. Your Bargaining Team will be worked on proposals and expected their first date of bargaining scheduled with the Employer for July 3rd 2025 however, the Employer was no longer available that day so the first date of bargaining will now commence in October 2025.
Champlain Ontario Health atHome Bargaining Update:
Members are aware there are currently proceedings at the Ontario Labour Relations Board regarding representation for the unionized members in the new Ontario Health at Home structure. A date has been scheduled with the Ontario Labour Board for late July where CUPE National expects the composition of the new bargaining units to be announced. CUPE 503 was notified by CUPE National that until this matter is resolved at the Labour Board the bargaining process for your Collective Agreement that expires July 31st 2025 is paused.
CUPE 503 Members at Forest Hill Long Term Care Bargaining Update:
Your Bargaining Team had two dates with the Employer on March 26th and 27th 2025. A freely negotiated Collective Agreement has not been reached and the outstanding issues will be referred to Interest Arbitration for resolution. Once we have the dates for the Arbitration we will provide an update to the Forest Hill membership. The Employer has reached out the Bargaining Team to schedule dates to return to the table and we are working to confirm dates.
Embassy West Retirement Residence:
On April 24th 2024 the CUPE 503 Bargaining Team met with the provincially-appointed Conciliator and the Employer and bargaining reached an impasse. The outstanding matters for the new collective agreement will be referred to Interest Arbitration. The Parties came to an agreement on the selection of an Arbitrator and the parties met July 10th 2025. A second Arbitration date was determined to be necessary and has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 12th 2025.
Other Updates:
The CUPE 503 Annual Golf Tournament has been confirmed for Thursday, August 14th with a shotgun start at 1pm at Manderley on the Green is Sold Out!
Save the Dates:
Our Next Hybrid General Membership Meeting is Tuesday, September 16th at 7pm
Your CUPE 503 Executive