About us

Executive and stewards

Stewards/communicators:

GNH

Jackie Ward
St. Marguerite Building – Steward

Eleanor Lapina
GNH 3rd Floor – Steward

Danielle Humphrey
GNH 4th Floor – Steward

EGCC

Accepting applications

Can’t find your department? You are covered by the Union Office: 780-482-7174 or cupelocal41@gmail.com

 

What Your Steward Does For You

There are many reasons you should contact your steward:

You’re Encountering Pay Disputes: Your steward can review your compensation and see if your employer is paying you correctly.

You Think Your Workplace is Unsafe: Your steward can offer support and guidance and direct you to your Occupational Health and Safety Committee representative.

You’re Experiencing Disciplinary Issues: Your steward can review your situation, sit in on an investigation, and follow up meetings with management to ensure you’re being treated fairly.

You Want to Know Your Rights: Your steward is a knowledgeable and trustworthy source of information.

You Want to Get to Know Your Union: Your steward can introduce you to the wider union, and everything we can do for each other.

You Want to Discuss Taking Collective Action: Your steward is the first step to addressing persistent problems through potentially taking action beyond the individual level.

Become a Steward

Our stewards are volunteers. And with over 1,400 members in our union, things can get busy. We’re always looking for new people to speak up for our members and to better represent the diverse people who make up our workforce. If you’re interested in volunteering to become a steward, drop a line to cupelocal41@gmail.com We provide all necessary training.

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Committees

Local 41 appreciates their members and you well being is important to us. We participate in many committees to assist in making the right decisions.

  • Joint Worksite Committee
    • Marjorie Bain, Co-chair, GNH 
  • EDLC

Please forward all your concerns for these Committees to the CUPE Office 780-482-7174 or via email to cupe41@telus.net

 

 

 

 

Equality Statement

Union solidarity is based on the principle that union members are equal and deserve mutual respect at all levels. Any behaviour that creates conflict prevents us from working together to strengthen our union.

As unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding are our goals. We should neither condone nor tolerate behaviour that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic or homophobic hurts and thereby divides us. So too, does discrimination on the basis of ability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin.

Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment. Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate. Harassment should not be treated as a joke. The uneasiness and resentment that it creates are not feelings that help us grow as a union.

Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different; and they reduce our capacity to work together on shared concerns such as decent wages, safe working conditions, and justice in the workplace, society and in our union.

CUPE’s policies and practices must reflect our commitment to equality. Members, staff and elected officers must be mindful that all persons deserve dignity, equality and respect.

The union advantage

In every province, workers have the right to join a union to represent them when dealing with their employer.

Get a Membership Application Card from your Executive or the Union Office, fill out a Membership Application Card and bring it to the Union Office with the one time initiation fee of $5.00. Upon receipt of your membership application and initiation fee you will become a card-carrying member of CUPE Local 41. As a card-carrying member you are entitled to the following:

  • the opportunity to be fully informed about your union/local and what it does.
  • invitations to monthly and/or special membership meetings where decisions, which directly affect Support Staff, are made.
  • voting rights on the decisions of your local.
  • the ability to run for elected positions.
  • become a delegate of your union and attend conferences, workshops, and education opportunities.

All workers in our bargaining unit (card carrying member or not) have the right to be represented by the Local Union for violations of the collective agreements in accordance with the duty of fair representation legislation.

 

Benefits of Joining CUPE Local 41

  1. Sick Leave Gift Card: If you are off work due to illness for five days or more, you will receive a gift card once every 12 months. You must notify the Union Office or your steward to qualify.
  2. Fall BBQ Access: Members can attend the annual Fall BBQ. A union card must be presented.
  3. Christmas Tea & Gift: Members are invited to the Christmas Tea and will receive a gift. A union card must be presented.
  4. Collective Agreement Voting Rights: Members have the right to vote on agreements for our collective. A union card must be presented.
  5. Union Meetings & Door Prizes: Members can attend union meetings, where they may have a chance to win a door prize. A union card must be presented.
  6. Educational Assistance: After being a CUPE Local 41 member for three years, you can receive up to $200 for educational courses that help you advance in your current position or another role within the Local 41 collective agreement. This benefit is available once every three years. Proof of registration and payment to the institution are required for processing.
  7. Merchant Discounts: Your union card provides discounts at select merchants, including Mark’s Work Warehouse. Endless Savings & More App : Getting Started • Go to your app store (Google or Apple) on your smart phone and search for: Endless Savings and More (ESM). • Download ESM to your smart phone. During registration you will be asked for an “organization code”: Your “Organization Code” is: cupeab
  8. CUPE Event Participation: With your union card, you can take part in all CUPE functions and activities. In other words, your card gives you a say in how your union is run.
  9. Stay Connected: Visit our local website https://41.cupe.ca/ or join our Facebook page.
  10. Member Child/Grandchild Bursary: CUPE Local 41 offers a $500 bursary to children or grandchildren of its members who are graduating high school and enrolling full-time at a Canadian post-secondary institution in the current academic year. Applications open at the end of June and close at the end of September, with funds issued upon proof of registration. To apply, submit the completed application via email to cupelocal41@gmail.com by the deadline.