Resources

Collective agreement

Your collective agreement sets out your rights and responsibilities at work.  If you have any concerns about your treatment, please talk to your steward or a member of the executive.  Our new agreement will be available soon, it is being finalized.

Download the Collective Agreement April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2024

Bylaws

Our bylaws set out the rules for how our local democratically elects our representatives, and how it is run.

Benefits

Benefits for CUPE Local 41 members are provided through Blue Cross.  If you feel you have been unreasonably denied access to benefits, please call the office.

Pensions

CUPE 41 members have pensions through the Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP).  If you have questions or concerns, please call the union office.

Become a member in good standing

To fully participate in the union, you must be a member in good standing. Being a member in good standing gives you a say in how your union is run. Only members in good standing can attend and vote at union meetings, run for elected union positions, vote in union elections or serve as delegates to union events.

How it works: your union and you

Unions represent employees whose positions are covered by a collective agreement.

Collective agreements govern employees’ wages, benefits and working conditions.

The union negotiates collective agreements with the employer and represents employees when the collective agreement has been violated.

If you work in a unionized environment, you have to pay union dues. These dues go to the union to support its work. Your employer automatically sends your dues to the union.

The union represents all employees covered by a collective agreement. However, you must become a member in good standing to fully participate in union activities.

Members in good standing determine our union’s actions and priorities. Our union is strengthened by the full participation of all workers.

Becoming a member in good standing

Here’s what you have to do to become a member in good standing:

  1. Complete and sign an application for membership form.  Note: you can now sign the application for membership form electronically using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  2. Email the completed application form to cupelocal41@gmail.com Please email us a photo with a good headshot for your membership card; otherwise, we will take a photo when you come to the office to pay your initiation fee.
  3. You will also have to pay a $5 initiation fee at the CUPE office, we will be in touch to schedule that and then everything is done.

Occupational Health Safety & Wellness Concern Form

If you have a concern about your health or safety in your workplace, report it immediately to the Covenant Health Incident Report Line @ 780-342-8070. 

If we need to contact you about this OHS&W concern and you want to be reached at a specific phone number or email address (or both), specify them below.

Please refrain from using the names of patients, clients, residents, staff or doctors involved.

Education Request Form

Prior to completing the below, please refer to the CUPE 41 Bylaws, Section 10; Letter “M” regarding “Member Education Expenses”

Member Child / Grandchild Bursary Application

Member Child-Grandchild Bursary Application 2025

ENTRY DEADLINE:  September 30, 2025

Eligibility Criteria:  

  • Applicant/Student must be a child or grandchild of an CUPE 41 member.
  • Bursaries are in the amount of $500.00.
  • Available to Grade 12 Students – must have been attending high school in 2025.
  • Applicant must be registered as a full-time student at an approved Canadian Post Secondary Education Institute as bursaries will be payable upon receipt of proof of registration.
  • Applications must be submitted by the indicated deadline.

Please submit the completed application to CUPE Local 41 by the deadline via:

Email:  cupelocal41@gmail.com

Mail:   CUPE Local 41
Room 5017, Grey Nuns Community Hospital
1100 Youville Drive West NW
Edmonton, Alberta   T6L 5X8

CUPE Alberta Scholarships

https://alberta.cupe.ca/members-education/scholarship-opportunities/

Rick Malcolm Education Scholarship

Every year, CUPE Alberta awards a scholarship to a CUPE member of an affiliated Alberta local, in good standing with CUPE Alberta Division, or an immediate family member who is pursuing post-secondary studies. Immediate family will be limited to spouses and children.

https://alberta.cupe.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/188/2022/05/CUPE-AB-Scholarship-Application-Form.pdf

Pat Lenihan Bursary

https://alberta.cupe.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/188/2022/05/CUPE-AB-Scholarship-Application-Form.pdf

Discounts for CUPE Members

There are many discounts for CUPE members.  Be sure to check out the link below:

https://alberta.cupe.ca/resources/discounts-for-cupe-members/