SEIU Facts
How many healthcare workers are members of SEIU Healthcare?
60,000
When is Nursing Week?
May 6-12
_________ Action is when SEIU members engage in a campaign to shine light on issues in their workplace through rallies, stickers, bracelets, information pickets, etc.
Contract action
Your manager hires someone with less work experience and seniority. What kind of grievance do you file? Is this a policy, individual, or group grievance?
Individual grievance
The premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, is a member of what political party?
Progressive Conservative
SEIU services five specialized sectors. They are...
Hospitals, nursing homes, retirement homes, community care, homecare.
When was Purple Day in 2019?
Tuesday, July 16
This government legislation was passed in 1993 that forbids healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing and retirement homes from going on strike.
Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA)
Which of the following areas are not part of your collective agreement: A) Hours at work. B) Vacation time. C) Wage grid. D) CEO salary.
D) CEO salary.
True of False? Premier Doug Ford made it much harder for workers address wage theft. That's when an employer doesn't bother paying their employees for their labour.
True. Kathleen Wynne was going to hire government officials who would investigate claims of wage theft. Doug Ford didn't hire the officials.
What is the name of the SEIU Secretary Treasurer?
Tyler Downey
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! These were the legal names SEIU was known as over the last 10 years before they officially changed their name to SEIU Healthcare?
SEIU Local 1 Canada
or
SEIU Local 1.on
A process where this person hears from both SEIU's bargaining committee and the employer hands down a binding decision.
Arbitrator
When you file a grievance, you create three copies. Who are the three people who receive a copy of the grievance?
1 ) The Grievor. 2) The Employer. 3) Your SEIU Union steward
One of the first things Doug Ford did when he became Premier was cutting what kind of special day for workers?
Two paid personal leave days. Tory House Leader Todd Smith, a senior minister in his government, said "it's going to be good for employees."
What does MRC stand for?
Member Resource Centre
What is the slogan for SEIU's current homecare campaign?
Stuck in the Past
The Ontario Ministry of Labour assists both SEIU and the employer in resolving their differences at the bargaining table.
Conciliation
What is the first thing you do when you find out your contract has been violated?
Talk to your manager. Give them an opportunity to fix it. If you aren’t satisfied with their answer, that's when you file a grievance.
What percentage does Doug Ford plan to freeze government wages at?
1%. This will not affect SEIU members in for-profit nursing and retirement homes, home care or community care. This law will pass in the fall of 2019. The average wage increase for unionized public sector workers was 1.2% over the last 5 years, while unionized private sector workers got 2%.
Of all five sectors we mentioned above, which one is the largest
Nursing Homes. They have over 25,000 members.
This SEIU event happens every four years where members choose their President, Secretary Treasurer and Executive Vice President.
Convention
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This person will help the union and the employer negotiate a new contract. This only happens if the union and the employer can't reach a deal on their own. It's the step that's taken before arbitration.
Mediator
You are about to file a grievance, but you need to call the MRC first. Why is that?
Call the MRC to obtain a log number. That way SEIU can track greivance process from beginning to end.
Doug Ford has made it easier for employers to average our long work weeks and short work weeks so employees don't receive ____________ pay.
Overtime! If you work 50 hours in one week, 30 hours in your second week, an employer in a non-union workplace can say you worked an average of 40 hours per week.