After a short illness, Marilyn Wagner (1954-2021) passed away peacefully at the Welland Hospital on November 24, 2021, surrounded by her family. Our deepest condolences go out to them.

Attention all CUPE Members, The winners of the bursaries are: 1. Irna Kostenko, Irna Kostenko - Woodlands of Sunset 2. Kamla Hodges, Kiley Hodges -Linhaven 3. Tara Payne, Brandan Pezza - Linhaven 4. Michelle Bradley, Christian Bradley - Deer Park 5. Sheri Ramsden, Sydney Ramsden - Niagara Ina Grafton Gage [...]

Long-term care protest on the opening day of the Legislature. Each protest will be limited to 100 participants, with masks and social distancing. See post for more details.

The OFL is the Ontario Federation of Labour is from November 2nd to the 4th. The delegates who will attend the OFL are: Diane Cormier, Linda D’addario, Kelly Diamond, Kim Neal, and Kathy Porter. Congratulations to all!

We in our Long-Term Care division had a policy put in place for July 1, 2021, which included: You must disclose to the region if you are vaccinated If you are not vaccinated, you must have medical regarding why you are unable to be vaccinated. If it is a humane rights reason, i.e. religion, you need to provide a new form. If you are not vaccinated, you will need to undergo regular testing and go through the education piece on the Vine.

We have picked 40 RPN’s to help develop the RPN job description with the region. We are hoping to get a bump up with the Joint Job evaluation committee, which in turn helps to increase wages.