Representing Home Care Workers Across Ontario
There will be a meeting held on the 13th of April, 2023 at 3.30pm, at the Monte Carlo Inn, 45 Coventry Road, Brampton, L6T 5V7, Telephone : 9054535200, for the Peel Branch CLUSTER CARE Personal Support Workers.
Please attend and show up in great numbers!
The time has come for the negotiations for the renewal of the Collective Agreement with Spectrum Health Care.
If you have any concerns or need any issues to be addressed with regards to your working conditions at Spectrum, it is ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT that you bring these to our attention and that we have as many of you as possible participate in the process.
We have mailed out a letter to you which includes an electronic bargaining survey which you can complete online. Please fill it out by April 14th, 2023. You can also scan the QR code on the letter with your phone as an alternative.
The link to the Spectrum Healthcare Web Survey is : https://iamaw.checkboxonline.com/Spectrum-Healthcare
If you haven’t received the letter in the mail please contact our District 78 office at 4162259003 or contact our Central Chair Ben Osakue at 4169499805 at the earliest.
The 2023 PRLC International Women’s Day celebration was held on March 19th, 2023 at the Palacio Event Centre, to commemorate International Women’s day.
It was a celebration of Solidarity and Sisterhood.
Proceeds of the evening were donated to many charities including Hope 24/7, Embrave, Armagh House, nCourage Peel , Queen Street Youth Shelter and United Way.
Some pictures of the sisters who attended the event.
LL1231 is organizing an Easter Egg Hunt on 9th of April. Please bring your kids and RSVP if you can attend.
We are pleased to announce our member of the month for March, Shantini Sutha.
Shantini a Personal Support Worker, has been a valued member of our team since 2019. Her quiet demeanour, strong work ethics and pleasing personality are one of her many winning qualities. Her motivation being, wanting to make a difference in the community.
In her words, “It makes me feel good when my clients feel happy and comfortable due to the care and support I am providing. I go to work with a smile on my face to radiate positive energy.”
Way to go Shantini! We are so proud of you.
Research has shown that the growth of union jobs correlates to higher wages, better quality of work life and improved industry standards for workers in general. Unionization in the workplace can reduce pressurized, unsafe work conditions and increase management transparency and accountability to the workforce.
If you or anyone you know, wants to have more fairness and equity in pay, clarity around job structure and promotions, better benefits and work conditions, it is important then, to organize and unionize your workplace.
Unionization is not a call for militancy or to encourage contempt for management and corporations. It is in fact, a way to work towards a harmonious work environment, free from stress, strife and unsafe work conditions. It is born from necessity and is a call for self-empowerment and worker empowerment.
Let us create a better tomorrow for ourselves, our families and our friends.
Please email our DL78 organizer Rootisha Rampat at rrampat@iamdl78.org if you have any leads and if you would wish to unionize your workplace.
With so many folks going through hard times, our Women’s Committee is always looking out to support a good cause. Please give generously to support those women in the community who need our help.
Congratulations to Patrycja Prybylo our member of the month for January! Thank you for your 17 years of dedicated service. Personal support workers like Patrycja shine and inspire us every single day. Having worked with her, I was amazed at her work ethics, her skill at her job and the understanding she showed to all her clients. She is such a great asset to the organization. Patrycja’s hard work, knowledge, loyalty, empathy and commitment to her job is commendable.
In her words “when you love what you do, it brings out the best in you.”
We are so proud to have you as our colleague. Wishing you all the best for the future.
The LL1231 Executive Board, Stewards, Grand Lodge representative Ralph Martin and Healthcare Representative Ben Osakue , would like to wish all our members, Season’s greetings and a Happy New Year.
Thank you for all your hard work, commitment and dedication. You have served your clients and the community with heart and excellence and have made us all so proud.
Keep up the fantastic job in the New Year 2023!
Local Lodge 1231 brothers and sisters, showed up in SOLIDARITY at the emergency rally at Queens Park, in support of the Ontario Education Workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
This was in response to the ‘Keep Children in School Act’, preventing a planned strike by Ontario Education Workers represented by CUPE.
In a historic win for Unions, Bill 28 was repealed and the Ontario Education Workers got their demands met and a fair deal.
