August 15, 2024
Local Y025 AGM Conclusion
The 2024 Annual General Assembly (AGM) for Local Y025 has concluded. This was the first AGM since all members of the Local Executive resigned earlier this year.
Background:
The Yukon government, at the start of the new year, announced bonuses for one singular health profession. This unequal action created a divide among colleagues.
The bonus payments at the hospital have been mishandled so badly that some of our members will experience financial hardship as the employer attempts to correct the many, many payroll mistakes they have made. Some eligible members received partial bonus payments, some received none, and some were paid significantly more than they were entitled to receive.
The entire Y025 leadership resigned citing their frustration with the employer and misdirected anger from membership.
Since then, the union has received Access to Information Requests about management’s intentions on pension surpluses. The employer taking a pension holiday without employees was an option considered at the table by management.
This month, we received documents highlighting the millions management is willing to spend on agency staffing – funding that could have been used to create more permanent positions at work.
New Leadership:
Russ Lovie has been elected the new Local president for Y025 for a two-year term. This is an important step towards building up labor organizing capacity for the locals.
Message from Local Y025 President:
"My reason for joining the Union is to simply help our membership. Message to membership is simple, we push forward on
better treatment for our staff so we can help our patients to the best of our ability. The goal remains the same, get our
membership what's rightly deserved so we can better serve our community."
Executive Position Available:
We cannot let Yukon Hospital Corporation management divide workers. We need to stay united.
There are positions vacant for the Local. If you want to get involved with your Local’s Executive, please reach out to YEU leadership.
- YEU President, Justin Lemphers: [email protected]
- YEU Vice-President, Lisa Vollans-Leduc: [email protected]
August 15, 2024.
Millions are spent on for-profit agency staffing agencies.
Yukon Hospital Corporation (YHC) staff should be earning the same wages YHC management is willing to pay for for-profit agency staffing.
Read More about it in our latest summer newsletter.
June 13, 2024
Concerns over Yukon Hospital Corporation Management
The Yukon Hospital Corporation (YHC) management has not been transparent regarding the surplus of funds in the YHC Pension Plan.
Please read the full media release here.
Management knew about the surplus, but they did not disclose it at the bargaining table.
Here is the letter written to Y025 members by YEU President, Justin Lemphers, about what we learned through Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) requests.
We also know that the employer received a recommendation during bargaining to change the plan text to benefit the employer only. Meaning, management would be allowed to take a contribution holiday without employees being afforded the same privilege.
We secured this agreement to protect the workers from that scenario.
A Memorandum of Understanding was secured by the unions for the new health authority transition, but the union cannot consider YHC management to be a trusted partner in light of concerns about their practices.
Your Collective Agreement
Parties
- Whitehorse General Hospital (Operated by the Yukon Hospital Corporation)
- Public Service Alliance of Canada
- Yukon Employees’ Union
Term of Agreement
September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2022
Notes
Documents are presented as PDFs
Over the term of the agreement, annotations highlighting changes and corrections may be added
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