President’s Reports
The President’s Report is released every month (except July, August and December) by Local 79 President Tim Maguire. The reports provide a recap of the latest news, announce future events, and highlight general information that members might find useful.
April 2013 President’s Report (City of Toronto)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers: Following release of the Federal Budget, I wrote to Stephen Harper telling him that Local 79 believes that the provision of stable, sustainable Federal policies and resource commitments are long overdue to enable the residents of Canada’s largest city, Toronto, to grow and prosper. Harper’s so-called Economic Action Plan [...]
April 2013 President’s Report (Bridgepoint Health)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers at Bridgepoint Hospital: April 14, 2013 was the big Move Day from the old Bridgepoint Hospital to the brand new building. This has been a very exciting time and throughout the transition there have been issues to address. Now that the big Move Day is over, Local 79 will [...]
April 2013 President’s Report (TCHC)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers at TCHC: Members of the Local 79 Executive, the TCHC Unit Officer, and the CUPE National Representative were at selected meetings last week to listen to discussions between our members at TCHC and management. It was important for Local 79 Representatives to hear these discussions, although this was a [...]
March 2013 President’s Report (Bridgepoint Health)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers at Bridgepoint Hospital: Here’s some good news for our members in the Service Unit who were laid off in September 2010 and were on recall. The members affected by this lay-off have been offered permanent positions in the new hospital. April 14, 2013 is Moving Day to the new [...]
March 2013 President’s Report (TCHC)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers: As the Labour movement faces serious challenges, including threats to bargaining rights, Local 79 remains committed to working in solidarity in CUPE and with other Unions. In February, Local 79 participated in CUPE’s first national bargaining conference in Ottawa. This conference focused on the challenging landscape for collective bargaining, [...]
March 2013 President’s Report (City of Toronto)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers: As the Labour movement faces serious challenges, including threats to bargaining rights, Local 79 remains committed to working in solidarity in CUPE and with other Unions. In February, Local 79 participated in CUPE’s first national bargaining conference in Ottawa. This conference focused on the challenging landscape for collective bargaining, [...]
February 2013 President’s Report (City of Toronto)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers: Local 79 received a favourable Arbitrator’s Award recently regarding vacation entitlement for members who move from the City Part-Time Bargaining Units to the Full-time Bargaining Unit. Prior to the Award, these members had to wait an entire year for vacation entitlement. Now they will receive some vacation entitlement in [...]
February 2013 President’s Report (Bridgepoint)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers at Bridgepoint Hospital: Transition to the new hospital is on schedule and the move will take place in early April 2013. Local 79 will continue to protect your interests and monitor any changes that might affect you in the workplace. As issues arise Local 79 will continue to meet [...]
February 2013 President’s Report (TCHC)
Dear Local 79 Sisters and Brothers at Toronto Community Housing: TCHC Bargaining – Local 79’s bargaining proposals were ratified at a well-attended meeting on January 30, 2013. Local 79’s Bargaining Committee would like to thank all members who endorsed the proposals and added their valuable input. On February 14, 2013, Local 79 and [...]
January 2013 President’s Report
Introducing the Seventy-Niner, which replaces the President’s Report three times a year.