What are the steps?

What are the steps?

Clerical hospital workers at Sick Kids are organizing a union to build the power to win wage improvements and other compensation increases, HOOPP pension plan, job security, just cause and health and safety protections, fair job posting and hiring processes, and a stronger voice at work to speak up about workload and staffing concerns. Here’s how you can join:

1. Sign a card to apply for membership in the union. Your card is confidential. Your employer does not see who signed cards.
2. When a majority of hospital workers at Sick Kids sign cards we will submit an application to the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB). The OLRB will arrange a vote within one week to confirm if workers want a union.
3. The OLRB will hold a secret ballot vote of all workers in the bargaining unit. If the majority of workers who vote say YES, the union is certified.

CUPE will serve notice to your employer to negotiate your first contract. You will elect a bargaining committee of your co-workers who will be trained. In CUPE, the workers are the union, and workers lead the union.