| Ontario’s first presumptive confirmed case of the coronavirus is stable and remains hospitalized. Public Health Officials have now reported as second case of the coronavirus in Toronto. Dr. David Williams the Chief Medical Officer of Health has said that “the risk to Ontarians remains low”. Ontario’s health system today is in a position to respond to the coronavirus and have mechanisms in place for responding to emerging health care situations. Healthcare workers should follow the recommendations as put in place by their healthcare agency. COPE is closely following all developments regarding (COV). Should any COPE Ontario member have any concerns, please contact Maureen O’Halloran at mohalloran@copeontario.ca and Patty Clancy at pclancy@copeontario.ca |
More Questions about Vacation Pay Out
Thank you to all that answered our first set of questions. If you have
not yet, please see the original email below and forward your answers.
For everyone, even if you answered the first set, please answer the
following questions:
Vacation Accruals:
If you were not paid out any vacation days but did carry some over to 2020 please answer the following:
- Balance of vacation as of December 31, 2018.
- Amount of vacation allotted in 2019 (in days please)
- Amount of vacation used in 2019
- Amount of vacation paid out in 2019 (that was requested by you)
- If you asked for your vacation to be carried over, when and did you get a response?
- How many days are you carrying over in 2020?
- What is your allotment for 2020?
Please send your answers directly to Sandra Lenuik at sandral@telus.net
Questions about Vacation Pay Out
Many members recently received notice regarding pay out of vacation credits. In order to ensure we have as much information as possible to discuss this matter properly and fully, we need information in what has happened, and who has been affected.
Where you paid out any vacation days in January 2020 that you were not expecting; if so, please answer the following questions and send your answers directly to Sandra Lenuik at sandral@telus.net
- How many days did you have left in 2018 that carried over into 2019?
- How many days did you use in 2019?
- Did you request to be paid out anytime at all in 2019? If so, how many days?
- How many days did you receive as your vacation allotment in 2019?
- How many days in 2019 where you expecting to carry over to 2020?
- Did you request to carry over your days? If so, when did you submit that request? Did you ever get a response?
- Were you on any long term sick leave or approved absence?
Thank you for taking the time to assist us in gathering information on this important issue.
Note: as your Education/Communication Officer, I am committed to
fulfilling my duties regardless and as such this email is being sent
using my cell phone while on vacation in California – please excuse any
errors or omissions in the above as my WiFi isn’t great and using a tiny
screen to set this up is difficult. I thank you all for your
understanding and cooperation in this.
Trustee Election Results
| Election Results are in |
| Good morning, The results are in for the Trustee election that just closed. Congratulations to Carolyn Layfield! Click the link below to see the official Big Pulse results page. ********************************************************************************* Poll Result COPE491 Election Report date: Tuesday 17 December 2019 09:25 EST Trustee (3 Year Term) Poll ID: 155119 As at Poll close: Monday 16 December 2019 23:59 EST Number of voters: 130 · Group size: 250 · Percentage voted: 52.00 Vote counting method: V1 FPTP Ranked by votes Rank Candidate ID Candidate Votes % 1 16025393 Carolyn Layfield 68 52.31 2 16025394 Sonia Argatoff 48 36.92 3 16025392 Mary Elizabeth Archer 14 10.77 CLICK TO SEE OFFICIAL RESULTS |
Elections are Underway!
The Election for the Trustee (3 year) position is now underway. Everyone should have received a ballot to their home email address. If you haven’t, please contact your RVP immediately.
The election for RVP – Region 4 (Manitoba) is also underway. If you are a member in Manitoba and have not received a ballot, please contact your current RVP immediately.
Good luck to all those running!
UNION SAVINGS PROGRAM
| COPE Local 491 is registered with the Union Savings Program. This program helps to save union members money when shopping and traveling and more. Union Savings is Canada’s only not-for-profit, union-run, members’ benefit program. By working with almost 2 million members across Canada and using economies of scale, discounts are negotiated for union members, retirees and their families. |
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How it works: 1. Go to www.unionsavings.ca 2. Find your Union on the list 3. Create your free account 4. Start Saving! |
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To learn more, check out the guide to the discounts and savings CLICK TO VIEW GUIDE |
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During the Ontario Federation of Labour
convention, COPE was able to confirm our local’s registration in the
program and secure a place in the program for all of our members. The program is open to all of our members, retirees and their families. Members simply need to create an account on the Union Savings website or call the 1800# to access the discounts. Both are available in French and English. We hope that you find this great program useful, especially during the upcoming shopping and traveling season! |
ELECTION ARTICLES – December 10-16, 2019
UPDATED (December 6, 2019): There are elections taking place for RVP – Region 4 (Manitoba); and Trustee – 3 year. Below is the list of nominees (alphabetic by last name) with the articles they have prepared linked to their name.
REGION 4 (Manitoba)
TRUSTEE (3 year)
UPDATED: Nominations and Acclaimations – November 2019
The nomination period for the upcoming elections is now closed.
Thank you to all who participated in the process and either nominated someone or allowed their names to stand for election.
The following is the list of acclaimations:
PRESIDENT
- Trish Sinclair (Manitoba Regional Office) – acclaimed
TREASURER
- Karri Patterson (Atlantic Regional Office) – acclaimed
REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS
Region 1 (BC)
- Connie Taylor (Prince George Area Office) – acclaimed
Region 2 (AB)
- Patty Kinahan (AB Regional Office) – acclaimed
Region 3 (SK)
- Heather Dillabaugh (Saskatoon Area Office) – acclaimed
Region 5A (ON Area Offices)
- Brandi Kehoe (Hamilton Area Office) – acclaimed
REGION 5B (ON Regional Office)
- Daniela Greco (ON Regional Office) – acclaimed
REGION 7 (Maritimes)
- Kelli Lawrence (Charlottetown Area Office) – acclaimed
REGION 8 (Atlantic)
- Jessica Scott (Atlantic Regional Office) – acclaimed
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The following is a list of the nominees that will have an election.
REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT
REGION 4 (Manitoba)
- Alex Hernandez (Manitoba Regional Office)
- Pamela Nowosad-Federowich (Brandon Area Office)
REGION 6 (National Office) 3 positions
- Jamal Abiad (National Office)
- Julie Job (National Office)
- Mia Warwick (National Office)
- Debbie Rebeiro (National Office)
TRUSTEE (3 year)
- Carolyn Layfield (Kingston Area Office)
- Mary Elizabeth Archer (Alberta Regional Office)
- Sonia Argatoff (National Office)
The election for the above positions will commence on December 10 and run until December 16, 2019. Ballots will be sent to voting members via email using Big Pulse. If you do not receive a ballot on December 10, please contact your current RVP.
Bios for the candidates will begin to be posted this week.
Congratulations to all those acclaimed and good luck to all candidates!
Nomination Forms – Elections December 2019
Nominations for the upcoming elections open on November 5, 2019. Click below to access the nomination form for each position up for election. The attached nomination forms are in pdf format as well as word version.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Returning Officer.
Nomination-Form – President (Word)
Nomination-Form – President (pdf)
Nomination-Form – Treasurer (Word)
Nomination-Form – Treasurer (pdf)
Nomination-Form – RVP Region blank (Word)
Nomination-Form – RVP Region blank (pdf)
Nomination-Form – Trustee – Three Year (Word)
Nomination-Form – Trustee – Three Year (pdf)
Nomination Forms sent by email
Nominations for the upcoming elections open on November 5, 2019. To access the nomination forms for each position up for election, please see your personal email; as they were emailed out today.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Returning Officer.