CUPE Local 4777 files grievance against PAPHR
The Prince Albert CUPE Local 4777 is moving ahead with a grievance against the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR).
On Sept. 25, vice-president of CUPE Local 4777 Carol Lueken made a presentation to the Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority raising concerns around the PAPHR’s Employee Wellness Support policy, which came into effect Sept. 1.
“They have created a policy which supersede our Collective Agreement and actually are punishing people and not paying them for sick insurance when they actually have sick insurance entitled to them,” Lueken said on Wednesday.
“There’s a whole huge number of breaches in our Collective Agreement, I think there’s four overall, and the employer is not willing to come to the table to negotiate and change their policy to meet our collective agreement, so we’re in the process of grieving that and going through the processes.”