It’s not possible to compare the collective agreements for Regeneration Community Services and Four Villages. Workers had different roles. The agencies had different funding models.
But a look at CUPE 4891’s collective agreement reveals gradual improvements in working conditions. CUPE has been our union since 2008 – and in that time we fought for and won critical gains. Our contract defines full time work at 25 hours, as opposed to 35 for OPSEU. We have to work fewer hours before overtime kicks in. We have 18 sick days a year to OPSEU’s 15. While OPSEU workers don’t have paid parental leave, CUPE provides benefits up to 73%. And we have stronger seniority language so workers who’ve developed the most skill and experience get fair opportunities.
This is your collective agreement – and it’s too strong to lose.
We will soon be negotiating a new, unified collective agreement for all WTCHS workers. But you fought too hard for provisions for benefits, sick time, scheduling, and holidays to start fresh. Your collective agreement should form the basis for what all workers enjoy moving forward.
That’s why you should choose CUPE to represent you.
What CUPE has to offer
- We are members of Canada’s largest union with more than 715,000 members from coast to coast to coast.
- Here in Ontario, we’re a part of CUPE’s Social Service Workers Coordinating Committee (SSWCC), which defends and campaigns for high-quality, publicly funded social services.
- SSWCC represents 30,000 workers in children’s aid societies, childcare, community agencies, developmental services, municipal social services, child protection, children’s mental health, shelters and hostels.
- Through SSWCC, CUPE works to protect public services by fighting service cuts, driving policy reform, and leading on advocacy and coalition work in all areas of our sector.
