CUPE Represents over 700,000 members Canada Wide.
OCHU is the hospital sector CUPE Ontario. Representing close to 35,000 members.
LOCAL 4727 is comprised of:
2 Bargaining Units Full Time/Part Time Service, Full Time/Part Time Clerical
Union dues 1.5% of your hourly rate. The local by-laws state that anytime there is an increase agreed upon at the National Level, the local union dues shall increase automatically to cover the increase.
The Central and Local portions of the contracts are in effect until September 2021.
General Membership meetings are held the 4th Monday of each month at 7:30pm and notices are sent out through your hospital email and are also posted on CUPE 4727 website, www.4727.cupe.ca
The meetings are held presently online by Teams. We don’t meet July or August.
Special Meetings: Notices will be sent out through Outlook email and also on the CUPE website.
OCHU/CUPE:
bargains a provincial collective agreement with the Ontario Hospital Association and lays that pattern down across the hospital sector and for those long-term care facilities which have a relationship with a hospital.…carries out advocacy on behalf of our members and on behalf of hospital patients and long-term care residents across Ontario.…is an active partner with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition and works closely with the Ontario Healthcare Coalition whenever community health services are threatened with cuts or privatization.