Work In Dignity

MUHC Housekeeping Department Supervisor uses “N”-word when speaking with staff

A MUHC Housekeeping supervisor who used the "N"-word when speaking with three housekeeping employees, continues to remain at work, despite…

6 years ago

Update: Meetings to Clarify Volunteer Tasks From Clerical, Transport and PAB Employee Tasks

Chris had received numerous complaints from members concerned with the risk of job erosion from volunteers performing unionized tasks. Photo:…

7 years ago

MUHC CSN Employee Task Force – Created and Run by Employees

Because no one knows the working conditions in a department, better than the employees who work there, day after day…

7 years ago

New Grievance Resolution Committee Established to Address MUHCEU Critical Grievance Backlog

Photo: Ag Ku / Pixabay Despite current efforts, thousands of MUHC CSN union grievances remain unresolved - Some date as…

7 years ago

Reduced Work Week – Semaine du travail réduite

(Important: A shorter workweek will be on a voluntary basis and not mandatory) A meeting took place between the Employer…

7 years ago

The Roles of The Group Leader and Assistant Group Leader

From Article 9 in the National Collective Agreement FSSS / CSN 9.02  Group leader (Team Leader) "Person who, under the…

7 years ago

Individual, Leader, Mother, Wife, Daughter, Friend, Co-Worker… A Woman is Indispensable!

During the banking crisis, Iceland's banks all failed except one run by women. Photo: Matheus Bertelli / Pexels The 2017…

8 years ago

APTS, MUHCEU CSN-FSSS and SPSICR-CUSM FIQ, National Collective Agreements

Photo: Gerd Altmann / Pixabay A collective agreement is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one…

8 years ago

When Employees Call In Sick to Work, They Are Not Obligated to Wait for a Callback

Once you have made the sick call, you have respected your obligation. Photo: Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash The Employer Is…

8 years ago

It Is Illegal to Remunerate or Bank Overtime Hours at the Regular Salary Rate

When you work overtime, that is, work in addition to your normal hours of work, you must be paid at…

8 years ago

Study shows shorter work day benefits both employer and employees

The study showed employees get sick less, have lower stress, and work harder, improving productivity. The Swedish government funded an…

8 years ago

MUHC CSN employees should reject the latest agreement in principle

OPINION At the CSN FSSS Federal Council, on March 11, 2016, in Drummondville, Quebec, the majority of union delegates present…

9 years ago

Opinion: Why You Should Vote to Reject the Tentative Agreement

At the FSSS Federal Council, on March 11, 2016, in Drummondville, Quebec, the majority of union delegates present voted to…

9 years ago

What Are We Fighting For – Why Quebec’s Public Sector Workers Voted to Strike

The public sector rotating strikes start across Quebec on Monday October 26, 2015. Photo: Rawpixel.com / Pexels The 6 day…

9 years ago

Ancient Egyptians had right to paid sick days

Health care for workers boasted productivity Ancient Egyptians had right to paid sick days. Text's form the Egyptian village Deir…

10 years ago

The Grim Reality of Workplace Safety

Photo: Malte Lu / Pexels By Janet Bagnall, THE MONTREAL GAZETTEHugues Blier was 64 years old, an experienced construction worker,…

11 years ago

Employees Are Entitled to an Extra 10 Days off Work per Year for Family Obligations

Harrington Mann_A Family Portrait of Four Children With a few exceptions as set out in the Act Respecting Labour Standards, Quebec…

12 years ago

MUHC Safety Shoe Procedure: Who gets them? When and How?

All images from Chaplin films made from 1918 onwards, Copyright © Roy Export Company Establishment. Charles Chaplin and the Little…

12 years ago

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