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Here you will find the latest information about action that your employer is taking with
non-unionized, clerical jobs at LHSC.
Here you will find the latest information about action that your employer is taking with
non-unionized, clerical jobs at LHSC.
The Facts:
Fact: The new job positions recently posted by LHSC have been reclassified, the band level have been removed and the rate of pay on all postings (with the exception of one) is $20.883-22.604, equivalent to Band Level 6.
Fact: Non-union members are being notified that their classification has changed to Ambulatory Clerk, Inpatient Clerk or Office Clerk and are being red-circled to the same rate of pay above.
Existing classification clerks (Unit Clerk, Clerk Receptionist, Clerk) range from Band Level 7 to 9. Pay differences range from .50 cents to $2.50 per hour.
Fact: Wages would be frozen for years due to the downgraded rate of pay. Raises have been below the cost of living at 0.7% to 1.5% in recent years.
Fact: New employees would be making $3.75 to $23.18 less per day than their co-workers who may be red-circled for possibly years. For the cost of a only one coffee per day, COPE will work to protect all clerical , secretarial and administrative jobs and wages.
Fact: Non- union workers have no avenue to grieve these changes. They will be expected to do the same work under a different classification and red circled at a lesser rate of pay.
COPE members are protected from re-classification and downgrades as outlined in Article 23 of the Collective Agreement. Should the employer violate any provisions of the Article, COPE will grieve/arbitrate to protect the working conditions of the membership:
In the event a new classification is established or the Hospital makes a substantial change in the job content of an existing classification within the hospital, the scope of the bargaining unit during the life of this collective agreement, the Hospital will notify the union of such new or substantially changed classification and a range of wage rates before the implementation for such classification. The parties shall the meet and endeavor to agree upon the rate within a period of thirty (30) days after such notification. Such rates shall be set in an amount which has regard to job content and its appropriate relationship to another wage rate in the wage schedule. Should the parties be unable to agree upon such rates within the foregoing thirty (30) days period, the matter may, within a further period of ten (10) days thereafter, be referred by either party to arbitration for final determination and in accordance with the arbitration provisions of this agreement.
If you are a non-unionized, clerical employee at LHSC, the value of your job is in jeopardy. COPE has an outstanding track record of securing wage increases for its members. COPE has secured a wage increase for its members each year for the past 10 years! Sign a card, become a member, get the wages you’ve earned.
Sign a card, become a member, protect your job.
Fact: The new job positions recently posted by LHSC have been reclassified, the band level have been removed and the rate of pay on all postings (with the exception of one) is $20.883-22.604, equivalent to Band Level 6.
Fact: Non-union members are being notified that their classification has changed to Ambulatory Clerk, Inpatient Clerk or Office Clerk and are being red-circled to the same rate of pay above.
Existing classification clerks (Unit Clerk, Clerk Receptionist, Clerk) range from Band Level 7 to 9. Pay differences range from .50 cents to $2.50 per hour.
Fact: Wages would be frozen for years due to the downgraded rate of pay. Raises have been below the cost of living at 0.7% to 1.5% in recent years.
Fact: New employees would be making $3.75 to $23.18 less per day than their co-workers who may be red-circled for possibly years. For the cost of a only one coffee per day, COPE will work to protect all clerical , secretarial and administrative jobs and wages.
Fact: Non- union workers have no avenue to grieve these changes. They will be expected to do the same work under a different classification and red circled at a lesser rate of pay.
COPE members are protected from re-classification and downgrades as outlined in Article 23 of the Collective Agreement. Should the employer violate any provisions of the Article, COPE will grieve/arbitrate to protect the working conditions of the membership:
In the event a new classification is established or the Hospital makes a substantial change in the job content of an existing classification within the hospital, the scope of the bargaining unit during the life of this collective agreement, the Hospital will notify the union of such new or substantially changed classification and a range of wage rates before the implementation for such classification. The parties shall the meet and endeavor to agree upon the rate within a period of thirty (30) days after such notification. Such rates shall be set in an amount which has regard to job content and its appropriate relationship to another wage rate in the wage schedule. Should the parties be unable to agree upon such rates within the foregoing thirty (30) days period, the matter may, within a further period of ten (10) days thereafter, be referred by either party to arbitration for final determination and in accordance with the arbitration provisions of this agreement.
If you are a non-unionized, clerical employee at LHSC, the value of your job is in jeopardy. COPE has an outstanding track record of securing wage increases for its members. COPE has secured a wage increase for its members each year for the past 10 years! Sign a card, become a member, get the wages you’ve earned.
Sign a card, become a member, protect your job.