TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59:
 

The 2025 Annual General Membership Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 4th at the Travelodge Hotel, Saskatoon (106 Circle Drive W). 

Bylaw Amendments/Notice of Motions need to be submitted to the CUPE 59 office or by email admin@cupe59.ca, no later than Thursday, July 24, 2025 in order to be included in the upcoming AGM.
 
In Solidarity,
Executive Board
CUPE Local 59
 

**PLEASE COPY AND POST THIS NOTICE FOR

ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59 TO SEE**

Notices are also posted on the CUPE Local 59 website at www.cupe59.ca

TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59:
 
The following candidates are running in the upcoming on-line election on Wednesday July 16, 2025, for CUPE 59.
 
Please note – where there is only one candidate who put in a nomination form for a position, that position is automatically acclaimed by that candidate.
 
President – 1 year Term
 
Eric Calaguian
Kevin Bowering
Gwen Lamkin
Sharon Schaefer 
 
Note: All positions are for a 2-year term unless stated otherwise
 
Candidate Newsletters

For the benefit of all candidates running in the election, as well as for the members voting, all candidates are invited to submit a letter to outline their ideas and platform for the membership.  The letter will not be edited and will be distributed to the membership as written by each candidate by June 30, 2025.
 
Voting will take place on-line from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025.
The voting information will be sent directly to you from Simply Vote.
 
If you do not have access to your email, the internet or a computer, an on-line voting station (no paper ballots) will be set-up at the CUPE 59 office (106 33^rd Street East) and you must pre-register by calling 306-652-6963.
 
 
In Solidarity,
Election Committee
CUPE Local 59
 
PLEASE COPY AND POST FOR ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE 59 TO SEE
Notices are also posted on the CUPE Local 59 website at www.cupe59.ca

TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59

The following are the official election results from Simply Voting held on June 12, 2025.

General Vice President
Eric Calaguian – 353
Sharon Schaefer – 175
Kevin Bowering – 31

Abstained – 6
TOTAL – 565

Recording Secretary
Anne Prescesky – 376
Jordan Mulhall – 174

Abstained – 15
TOTAL – 565

Area Vice President – Recreation & Community Development
Myra Roschuk – 32
Brenda Zalenchuk – 23
Marc Robert – 29

Abstained – 0
TOTAL – 84

Area Vice President – Transportation & Construction, Clerks & Solicitors, CY – Planning & Development, Building Standards and Community Standards
Alanna Cox – 59
Stephen Thompson – 44

Abstained – 1
TOTAL – 104

Area Vice President – Police & Fire Protection Services, Remai Modern, TCU Place, and SaskTel Centre
Amy Harnestone – ACCLAIMED

Trustee (3 year term)
Rashenna Grzybowski – ACCLAIMED

In Solidarity,
CUPE Local 59 Election Committee

TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59

CUPE Local 59 will be holding a By-Election on:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025, via ON-LINE VOTING

*On-line voting was approved by the Membership at the CUPE 59 AGM held on October 3, 2020
 and approved by CUPE National.*

The nomination form is linked below and must be returned (by email) to:  admin@cupe59.ca

by 1:00pm on Monday, JUNE 16, 2025.

The following position is up for election:
 
~ President (1 Year Term)
 
Election Process 2025
2025 BY-ELECTION FILLABLE Nomination Form
Executive List – May 15, 2025
 
In Solidarity,
Election Committee
CUPE Local 59

TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59

CUPE Local 59 will be holding our Election on:
THURSDAY JUNE 12, 2025 via ON-LINE VOTING

*On-line voting was approved by the Membership at the CUPE Local 59 AGM held on October 3, 2020
and approved by CUPE National.*

Nomination forms must be returned by email to admin@cupe59.ca
by 1:00pm on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Note:   All positions are for a 2-year term unless stated otherwise.

 The following positions are up for re-election (please note correction, there is only one trustee position up for election):

~ General Vice President

~ Recording Secretary

~ Area Vice President – Saskatoon Police Services, Fire, Remai Art Gallery, SaskTel Centre & TCU Place

~ Area Vice President – Recreation and Community Development

~ Area Vice President – Transportation & Construction; Clerks & Solicitors; and CY-Planning
  & Development, Building Standards & Community Standards – 1 year term

~ Trustee Position
   One – 3-year position  

***As a reminder for the Area Vice President positions, you must work in the area
    in which you are submitting a nomination form, and only people working in, for
   example, Recreation & Community Development can vote for the Area Vice
  President of Recreation & Community Development.

Election Process Explained 2025
FILLABLE Nomination Form 2025

In Solidarity,
Election Committee
CUPE Local 59

January 1, 2024, negotiated raise of 3% (and back pay)

This can be seen on the December 15, 2024, cheque for Salaried employees and the December 22, 2024, cheque for Hourly employees.

January 1, 2025, negotiated raise of 2.5%

All CUPE 59 membership received their 2.5% raises for 2025.

The CUPE Local 59 membership has ratified its new Collective Agreement for July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2028.

On September 25, 2024 City Council ratified the CUPE Local 59 Collective Agreement.

The Executive Committee will keep you up-to-date on this matter.

TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59:

REMINDER: Effective January 1, 2024, the following changes to the Blue Cross benefits will be in place:

• Lowering Extended Health Benefits para-medicals percentage coverage from 100% to 80%.
• Adding a $5 per prescription deductible.
• Lowering dental coverage from 85% to 80% for basic and 65% to 50% for major.

These changes are being implemented to address the plan deficit and will assist in reduced overspending.

In Solidarity,
The Blue Cross Committee

During the last round of collective bargaining between the City of Saskatoon and CUPE 59, the parties agreed to run a medical leave pilot from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023. The pilot permits the use of sick leave credits to attend medical appointments that cannot be scheduled outside of regular working hours based on the rules set out in the pilot.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement is set to expire on June 30, 2023 so the medical leave balance has been adjusted until June 30, 2024 to 5.0 hours for Full-Time and 2.5 hours for Part-Time/Seasonal workers.

For questions with respect to helping employees understand the impact of this change, please connect with your Time Clerks  Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP)

TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59:

REMINDER Blue Cross Benefit plan rate changes, effective January 1, 2022

The Health Spending Account (HSA) will be terminated December 31, 2021.

 All claims for allowable expenses incurred prior to the termination date (2021 receipts) will need to be submitted within 30 days following December 31, 2021 (deadline January 30, 2022).

If you have additional questions, please email the CUPE 59 office @ cupe59@sasktel.net for forwarding to the Blue Cross Committee members.

In Solidarity,

The Blue Cross Committee