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 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 Positions x 2
        One – 2-year 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