BPS CONFERENCE 2011
Sector 17 Meet and Greet:
Friday, June 17, 2011
5-7 p.m.
Sheraton Hotel
Refreshments will be served
Posting of suite number will be displayed on the monitor
during convention.
Any further information or questions, please contact:
LUCY A MORTON 905-317-9464 (Cell)
See you at the Conference.
SECTOR 17 ELECTIONS
We elect our Sector representatives at the BPS
Conference. We represent a variety of health care community workers in
the province and encourage participation from all levels of this
community, as described in our by-laws.
We are looking for members whose area of work is not yet
represented on our executive committee. Why not consider representing
your field of expertise by running for a position at the BPS conference
starting on June 16, 2011?
Our membership consists of Member Locals and Member
Units, which are composed of members of our Union who are employed in
community-based health care in the Province of Ontario.
WELCOME…WELCOME!!!
We would like to say welcome to our NEW PARAMEDICAL
MEMBERS of our Sector.
These are our newest members in the Supportive Housing
Program of the Grey-Bruce Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses.
Employees of the unit working in Owen Sound, Meaford, Wiarton,
Kincardine, Port Elgin, Southampton and Thornbury, OPSEU was chosen to
be their Union in a vote held on March 24, 2011.
These new members will now get protections that never
existed for them before. They are now part of our growing family of
union members within the VON and will reap the benefits of connecting
with other members in our Sector.
We also want to say thank you to our ORGANIZING
DEPARTMENT who are always on the look out to empower workers in our
province!
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE CHCP?
To promote improved working conditions for the
advancement of employees within a high quality health care delivery
system.
WHO ARE THE WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS SECTOR 17?
"Health Care Professional" employee refers to an
employee providing direct or indirect care who are employed by a
community organization rendering health care to the public, who also has
a governing body, a scope of practice and a code of ethics.
"Paramedical employee" refers to any other employee
providing direct or indirect patient care, who is employed by a
community organization rendering health care to the public.
We (the above) are represented in the OPSEU union as
SECTOR 17, Community Health Care Professional. This is defined above (as
per our by-laws).
SECTOR DUES:
Membership fees are calculated as $2.00 per member per
year.
Notice has been sent out to all Treasurers. Please remit
ASAP
Further information relating to dues can be directed to:
Susan McSheffrey
Treasurer
Community Health Care Professionals Division
128 Renfrew Avenue East
Renfrew, Ontario
L7V 2W9
