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Seniority Lists

Seniority Lists for CUPE 5791 Members Employed by the University of Regina (Non Research)

CUPE 5791 Seniority List – BY DATE
CUPE 5791 Seniority List – BY NAME

 

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Forms

Below are links to the pdf version of commonly need forms for our CUPE members.

 

Leave of Absence Voucher – this form is used to provide you with funding for travel and accommodations while you are on CUPE educational workshops or CUPE business.

 

Let us know if there are any other forms you would like to see here so we can continue to make this page better.

Meeting Minutes and Agendas

Below are links to Agendas and Minutes for previous meetings. If you click on the date that you wish to access a pdf version of the information will come up on your browser.

Recent Minutes are listed in Descending Order

2023

General Membership Meeting Minutes December 2023 – No Quorum

General Membership Meeting Minutes November 15, 2023

General Membership Meeting Minutes October 2023 – No Quorum

General Membership Meeting Minutes September 13, 2023

General Membership Meeting Minutes June 14, 2023

General Membership Meeting Minutes May 10, 2023

General Membership Meeting Minutes April 12, 2023

General Membership Meeting Minutes February 8, 2023

General Membership Meeting Minutes January 11, 2023

 

2022

General Membership Meeting Minutes – January 12, 2022

 

2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – December 12, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – November 10, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – October 13, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – September 8, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – June 6, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – May 12, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – April 14, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – March 3, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – February 10, 2021

General Membership Meeting Minutes – January 12, 2022

 

General Membership Meetings

Agendas

CUPE 5791 Agenda November 10, 2015
CUPE 5791 Agenda Feb 10, 2016
CUPE 5791 Agenda Mar 9, 2016
CUPE 5791 Agenda April 13, 2016
CUPE 5791 Agenda May 11, 2016
CUPE 5791 Agenda April 11, 2018
CUPE 5791 Agenda December 12, 2018
CUPE 5791 Agenda September11, 2019
CUPE 5791 Agenda October 09, 2019
CUPE 5791 Agenda November 11,2019.pdf
CUPE 5791 Agenda December 11, 2019
CUPE 5791 Agenda January 8, 2019

 

 

Minutes
CUPE 5791 Minutes Dec 9, 2015
CUPE 5791 Minutes Feb 10, 2016
CUPE 5791 Minutes June 11, 2016
CUPE 5791 Minutes May 10, 2017
CUPE 5791 Minutes June 14, 2017
CUPE 5791 Minutes Nov 8, 2017
CUPE 5791 Minutes March 14, 2018
CUPE 5791 Minutes April 11, 2018
CUPE 5791 Minutes June 11, 2018
CUPE 5791 Minutes August 29, 2018
CUPE 5791 Minutes September 12, 2018
CUPE 5791 Minutes October 11, 2018
CUPE 5791 Minutes December 11, 2018
CUPE 5791 Minutes June 12, 2019
CUPE 5791 Minutes September 11, 2019
CUPE 5791 Minutes October 10, 2019
CUPE 5791 Minutes November 13, 2019
CUPE 5791 Minutes December 11, 2019
CUPE 5791 Minutes January 8, 2019

CUPE 5791 GM Mtg Minutes – November 10, 2020

 

 

Collective Agreements

If you have any questions about your collective agreement rights, please talk to your shop steward.

Current Agreements

Past Agreements

Scholarships

The CUPE 5791 Scholarship was established to assist student employee members of CUPE 5791 who are pursuing full time studies at the undergraduate or graduate level at the University of Regina.

Eligibility: The $1500.00 scholarship will be awarded to a University of Regina undergraduate or graduate student who meets the following criteria:

  • Must be a Student Employee member of CUPE 5791 at time of application.
  • Must be registered in full-time studies for the semester in which they are applying.
  • Must have a minimum average of 60% in their most recent year of study.
  • Must submit a short essay, not to exceed two pages, on the topic selected by the scholarship committee (as seen below).

Topic for Fall 2025 Scholarship:  TBD

Applications: Please submit cover letter, essay and unofficial transcripts to CUPE.5791@uregina.ca by March 15, 2024.   Cover letter is to include position and department you are employed in, email address, mailing address and a short bio of yourself.

Note: As a condition of your scholarship application, you are authorizing that your submissions may be acknowledged and/or reproduced in CUPE correspondence and website.

Past Winners:
WInter 2025 Essay – Caitlyn Hollywood: Give 2-3 ways unions create supportive environments that empower diverse workers, promote workplace equity, and foster an inclusive culture that benefits both employees and employers.
Fall 2024 Essay – Akhila Asokan: Current trends impacting Canadian laborers encompass rising inflation, stagnant wages, diminishing benefits, declining job stability, and the concern of automation and technological advancements, including artificial intelligence. Among these trends, which specific aspects are of utmost importance to labor unions representing public sector workers, and what are one or two approaches they can adopt to alleviate the adverse effects of these trends on their members ?
Winter 2024 – Donovan Buskey: The labor movement is comprised of a diverse array of unions. Is it incumbent upon individual unions to offer support to other unions during job actions that do not directly impact them? If so, what are two to three strategies by which they may provide such support?
2023 Fall 2023 – Sayeem Md Abdullah : Do Unions have a moral obligation to take a stand on political issues? If so, what are 2-3 ways they can do so.
2023 Winter -Mwila Munganama: What issues should a modern Union be advocating for to better reflect the world around them. If so how should they go about this?
2022 Fall ($1000)- Comfort Fasinu, Eimaan Agha, Lindsay Demchuk: Work from Home: what are the potential impacts and solutions on Union / Work engagement when you aren’t all physically present in the workplace.
2019 FALL – Parvin Yazdanparast – How do Unions Effect Equality in the Workplace

Bylaws

Our bylaws set out the rules for how our local democratically elects our representatives, and to provide guidance for the day to day operation of our local

Proposed Bylaws – NEW

Proposed Bylaws – Changes are in bold in this file, with language to be removed is strikethrough.

One language change not in this file is to fix Article 12.3 (8) which is written “Sergent of Arms shall be elected for a two (2) year term by the Executive Board.”  which needs to be changed to “Sergent of Arms shall be elected for a two (2) year term by the Membership.” as the original language was not in compliance with CUPE National Constitution.

Our Current Bylaws

CUPE 5791 Bylaws (Updated October 2014)

The bylaws posted previously were not approved by national, a member of the former table officers requested the pending bylaws be posted and have been removed.

Benefits

The following is a link to the University of Regina Human Resources Benefits page for the CUPE 5791 collective.

http://www.uregina.ca/hr/faculty-staff/cupe5791-staff/benefits.html

Further details go to www.mysunlife.ca/uregina to connect to SunLife’s group benefits page or call the customer care centre at 1-800-361-6212.

Pensions

For Information on the University of Regina’s Pension Plan click here

For Information on the FNUC Pension Plan click here

For Information on the Mackenzie Art Gallery’s Pension Plan click here

For Information on Chartwell’s Pension Plan click here