News & Events

  There will be a series of DSM Member meetings being held in November and December 2008.  Please see attached poster for time and location details.  If you have any questions, please contact Wendy@mahcp.ca or Lee@mahcp.ca.

  Your AGM package including pre-registration form, Booklet and September Newlsetter have gone out in the mail.  Important decisions are made at every AGM and your Union needs you to help make those decisions!  If you haven’t received your package, please contact Joan at 772-0425 or joan@mahcp.ca.  

  MAHCP is now accepting nominations for the Executive Council 2008/09 term as well as nominations for Staff Reps.  The deadline for nominations is June 27, 2008.  Nomination information was included in the March and June 2008 newsletters.  If you did not receive them in the mail, please let us know. MAHCP has put out…

  Please click here to read the enhancements to the recently negotiated collective agreements.   March 6, 2008 We are in the final stages of dealing with Central Table Bargaining issues, some discussions still have to occur regarding salary scales at the larger sites and we have met with the Employer the week of February…

MAHCP’s television ads have begun airing on CTV during primetime shows like Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, Law & Order, Private Practice, C.S.I. New York, Without a Trace, Lipstick Jungle, Desperate Housewives … Daytime programs like Dr. Phil and Oprah … and CTV News at Noon and CTV News at Six. NCI Radio advertising…

  MAHCP Holiday Office Hours are: December 24 – 0830 to 1200 December 25 – Closed December 26 – Closed December 27 – 0830 to 1630 December 28 – 0830 to 1630 December 31 – 0830 to 1630 January 1st – Closed January 2nd – back to regular office hours of 0830 to 1700  

  Please Mark Your Calendars for the MAHCP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING to be held on October 11, 2007 at the Clarion Hotel in Winnipeg. Guest Speaker: Dr. Luis Oppenheimer, Provincial Director of Patient Access Satellite Teleconferencing Sites:   Brandon, Flin Flon, Gillam, The Pas, Thompson To make a request for a teleconferencing site, please contact Wendy…

  Goodbye to a Friend It is with profound sadness that MAHCP is announcing the death of a friend, colleague, former member, Past-President, and most recently LRO of MAHCP. Karen Noga passed away on September 25, 2007.  The funeral arrangements will be held at Mary Mother of the Church, 85 Kirkbridge Drive in Fort Richmond…

  MAHCP represents Laboratory, Radiology and Cardiology at the Brandon Clinic. On Thursday August 23 the members voted down the employer’s last offer and were poised to go on strike Tuesday August 28th at 08:30. Their agreement expired on July 31, 2006. The bargaining unit’s main goal for this round of bargaining was to achieve…

  “Wait times continue to challenge Manitobans . . . with MAHCP’s initiative of ‘Eliminate the Wait’ it is our goal to have us all pulling together,” said MAHCP president Wendy Despins. The event – the MAHCP-sponsored public forum held July 10/07 was our union’s latest foray into the public debate over wait times. The…

Randy died on Monday, June 11th. Randy has been actively involved with MAHCP both as a Staff Representative and as Orthopedic Director on the Executive Council.  He also served as a table officer in the position of Association Secretary. His knowledge and contributions have been a tremendous asset to our organization.  He was a good…

  The March 2007 Newsletter will be mailed out by March 12th.  Some of the highlights included in this issue are: •Reclassification Grievance Upheld by Employer:  MAHCP Member Receives Significant Retro Pay •Harrassment in the Workplace •Radiation Therapist Career Profile Call for Executive Council Nominations, Resolutions and Scholarship information and forms are also included. If…