CWA 1133 Communications Vital Signs

November 2026 Vital Signs

Reminders & Updates:

• If you have not received a contract and would like one, please contact the Union Hall.
• Cold and Flu Season is upon us; please remember your respiratory etiquette and hand washing is the upmost importance in infection control.
• All full and part-time benefited employees will get a new bank of 56 hours for SLP beginning January 1 , but you must have PTO to be able to use it.
• Open enrollment is going on until November 13th, if you have any questions regarding the change with Univera, please contact [email protected].
• If you think your pay is incorrect, please contact the Union Hall. The hospital does not share the forms you submit to payroll with the Union, and currently the hospital states they will only go back 90 days, which we are not in agreement with.
• Community Service Committee: Playoff books are being sold, please contact the Union Hall if interested.
• If you have a flex spending account, use it or lose it by the end of the year.
• The next membership meeting is on December 3rd at the Union Hall. Please try to select one person from your department to come to these meetings and bring back info to the rest of your department.
• Please make sure we have your updated email addresses. If you need to update it, please call the Union Hall or email Rebecca at [email protected].
• If you have any questions about the union contract, please call the union hall.
• Want to be involved? Please contact Andrea Gilmour at the union hall 716-828-1133.

PTO Buyback:

• Full-time and part-time employees are eligible to participate in the PTO buyback program up to a
  maximum of seventy-five (75.0) hours as follows:
  • a. Eligible employees may elect in December of each year by filling out an irrevocable PTO buyback election form. The form must be submitted by the employee to [email protected] or the HR department no later than December 15th.
  • b. Employees’ PTO payout will be made by the end of November of the following year.
  • c. Employees shall only be able to receive a cash payout on PTO accrued in that calendar year and as long as the employee has the accrued time in their bank at the time of payout

Weather Emergency:

• Winter is coming. Please see the new language in the Weather Emergency Article. 
• You can find it in Common Table, Article 49, page 58-59. 
• The changes are in Section 1, Section 2- B and Section 5. 
• Please refresh your memory on it. 

Mobilizing in Motion:

• SLP is tracked on WFM. This is how to look at it:
  • Click on WFM. 
  • Click on your profile, the little icon with the person in it. 
  • Under SLP it will show you the hours that you have used so far for the year. 
• Make sure you take your entitled contractual breaks.
• Any questions please contact Andrea or Jen at the union hall.

Use your voice to make the change!

In Solidarity, 

Andrea Gilmour and M. J. Liberti Bemis. 

“Alone we are weak, together we are strong.” #1U 

This update was brought to you by the Communications Committee:

Rebecca Aldrow, Jamie Banks, Kerri Diebold-Phillips, Kimberly Hayward, Brian Magner, Kevonna Neely, Larry Potts, Sharon Scime and Jennifer Williams.