When the Ministry of Health Reorganized Health Care in the Province of Ontario & introduced the LHINS in 2007, the CCAC’s were restructured to fall into the same geographical areas as the LHINS. There had originally been 42 CCAC’s that were merged to form 14 CCAC’s. Each of the original CCAC’s had their own unions in place ~ some had two; one for the clerical and another for the professional members. With the formation of the new larger CCAC’s they may have been groups that had previously been served by as many as four unions. It was a huge undertaking and each of the servicing unions held workplace campaigns & votes to determine who would continue to serve. CUPE was the winner for the clerical staff at the Central East CCAC and we convinced CUPE Ontario to allow us to form our own local. The name of our Local – 3313, is tied to the name “CCAC” – 3 representing the 3rd letter of the alphabet “C”, 3 – again representing the 3rd letter of the alphabet, 1 representing the 1st letter of the alphabet – A, and another 3, representing the 3rd letter of the alphabet again – C! there you have it ~ 3313.
Our Local was serviced by our National Rep ~ Linda Newman, who had been with us almost from the start! She was assigned to us shortly after the formation of our local, while our bylaws were being developed & prior to the first collective agreement being negotiated. She retired in 2021 and our current National Rep is Jay Berberick
Our Executive Team is made up of a group of dedicated professionals who work together to resolve issues on behalf of our members, each day.