Item 6

 

 

PRESIDENTS REPORT

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

FEBRUARY 2003

 

CEUDA:

This dispute has gone on for 8 ½ to 9 years and it had to be resolved.  Our convention and most of the Presidents Conferences over the years confirmed that this was one of the top issues that had to be resolved.  During our Presidents Conference in September 2002, Nycole Turmel, National President, PSAC said that she would make a determination on the new employees before the end of the year.  On December 23rd  she issued her ruling stating that all new employees, with the exception of those in Corporate and Common Services and Regional Offices, would be assigned to the UTE.  Her ruling was subsequently challenged by CEUDA at the January National Board of Directors and the Board upheld her decision. 

We met with CEUDA on December 9th and later in December after some consultation with our Executives, it was agreed that we would proceed to a Third Party to finalize the jurisdictional dispute with a binding decision to be issued.  We both agreed that it made no sense for two people to work side by side being represented by two different Components and that the dispute had gone on far too long.  A release was issued by the PSAC, which was shared with Council and all Locals announcing the decision to proceed to a Third Party, namely Nancy Riche.  We met with CEUDA and the PSAC on January 27th to finalize the process.  A meeting was then scheduled with Nancy Riche for February 9th.  At the time of writing this report, the decision had not yet been issued, but I expect one before the commencement of our meeting.

Negotiations:

I expect the Council members sitting on the Committees that were established during the last round of bargaining to report on their progress.  Currently the Steering Committee is waiting to hear final reports from the AUMI Committee, “Sick” Committee and the Electronic Bulletin Board Committee.  The Policy Review committee has concluded Terms of Reference for the consultation aspects of the CCRA policies (old NJC Directives) and is working on the final draft for the Recourse process of the policies.  The Term Committee issued an interim report to the Steering Committee and met again to work on their outstanding issues, one of which is the automatic roll over to indeterminate status after a specified period of time.

Donations:

The following donations have been made since January 1, 2003 :

Survivorship Dragon Bo                   $1,500

Club Cascades                                 $   250

St.John’s AAA Maple Leafs            $   300

Les Éclairs Atome C2                      $   200

MacLennan Basketball T                 $1000

Computers & Passwords:

On Monday, February 17th while I was at the Ottawa airport waiting to board a plane someone was checking my e-mail we believe by using Webmail.  To do that, the person needed to know my User ID and password.  My password has been changed but it is important to know that anyone can retrieve your e-mail if they have your User ID and password.  Make sure that your password is not something that someone may guess in the event they know you and do not provide your password to anyone. 

Since our locals have had their e-mail for quite awhile we will be providing them with new passwords at this Presidents Conference.  I would ask the RVPs to ensure that their locals are using the e-mail account that we have provided.  I will provide some information specific to Regions regarding locals that have accessed their account as to timing and if they have accessed the account at all.

Labour Relations Conference:

I will be speaking at a Labour Relations Conference sponsored by The Canadian Institute to be held in Toronto in May.  The issue that I will be addressing is our position on ADR with the CCRA and then how we are now involved with AUMI.  Claude Bourget, from the CCRA has also been invited to provide the CCRA’s view of ADR.

National Office Activities:

General:

Subsequent to the Staff meeting in January, Mike has set up meetings with each LRO to discuss their grievances and workload.  It will take a month or two to see if we have a better handle on the grievances.  I am also going to keep having meetings with the CCRA on the grievances and outstanding replies.

Chris Aylward has been hired as a 3 month Term LRO replacing Lyson while she is on leave.

Website:

The Staffing committee completed their work on the job description for a Web person and supplied it to me.  I have issued a Job Opportunity call for someone for two days a week to start and it will be closing February 20th.  All applications will be reviewed and the Executive Committee will complete the hiring. 

Grievances:

See Attachment 1

President's Itinerary

Respectfully submitted,

 

Betty Bannon

National President