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Wednesday March 10, 2010
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MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
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| Monday: | 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.; | 1:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Open Discussion |
| Tuesday: | 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.; | 1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | |
| Wednesday: | 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.; | 1:15 p.m. - 5:00 or end of business |
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| Thursday: | 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.; | 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 NUMC |
M/S Shawn Bergeron/Chris Aylward
That the agenda be adopted as printed with the following additions.
New Business
27. Donation (S. Khayat)
28. Sponsorship (C. Aylward)
29. Donation to UPCE (D. Gaetz)
30. Computer Line Item (C. Crupi)
31. Sponsorship – Sydney Hockey Team (D. Gaetz)
32. Payment for the Political Action Committee (PAC) (C. Aylward)Discussion Items
15. Christmas Donation (D. Lalancette)
16. PSAC Expense Claims (C. Crupi)
17. West Jet (T. Dupuis) withdrawn afterwards by the mover
18. Second Language Examination vs Standing Policy (S. Khayat)
19. Recovery of Overpayment to Crown (D. Gaetz)
M/S Sabri Khayat/Denis Lalancette
That the minutes of the Executive Council Meeting of September 2008 be adopted.
Brothers Stein and Crupi were absent with permission to prepare the handout to be sent to Locals to denounce the government actions.
2nd Vice-President Lalancette assumed the Chair.
M/S Bob Campbell/Terry Dupuis
That the report of the 1st Vice-President be adopted.
Brother Lalancette turned the chair over to President Bannon.
Recess for lunch
The meeting was called back to order at 1:15 with President Bannon in the chair.
Representatives from Xerox were invited to give a presentation to members of Council on the Xerox Docushare solution that UTE is about to install. They explained what a "document management system" is and the benefits it will bring to UTE. They also explained the different components of the solution and answered questions from Council.
1st Vice-President Campbell assumed the chair.
M/S Betty Bannon/Denis Lalancette
That the President’s follow up report be adopted.
M/S Betty Bannon/Denis Lalancette
That the report of the President be adopted.
President Bannon resumed the Chair.
The Council members discussed some of the items under this section.
The meeting recessed at 5:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. with President Bannon in the chair.
President Bannon turned the chair over to Brother Lalancette in the absence of Brother Campbell.
President Bannon resumed the chair.
M/S Denis Lalancette/Bob Campbell
That the report of the 2nd Vice-President be adopted.
M/S Doug Gaetz/Jean-Pierre Fraser
That the activity report of the RVPs/ARVPs be adopted.
M/S Doug Gaetz/Cosimo Crupi
That the supplemental report of the RVPs be adopted.
Brother Khayat served notice to amend the agenda.
President Bannon turned the chair over to Brother Campbell.
M/S Betty Bannon/Denis Lalancette
That the report of the Executive Committee be adopted.
President Bannon resumed the chair.
M/S Sabri Khayat/Shawn Bergeron
That the report of the Staffing Committee be adopted.
M/S Sabri Khayat/Terry Dupuis
That we move item 25 under New Business to the first order of New Business.
MOTION CARRIED.
M/S Chris Aylward/Sabri Khayat
That the report of the By-Laws Committee be adopted.
M/S Pamela Abbott/Jean-Pierre Fraser
That the report of the Technological Change Committee be adopted.
M/S Doug Gaetz/Terry Dupuis
That the report of the Employee Assistance Program Committee be adopted.
M/S Chris Aylward/Doug Gaetz
That the report of the Health & Safety Committee be adopted.
M/S Shawn Bergeron/Robin Johnson
That the report of the EO Committee be adopted.
Recommendation 1:
Moved by: Shawn Bergeron
Seconded by: Robin JohnsonBe it resolved that the following persons be selected as the Committee Members:
Visible Minority
Sharon Fletcher - Member
Paul-André Charles - Alternate
Zakia Shaffi - 2nd AlternatePersons with Disability
Debbie Willet - Member
Colleen Adie - Alternate
Graham Pah - 2nd AlternateWomen
Gesine Fuchs - Member
Marcelle Perron - Alternate
Angela Marafon - 2nd AlternateLesbians/Gays
Elizabeth Convery - Member
Jacques Marengère - Alternate
Mary Ellen Caza- 2nd AlternateAboriginal
Terra-Lee Brown - Member
Luc Tailleur - Alternate
Lyne Lafrenière - 2nd AlternateThank you and best wishes to the out-going members of the committee: Brenda Pack, Joe Parris, Loree-Ann Huard, Dana Kelly for their involvement and dedication. We look forward to their continued leadership and support to all Equity and Union matters. We certainly ask that they continue to provide their concerns and feedback on Equity matters and the organizing of the Equity Conferences
Recommendation 2:
Moved by: Shawn Bergeron
Seconded by: Robin JohnsonBe it Resolved that the Regional and National EO Conferences sites and dates be the following, subject to booking:
Atlantic – NCR, June 26-28/09 - Location St. John's NF - minimum delegates 28
Pacific - Rocky Mountains - Prairie August 28-30/09 - Location - Edmonton - minimum delegates 22
Ontario (GTR, NEO and SWO) September 25-27/09 Location - Niagara - minimum delegates 30
Québec – MTL, October 23-25/09 Location – Québec City - minimum delegates 30
National Conference - June 17-20, 2010 – Ottawa
M/S Denis Lalancette/Sabri Khayat
That the recommendation be referred back to the committee with instructions to take into consideration the comments of Council on locations and dates.
MOTION DEFEATED.
That the report be adopted as a whole.
Recess for lunch
The meeting was called back to order at 1:15 with President Bannon in the chair.
M/S Terry Dupuis/Robin Johnson
That the report of the Honours and Awards Committee be adopted.
M/S Terry Dupuis/Denis Lalancette
Recommendation 1: Add to administration.
Regulation 24.1(5) all recipients of UTE member awards must be a member in good standing.
That the report be adopted as a whole.
M/S Nick Stein/Pamela Abbott
That the report of the Workforce Adjustment Committee be adopted.
M/S Cosimo Crupi/Jean-Pierre Fraser
That the report of the Harassment Committee be adopted.
M/S Bob Campbell/Doug Gaetz
That the report of the Finance Committee be adopted.
M/S Bob Campbell/Sabri Khayat
That the report of the Communications Committee be adopted.
M/S Denis Lalancette/Jean-Pierre Fraser
That the report of the Bargaining Committee be adopted.
M/S Nick Stein/Cosimo Crupi
That the report of the Political Action Committee be adopted.
M/S Bob Campbell/Nick Stein
That the report of the Ad Hoc Call Centre Committee be adopted.
M/S Bob Campbell/Cosimo Crupi
That the financial statements of October 31, 2008 be adopted.
M/S Bob Campbell/Cosimo Crupi
That the three (3) expense claims over 90 days be adopted.
A few comments were made.
M/S Sabri Khayat/Terry Dupuis
Whereas The Metropolitan Region of Montreal is the home of three UTE – SEI Locals: Montérégie, Montréal and Laval; and
Whereas The Locals: Montérégie, Montréal and Laval of the Metropolitan Region of Montréal officially have made known their desire to host the 2011 UTE – SEI Convention; andWhereas the last UTE Convention to be held in Montréal was in the year 1975.
Be it Resolved that The 2011 UTE Convention be held in Montreal, and be hosted and organized by the Montérégie, Montréal and Laval Locals.
M/S Shawn Bergeron/Pamela Abbott
Whereas UTE has supported this tournament in the past; and
Whereas the donation positively creates goodwill within our membership.
Be it resolved that National UTE make a donation of $300.00 to the 2009 Prairie Region Hockey Tournament to be held in Winnipeg April 24 and 25, 2009.
Be it further resolved that the funds be used to purchased rehydration drinks or bottled water for the players during the tournament.
M/S Pamela Abbott/Shawn Bergeron
Whereas the South Island Thunderbirds is a major midget hockey team with affiliation to the BC Major Midget Hockey League; and
Whereas the team will play games throughout the province; and
Whereas they will provide a half page of advertisement in their season program.
Be it Resolved that UTE provide sponsorship in the amount of $350.00 for the South Island Thunderbirds.
M/S Nick Stein/Cosimo Crupi
Be it resolved that UTE sponsors the Silver Stick Hockey Tournament in London in the amount of $1000.00.
M/S Denis Lalancette/Jean-Pierre Fraser
Whereas Rébecca Beaumont is a high-performance athlete in cycling at the Junior Canadian level; and
Whereas Rébecca Beaumont is changing categories (senior level) and the costs will increase; and
Whereas Rébecca Beaumont excels in her schooling as well as in sports; and
Whereas Rébecca Beaumont is the daughter of Linda Gagnon, a member of Jonquière Local 10004; and
Whereas expenses are much greater than income (see income and expenses).
Be it resolved that a sponsorship in the amount of $1,000 be allotted to Rébecca Beaumont so she can continue on her path.
M/S Terry Dupuis/Pamela Abbott
That the motion be amended to specify that the amount comes out of the 2009 budget.
MOTION DEFEATED FOR LACK OF MAJORITY.
M/S Bob Campbell/Pamela Abbott
That the motion be amended to read a sponsorship of $480.00.
MOTION CARRIED.
The meeting recessed at 5:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. with President Bannon in the chair.
M/S Terry Dupuis/Pamela Abbott
That the motion be postponed to the March 2009 Executive Council Meeting.
MOTION CARRIED.
The motion was withdrawn by the mover.
M/ Denis Lalancette/
The motion was ruled out of order by the President.
M/S Pamela Abbott/Chris Aylward
Whereas Penticton Minor Hockey Association has increased hockey fees in excess of 50% of initial costs; and
Whereas it is a requirement for PMHA Teams to attend a minimum amount of tournaments in the Province of BC; and
Whereas tournament fees have increased by 30%.
Be it Resolved that UTE provide a donation in the amount of $1000.00 for the Pee Wee Penticton Junior Vees Pacific Rim; and
Be it further Resolved that the donation be payable in January 2009.
M/S Jean-Pierre Fraser/Robin Johnson
Whereas sustainable development is a priority for our members; and
Whereas the UTE should position itself as a leader in sustainable development; and
Whereas the UTE does not have a sustainable development committee or a policy on the subject; and
Whereas the UTE supports the CRA’s sustainable development program; and
Whereas the UTE has a number of committees responding to the needs and requirements of its members.
Be it resolved that the UTE ask the PSAC to stop distributing the newsletter Union Updates/Parlons Syndicat in a dual version (English and French) at the next meeting of the NBoD; and
Be it further resolved that the UTE take the necessary action to reduce the use of paper, beginning immediately with the upcoming presidents’ conferences, but not limited thereto.
For example:
The UTE can take the following action with respect to upcoming presidents’ conferences:
- Use 8 1/2 by 14 envelopes for participants.
- Stop printing the UTE directory for participants, and the list of members of the executive committee, since this is all available on the UTE website.
- Stop including in participants’ envelopes information on the policy on perfume, members with CPR training and harassment complaints.
- Stop placing documents in dual versions (English and French) in the envelopes for participants, except for resolutions submitted, and request that each delegate and observer registered specify in which language they wish to receive documents in future.
- Ask participants to keep the UTE theme song and their name badges for future use.
Be it lastly resolved that the UTE adopt a sustainable development policy by December 31, 2009.
M/S Pamela Abbott/Shawn Bergeron
That the motion be referred to the Executive Committee.
MOTION TO REFER CARRIED.
M/S Jean-Pierre Fraser/Denis Lalancette
Whereas the UTE considers that pay is a fundamental right for its members; and
Whereas the CRA decided to centralize compensation services in 2007; and
Whereas we have to face facts: the CRA’s objectives that were to increase the consistency and speed of compensation services delivery to all Agency staff and improve our communication and work tools to be more collectively efficient are a failure; and
Whereas our members are experiencing problems with the CCSC in several areas: missing pay, erroneous pay amounts (interim etc), late termination of employment or containing errors, erroneous T4s, insurance eligibility problems, pension buy-back problems, financial problems, bad credit notes in their financial records, health problems caused by stress, etc; and
Whereas the UTE has been extremely patient in order to allow the CRA to facilitate this centralization; and
Whereas the UTE recognizes that the problems encountered by its members are in no way the fault of the employees working at the two CCSC (Ottawa and Winnipeg) but that of the CRA, which acted too quickly during the transition, by ignoring the expertise acquired by the regions and leaving the new employees to their own devices without any real support; and
Whereas the steps taken to date by the CRA for responding to pressure from the UTE are only serving to resolve certain issues, on a case-by-case basis, without resolving the problems inherent in the new compensation structure introduced by the CRA.
Be it resolved that the UTE firmly denounce, to the CRA, the current compensation system, at the national union/management meeting in December 2008;
Be it further resolved that the UTE National Office ask the CRA for a list of the steps taken and for close follow-up on the steps taken and still to come, for improving the compensation system and services to our members; and
Be it further resolved that the UTE National Office denounce this situation in the media in the way it deems most appropriate, before January 31, 2009; and
Be it further resolved that the UTE National Office prepare a complete file of all problems that our members have been victims of, including pay problems, and submit the entire thing to the Agency’s Management Board (all members of the Board) before April 30, 2009; and
Be it further resolved that the UTE National Office send a copy of this file to the Minister of National Revenue before April 30, 2009; and
Be it lastly resolved that the UTE National Office issue a bulletin to all UTE members before January 31, 2009 to inform them of the action that the UTE has taken and intends to take for forcing the CRA to have an emergency plan for rectifying all these problems.
M/S Nick Stein/Denis Lalancette
That the motion be divided to deal with the 3rd Be it resolved separately.
MOTION CARRIED.
Be it resolved that the UTE firmly denounce, to the CRA, the current compensation system, at the national union/management meeting in December 2008;
Be it further resolved that the UTE National Office ask the CRA for a list of the steps taken and for close follow-up on the steps taken and still to come, for improving the compensation system and services to our members; and
Be it further resolvedthat the UTE National Office denounce this situation in the media in the way it deems most appropriate, before January 31, 2009; andBe it further resolved that the UTE National Office prepare a complete file of all problems that our members have been victims of, including pay problems, and submit the entire thing to the Agency’s Management Board (all members of the Board) before April 30, 2009; and
Be it further resolved that the UTE National Office send a copy of this file to the Minister of National Revenue before April 30, 2009; and
Be it lastly resolved that the UTE National Office issue a bulletin to all UTE members before January 31, 2009 to inform them of the action that the UTE has taken and intends to take for forcing the CRA to have an emergency plan for rectifying all these problems.
Be it further resolved that the UTE National Office denounce this situation in the media in the way it deems most appropriate, before January 31, 2009.
Brother Gaetz served notice that he wished to put forward a motion of reconsideration.
M/S B. Campbell/C. Crupi
Whereas the Executive Council passed a recommendation to change the allocation of the Regions’ budgets using the following formula:
Percentage based on 50% of the budget allocated 1% per local, 10% of the budget allocated based on the percentage of total members and the final 40% of the budget for travel allocated by a combination of a 2% baseline and other factors. If the number of locals increases then the percentage of the members will be reduced so that every local will always have 1% of the budget.
Be it resolved that the following be the Regional Budget allocations for the year 2009.
(Total budget amount $350,000.00). |
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Pacific |
11.73% |
$41055.00 |
Rocky Mountain |
09.09% |
$31815.00 |
Prairie |
08.44% |
$29540.00 |
Greater Toronto |
07.90% |
$27650.00 |
Southwestern Ontario |
09.17% |
$32095.00 |
Northern & Eastern Ontario |
10.48% |
$36680.00 |
National Capital |
08.10% |
$28350.00 |
Montréal |
10.66% |
$37310.00 |
Québec |
10.01% |
$35035.00 |
Atlantic |
14.42% |
$50470.00 |
Total |
100% |
$350,000.00 |
M/S S. Khayat/Jean-Pierre Fraser
Be it Resolved that UTE make a donation of $800.00 to Audrée Lacombe Pruneau; and
Be it Further Resolved that the donation be paid in January 2009.
The motion was withdrawn by the mover.
M/S Doug Gaetz/Shawn Bergeron
Whereas there are 2200 workers on strike from UPCE; and
Whereas 80% of this workforce is women; and
Whereas they are fighting to keep their sick leave entitlements; and
Whereas they are seeking financial assistance.
Be it Resolved that National UTE donate twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to UPCE strike fund; and
Be it Further Resolved that this money comes out of UTE surplus funds.
M/S Bob Campbell/Cosimo Crupi
Be it Resolved that the amount of $6000 be transferred from the Line Item Professional Legal Fees to the Office Computer Expense Line Item.
M/S Doug Gaetz/Pamela Abbott
Be it Resolved that UTE sponsor $500 for the Cape Breton County Girl’s midget hockey team for the 2008/2009 hockey season; and
Be it further Resolved that this amount be paid in January 2009.
The motion was withdrawn by the mover.
The Council members discussed the remaining items under this section.
Recess for lunch
The meeting was called back to order at 1:30 p.m. with President Bannon in the chair.
M/S Doug Gaetz/Chris Aylward
That we reconsider the dates of the Regional E.O. Conferences previously dealt with under recommendation 2 of the E.O. Committee Report.
Recommendation 2:
Atlantic – NCR, June 26-28/09 - Location St. John's NF - minimum delegates 28
Pacific - Rocky Mountains - Prairie August 28-30/09 - Location - Edmonton - minimum delegates 22
Ontario (GTR, NEO and SWO) September 25-27/09 Location - Niagara - minimum delegates 30
Québec – MTL, October 23-25/09 Location – Québec City - minimum delegates 30
MOTION TO RECONSIDER CARRIED.
M/S Doug Gaetz/Nick Stein
That recommendation 2 be referred back to the committee.
MOTION TO REFER CARRIED.
The committee met and proposed the following dates:
Recommendation 2:
Atlantic – NCR, August 28-30/09 - Location St. John's NF - minimum delegates 28
Pacific - Rocky Mountains - Prairie June 26-28/09 - Location - Edmonton - minimum delegates 22
Ontario (GTR, NEO and SWO) September 25-27/09 Location - Niagara - minimum delegates 30
Québec – MTL, October 23-25/09 Location – Québec City - minimum delegates 30
The Executive Council Members discussed the remaining items under this section.
The meeting recessed at 4:45 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. with President Bannon in the chair.
The Council Members discussed the Agenda items of the National Union-Management Consultation Committee Meeting to be held in the afternoon.
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
| _____________________ | ______________________ |
| Betty Bannon National President |
Bob Campbell 1st National Vice-President |
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