Bob Campbell - Item 6
Collective Bargaining: I would like to thank all of the Locals from across the country for their continued actions in support of bargaining; you all should be very proud and please thank your members and Executives. We need to continue to build and maintain this support as we are now facing a Public Interest Commission. We have been supplying up-to-date Information to the membership in regards to the particulars of negotiations and we have held membership meetings across the country for all locals with the attendance of a Bargaining Team member to explain the process and to answer questions from the members, so that they are thoroughly informed. Thank you to all of the team members that have traveled across the country.
April 30th Action: The Executive Council in March decided to strike a committee consisting of Adam Jackson, Robin Johnson, Robert Hume and Denis Lalancette to organize a national activity for April 30th. The goal was to engage our members and inform the public of the loss of services and the attacks on Public Servants. Funding was approved from the Political Action and Campaigns line item to help Locals hold these activities. I would like to thank the committee and all the activists for their hard work and support on this initiative.
National Public Service Week: The National Board of Directors of the PSAC has, once again this year, called for a boycott of employer-provided National Public Service Week activities. We have advised our Locals of this boycott, and encouraged them to respect the boycott.
Bill C-10 Charter Challenge: As you may already know that the Ontario Superior Court issued a ruling on February 12th 2014, “That our right to association under the Charter was not substantially violated”. The PSAC has already committed to take this to the next court level. We were very disappointed in this ruling and will continue the fight this to the maximum. We have no further information at this time.
AGMs: We have been attending Annual General Meetings across the country and been talking to the members about all of the issues, including bargaining and the attacks on us. The overall attendance has been up and the support has been over whelming. The office visits have shown a great amount of UTE swag being displayed and a great deal of support from the members. It gives us a very proud feeling to walk around the offices and see this.
Convention 2014: The work continues in regards to our upcoming convention. The National Office staff and Host Committee have things well in hand. The Convention Committees were held May 1st to 4th in Ottawa. All committees have completed their reports and the National Office Staff is working on getting these out to all delegates, observers and Locals. A big thank you to all the office staff, who have done tremendous work in getting all of this organized and completed.
National Office Staffing: I would like to welcome Sister Roxane Gunning to the National Office as a Labour Relations Officer, as a result of the competitive process undertaken recently. We have also established a list of 3 other qualified candidates from this process, to be used for any of our LRO needs in the near future.
Local 00042 (Sudbury) Trusteeship: Unfortunately, the resignation of the Local Executive Officers left us with no choice but to put Local 00042 in trusteeship, in accordance with our By-Laws. (By-Laws 6 and 13) Brother Cosimo Crupi has been appointed Trustee and an interim executive has been appointed. As well, there are a number of stewards on site to ensure on going representation of all members in the Local. This trusteeship will be presented for consideration at this council meeting for confirmation. This will be reviewed as soon as possible.
PSAC WAAA Campaign: We continue to be informed that UTE has been participating during this campaign. This is a critical campaign and needs the support of all the leaders at all levels of this organization and the union movement as a whole.
Meetings with CRA: We have had several meetings with CRA during this period on issues including: Human Resources Service Request Management System; HR Service Delivery Model; HR Priorities; HR Policy Suite Renewal and Simplification Project; Performance Management Corporate Policy Suite; and Consultation Tools for Managers.
WEB/COMMUNICATIONS:
All of the information on our website is up to date. We have been examining the proposals we have received for our new website. We have selected a vendor and will be finalizing the details shortly. We have also been working on some of the items for convention including banners and bilingual hotel maps.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
All IT systems have been running well. Regular software maintenance of internal computers and servers was performed. We are planning the IT requirements for the convention in Windsor. No computer products were purchased since the last report.
DONATIONS :
RECIPIENT/BÉNÉFICIAIRE |
CITY/VILLE |
AMOUNT |
APPROVED BY |
MONTANT |
APPROUVÉ PAR |
||
BUDGET |
18,000.00 |
||
2014 PEI U16 Provincial Softball Team |
Alberton PE |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Stephanie Baier/Women's Curling Team van Osch |
Victoria BC |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Earl Cahill |
Thunder Bay ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Mount Allison University-Samantha Bauer Global Brigades |
Sackville NB |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 69 |
Saint John NB |
100.00 |
Protocol |
Caroline Barrette for Nicholas McGowan |
Amherstview ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Gabriel Bourdon |
Ottawa ON |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
The Diana Gee Memorial Trust |
Toronto ON |
1,000.00 |
Council/Conseil |
Alex "Sugarcamp" MacDonald Memorial Tournament |
Stillwater Lake NS |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
PSAC 2014 Annual Charity Golf Tournament |
Ottawa ON |
400.00 |
Bob/Marc |
The Penticton Survivorship Dragon Boat Team |
Summerland BC |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Heart & Stroke Big Bike |
Ottawa ON |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Société Canadienne du Cancer |
Trois Rivières QC |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Pascale Desjardins - Mission humanitaire Haïti UdeM |
Bathurst NB |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Le Comité de parents du Carrefour Étudiant Inc. |
Bathurst NB |
100.00 |
Bob/Marc |
École communautaire Carrefour Étudiant |
Bereford NB |
100.00 |
Bob/Marc |
École Académie Assomption |
Bathurst NB |
150.00 |
Bob/Marc |
L'École place des jeunes -équipe de softball féminiin |
Bathurst NB |
100.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Shaun Thomas - Convener |
Winnipeg MB |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
R.W. Bro. Steven Armstrong |
Mississauga |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Total spent |
6,700.00 |
||
Balance - UTE |
11,300.00 |
||
Presidents' Use/A l'usage du président |
2,000.00 |
||
The Mission - Help with Christmas dinners |
Ottawa |
||
The Ottawa Food Bank - In lieu of Christmas cards |
Ottawa |
||
Salvation Army : Toy Mountain |
Ottawa |
||
The Snowsuit Fund of Ottawa |
Ottawa |
||
Total spent |
0.00 |
||
Balance - President |
2,000.00 |
||
Total Balance - Donations - UTE and President |
13,300.00 |
||
Donations from Surplus |
|||
0.00 |
NON UTE EVENTS:
RECIPIENT |
REASON |
AMOUNT |
||||
BÉNÉFICIAIRE |
RAISON |
MONTANT |
||||
BUDGET - 2014 |
20,000.00 |
|||||
2013 Carry Over / Report de 2013 |
19,665.49 |
|||||
TOTAL BUDGET - 2014 |
39,665.49 |
|||||
TOTAL SPENT / DÉPENSES |
0.00 |
|||||
BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
39,665.49 |
|||||
Approved - No Claim Received |
||||||
Approuvé - Aucune réclamation reçue |
Location |
Advance |
Approved |
|||
Location |
Avance |
Approuvé |
||||
Angela Davison ** |
2013 PSAC Regional H&S Conference |
Nov 1-3/13 |
Dartmouth, NS |
460.00 |
||
Andrew MacDonald ** |
2013 PSAC Regional H&S Conference |
Nov 1-3/13 |
Dartmouth, NS |
460.00 |
||
Joseph Profit |
CLC Atl and PEI Fed of Labour School |
Mar 14/14 |
Summerside, PE |
295.00 |
||
Marilyn Gallant |
CLC Atl and PEI Fed of Labour School |
Mar 14/14 |
Summerside, PE |
295.00 |
||
NET BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
38,745.49 |
** Claim received
POLITICAL ACTION / CAMPAIGNS
At May 23, 2014
REFERENCE / RÉFÉRENCE |
$$$ |
$$$ |
|
|
|
|
|
250,000.00 |
|
|
|
25,000 - Arm bands / Brassards |
|
63,562.50 |
27,000 - Stress balls reliever / Balles anti-stress |
|
29,594.70 |
27,493 - Chrome decals / Autocollants en chrome |
|
4,660.06 |
27,552 - Black on chrome decals / Autocollants noir sur chrome |
|
4,670.06 |
PSAC Rally / Rassemblement de l'AFPC - Calgary |
637.12 |
|
PSAC Rally / Rassemblement de l'AFPC - Calgary |
1,934.14 |
|
PSAC Rally / Rassemblement de l'AFPC - Calgary |
746.92 |
|
PSAC Rally / Rassemblement de l'AFPC - Calgary - Air/Hotel |
1,450.70 |
|
PSAC Rally / Rassemblement de l'AFPC - Calgary - Per Diem |
130.00 |
|
PSAC Rally / Rassemblement de l'AFPC - Calgary - Per Diem |
110.00 |
5,008.88 |
|
|
|
30,000 - Postcards / Cartes postales |
2,027.06 |
|
Postage for mailing to locals / Affranchissement pour l'envoi aux sections locales |
2,260.00 |
|
Hand out volunteers / Distribution par les bénévoles |
5,985.51 |
10,272.57 |
|
|
|
TOTAL SPENT / TOTAL DÉPENSÉ |
|
117,768.77 |
|
|
|
GRIEVANCES:
Since our last Executive Council meeting, forty-one (41) grievances, other than classification, were received at the National Office.
During the same period, seven (7) grievances were presented dealing with a variety of issues. In this quarter, we received eighteen (19) grievance replies from CRA which were all denied and/or dismissed.
OPENED INVENTORY |
REC’D |
TO BE |
AWAITING |
ADJ. |
CLOSED |
Nov. 96 – Sept. 1/06 |
3979 |
|
|
1 |
3978 |
Sept 2/06 – May 31/08 |
401 |
|
|
|
401 |
June 01/08 – Nov 21/08 |
79 |
|
|
2 |
77 |
Nov 22/08– March 27/09 |
54 |
|
|
1 |
53 |
March 28/09– June 10/09 |
26 |
|
|
6 |
20 |
June 10/09 – Sept 04/09 |
36 |
|
|
4 |
32 |
Sept 05/09 – March 5/10 |
82 |
|
|
1 |
81 |
March 6/10 – June 1/10 |
41 |
|
|
4 |
37 |
June 1/10 – Feb 28/11 |
66 |
|
|
1 |
66 |
Mar 1/11 – May 20/11 |
25 |
|
|
9 |
16 |
May 21/11 – Sept 8/11 |
45 |
|
|
11 |
34 |
Sept 9/11 – Nov 18/11 |
18 |
|
|
6 |
12 |
Nov 19/11 – Feb 21/12 |
43 |
|
11 |
4 |
38 |
Feb 22/12 – May 18/12 |
12 |
|
|
1 |
11 |
May 21/12 – Aug 31/12 |
32 |
|
|
6 |
26 |
Sept 3/12 – Nov 16/12 |
41 |
|
|
3 |
38 |
Nov 19/12 – March 5/13 |
33 |
12 |
|
3 |
29 |
March 6/13 – May 24/13 |
29 |
|
13 |
7 |
21 |
May 27/13 – Sept 11/13 |
43 |
34 |
1 |
25 |
14 |
Sept 12/13 – Nov 19/13 |
14 |
|
|
9 |
5 |
Nov 20/13 - Mar 6/14 |
24 |
135 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
Mar 7/14 – May 21/14 |
41 |
40 |
1 |
|
|
- Grievor was originally identified by the CRA as being an employee of Shared Services Canada (SSC) at time of grievance. Employee has been confirmed as an SSC employee and the grievance is held in abeyance at the request of the grievor pending changes to the SSC classification system.
- One grievance held in abeyance at request of PSAC pending WSIB appeal and one grievance held in abeyance pending mediation. WSIB appeal is being handled by legal services of PSAC.
- Memorandum of Settlement has been concluded, but grievance will remain in inventory until the terms of the memorandum are implemented.
- Three of these grievances were work description grievances and we were awaiting a hearing date from the employer’s functional authorities. Further investigation has revealed that these grievors were not occupying the position in question and were in fact occupying another acting position at the time of filing, We are still waiting advice from the local to confirm this information, but to date, the local has not responded.
- Eight of these grievances have been held in abeyance with the grievors’ approval. Six of these are being held pending a request for information under ATIP and two are held pending resolution of associated files.
There are presently fifty-seven (57) grievances in the National Office inventory which have not yet been presented at the Final Level.
As we have continuously noted in previous reports, the number of outstanding adjudications and the delays in same remain a concern for our office, but the numbers are gradually declining. Discussions continue to be held with the PSAC, but to date, no resolution has been found. The major difficulty being experienced is the large volume of adjudications in inventory at the PSAC and the lack of Grievance and Adjudication Officers on strength to deal with them. Additionally, the Public Service Labour Relations Board is attempting to deal with its large case inventory, but they too lack sufficient human resources to deal with them. Brother O’Brien has written to the PSAC to request a meeting to discuss the PSAC’s plans to deal with our backlog of grievances at adjudication, but to date, no response has been received from the PSAC.
POLICY GRIEVANCE
During this period, there were no policy grievances filed.
CLASSIFICATION GRIEVANCES
There was one new classification grievance received during this quarter.
OPENED INVENTORY |
REC’D |
CLOSED |
OUTSTANDING |
Jun 04/00 – Sept 26/08 |
497 |
497 |
|
Sept 27/08 – Nov 21/08 |
26 |
26 |
|
Nov 21/08 – June 10/09 |
5 |
5 |
|
June 10/09 – Sept 04/09 |
3 |
3 |
|
Sept 05/09 – March 5/10 |
2 |
2 |
|
March 6/10 – June 1/10 |
2 |
2 |
|
June 1/10 – Feb 28/11 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
March 1/11 – May 20/11 |
2 |
2 |
|
May 24/11 – Nov 18/11 |
0 |
|
|
Nov 19/11 – Feb 21/12 |
2 |
2 |
|
Feb 22/12 – Nov 16/12 |
0 |
|
|
Nov 19/12 – March 5/13 |
2 |
2 |
|
March 6/13 – Nov 19/13 |
0 |
|
|
Nov 20/13 – March 6/14 |
0 |
|
|
March 7/14 – May 21/14 |
1 |
|
1 |
ACS-SP CLASSIFICATION CONVERSION GRIEVANCES
To date, we have provided representation for forty-three (43) of these grievances. As noted in the chart below, all but one (1) (SP0632) have been presented. We are currently in the process of scheduling a presentation date.
OPENED INVENTORY |
REC’D |
PRESENTED |
WITHDRAWN |
OUTSTANDING |
June 01/08 – Sept 09/09 |
57 |
10 |
11 |
36 |
Sept 10/09 – Nov 30/09 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
22 |
Dec 1/09 – March 5/10 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
17 |
March 6/10 – June 1/10 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
June 1/10 – Aug 30/10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Aug 30/10 – Nov 29/10 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
Nov 30/10 – Feb 28/11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Mar 1/11 – May 20/11 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
May 24/11 – Sept 8/11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Sept 9/11 – Nov 18/11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Nov 19/11 – Feb 21/12 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
Feb 22/12 – Nov 16/12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Nov 19/12 – March 5/13 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Mar 6/13 – Nov 19/13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Nov 20/13 – Mar 6/14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Mar 7/14 – May 21/14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWS (ITPRs)
During this quarter, nine new ITPRs were received in the National Office concerning staffing.
There are currently thirteen staffing ITPRs in our inventory requiring representation by the National Office and four non-staffing which have been referred to the PSAC for representation. Included in the thirteen are one group of four ITPRs concerning the same selection processes and one group of six. The remaining three ITPRs are from individual members.
CRA POLICY REVIEW GRIEVANCES
Currently there is one CRA Policy Grievance in our inventory.
May 22, 2014
President’s Itinerary
JUNE 2014
MARCH
3 Local 00014 AGM Hamilton
4-5 Local 00042 AGM Sudbury
6-7 Local 00017 AGM London
10 Convention Planning Meeting Ottawa
11-12 Local 30025 AGM Edmonton
13-14 Local 30027 AGM Lethbridge
17 Meeting with CRA Commissioner Ottawa
17 National Office Management Meeting Ottawa
18-19 UTE Executive Council Ottawa
20-22 Presidents’ Conference Ottawa
23 Ute Executive Council Ottawa
25-26 Local 40022 AGM Regina
27-28 Local 50021 AGM Winnipeg
31 Conference Call with RVP NEO and
Local 00042 Trusteeship Ottawa
31 Meeting PSAC National President re.
Local 00042 Trusteeship Ottawa
APRIL
2 PSAC Pension Committee Meeting Ottawa
4 UMA re-signing with CRA Commissioner Ottawa
7 National Office Management Meeting Ottawa
8-9 Local 00001 AGM Toronto East
10 Local 70030 AGM Ottawa
11 PSAC Call Centre Committee Meeting Ottawa
15 Local 70000 AGM Ottawa
16 PSAC Holdings Board Meeting Ottawa
16 Component Presidents’ Briefing Ottawa
23 PSAC Discipline Committee Meeting Ottawa
23 PSAC Structure Committee Meeting Ottawa
24-28 PSAC BC Regional Convention Vancouver
30 Fireside chat with AC/HR D. Lorenzato Ottawa
MAY
1-4 UTE Convention Committee Meetings Ottawa
4-8 CLC Convention Montreal
9-11 PSAC NCR Regional Convention Gatineau
15 PSAC Pension Committee Meeting Ottawa
21-26 UTE BC Regional Meeting Whistler
28 Local 00013 AGM Toronto Centre
29-30 Local 00048 AGM Toronto North
MEMBERSHIP
|
APRIL / AVRIL 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
FULL |
RAND |
SUSPENDED |
TOTAL |
|
|
FULL |
RAND |
SUSPENDUS |
|
|
ATLANTIC REGION / RÉGION DE L'ATLANTIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
Saint John |
304 |
|
|
|
304 |
Bathurst |
67 |
|
|
|
67 |
Moncton |
82 |
3 |
|
|
85 |
Halifax |
294 |
4 |
|
|
298 |
Sydney |
105 |
1 |
|
|
106 |
St.John's TC/C.F. de St.John's |
425 |
33 |
|
|
458 |
St.John's DO/BD de St. John's |
482 |
74 |
|
|
556 |
Summerside |
821 |
18 |
|
2 |
841 |
Charlottetown |
100 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
2680 |
133 |
|
2 |
2815 |
QUEBEC REGION / RÉGION DE QUÉBEC |
|
|
|
|
|
Jonquière |
411 |
6 |
|
|
417 |
Québec |
222 |
16 |
|
|
238 |
Shawinigan South / Shawinigan-Sud |
1065 |
20 |
|
|
1085 |
Trois-Rivières |
44 |
|
|
|
44 |
Chicoutimi |
84 |
|
|
|
84 |
|
1826 |
42 |
|
0 |
1868 |
MONTREAL REGION / RÉGION DE MONTRÉAL |
|
|
|
|
|
Sherbrooke |
105 |
|
|
|
105 |
Montréal |
906 |
7 |
|
|
913 |
Rouyn-Noranda |
38 |
|
|
|
38 |
Montérégie South Shore / Montérégie Rive Sud |
171 |
|
|
|
171 |
Laval |
256 |
8 |
|
|
264 |
Outaouais T.S.O./B.S.F. Outaouais |
61 |
9 |
|
|
70 |
|
1537 |
24 |
|
0 |
1561 |
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION / RÉGION DE LA CAPITALE NATIONALE |
|
|
|
|
|
Ottawa Headquarters/Administration centrale d'Ottawa |
1992 |
206 |
|
11 |
2209 |
I.T.S.O./B.S.I.O. |
332 |
65 |
|
7 |
404 |
Ottawa T.S.O./B.S.F. d'Ottawa |
324 |
8 |
|
1 |
333 |
Ottawa Centre / Ottawa Centre |
382 |
69 |
|
13 |
464 |
Ottawa East / Ottawa-Est |
707 |
34 |
|
9 |
750 |
Ottawa Technology Centre / Centre de technologie d'Ottawa |
1230 |
181 |
|
7 |
1418 |
|
4967 |
563 |
|
48 |
5578 |
NORTHERN & EASTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU NORD ET DU SUD DE L'ONTARIO |
|
|
|
|
|
Kingston |
92 |
3 |
|
|
95 |
Belleville |
160 |
2 |
|
|
162 |
Peterborough |
79 |
2 |
|
|
81 |
Thunder Bay |
101 |
2 |
|
|
103 |
Sudbury T.C. /C.F. de Sudbury |
1302 |
86 |
|
|
1388 |
|
1734 |
95 |
|
0 |
1829 |
SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO REGION/RÉGION DU SUD-OUEST DE L'ONTARIO |
|
|
|
|
|
Hamilton |
621 |
98 |
|
1 |
720 |
Kitchener |
313 |
2 |
|
|
315 |
St. Catharines |
185 |
2 |
|
|
187 |
London |
358 |
2 |
|
|
360 |
Windsor |
191 |
2 |
|
|
193 |
|
1668 |
106 |
|
1 |
1775 |
GREATER TORONTO REGION/RÉGION DU GRAND TORONTO |
|
|
|
|
|
Toronto North / Toronto-Nord |
640 |
45 |
|
6 |
691 |
Toronto |
820 |
158 |
|
1 |
979 |
Toronto West / Toronto-Ouest |
443 |
7 |
|
4 |
454 |
Barrie |
107 |
1 |
|
|
108 |
Toronto East/Toronto-Est |
591 |
18 |
|
|
609 |
|
2601 |
229 |
|
11 |
2841 |
PRAIRIE REGION/RÉGION DES PRAIRIES |
|
|
|
|
|
Regina/Régina |
182 |
2 |
|
1 |
185 |
Winnipeg |
416 |
9 |
|
|
425 |
Winnipeg CCSC/CASR de Winnipeg |
192 |
2 |
|
|
194 |
Winnipeg T.C./C.F. de Winnipeg |
1400 |
29 |
|
|
1429 |
|
2190 |
42 |
|
1 |
2233 |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION/RÉGION DES MONTAGNE ROCHEUSES |
|
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
483 |
22 |
|
1 |
506 |
Calgary Call Centre / Centre d'appels de Calgary |
313 |
13 |
|
|
326 |
Edmonton |
672 |
88 |
|
6 |
766 |
Saskatoon |
240 |
2 |
|
|
242 |
Lethbridge |
43 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
1751 |
125 |
|
7 |
1883 |
PACIFIC REGION/RÉGION DU PACIFIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
Penticton |
225 |
|
|
|
225 |
Vancouver |
586 |
38 |
|
1 |
625 |
Victoria |
275 |
4 |
|
|
279 |
Burnaby Fraser |
590 |
10 |
|
|
600 |
Surrey |
855 |
82 |
|
|
937 |
Kelowna |
71 |
3 |
|
|
74 |
Northern B.C. & Yukon/le Nord de la CB et du Yukon |
105 |
3 |
|
|
108 |
Burnaby Fraser Call Center/Centre d'appels de Burnaby Fraser |
331 |
17 |
|
|
348 |
|
3038 |
157 |
|
1 |
3196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unallotted |
10 |
216 |
|
0 |
226 |
|
24002 |
1732 |
|
71 |
25805 |
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Campbell
National President