Bob Campbell - Item 6
Collective Bargaining: The Public Interest Commission (PIC) was held October 8th and 9th in Ottawa. I was proud to attend with some twenty UTE members from the area. Thank you to all that attended and showed support for the team. Also, I would like to thank all the Locals from across the country that held activities to show support for the team. It was greatly appreciated. There was 100 percent engagement from all the Locals.
My feelings and comments on the PIC were distributed to all Locals. As of the writing of this report, the 30-day time limit for the decision from the PIC has expired and we await the report. We have dates tentatively set for December and February to try and negotiate a fair collective agreement. We had some good front-page press coverage right after the PIC with the headline “Tax Union Refuses to Give up Severance, Sick Leave”, in the Ottawa Citizen.
We must continue to support the team and keep relaying to management that we are not willing to roll over.
HOTEL REQUIREMENTS: Our current contract with the Fairmont Chateau Laurier runs out the end of 2015. We are in the process of reviewing proposals from four hotels for the next three-year cycle.
NATIONAL OFFICE STAFFING: We would like to welcome Sister Andrea Holmes to the National Office staff as an indeterminate Labour Relations Officer. We are currently running a selection process for an Administrative Support position. We hope to have this completed and staffed before the end of 2014.
AGMS: The National officers have started to attend local AGMs across the country and I would like to thank the Locals for working together on the dates. The feed back from the AGMs is that the membership is engaged and wants information. There is tremendous support for the bargaining team. The members understand that the decisions that will be made in the near future are very important and will affect not only themselves, but future employees of CRA.
Meetings with CRA: We have had several meetings with CRA during this period mostly on several staffing related issues. Due to the deteriorating relationship with CRA management and the current state of your contract negotiations, UTE nationally will continue to not participle in the Union/Management Consultation Committee meetings until a fair Collective Agreement is reached.
WEB/COMMUNICATIONS: All of the information on the website is up to date. The UTE calendars were sent out to all of the locals at the end of October. We have been working with our web developers to design the new look and feel of the website and to create new logos for all of the committees. We expect to launch the new website before the next Executive Council meeting.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: All IT systems have been running well. Regular software maintenance of internal computers and servers was performed. We purchased a new Dell server to replace an out of warranty server. We renewed our Teamviewer license (software used to provide remote support) and our Exchange Online subscription for another year. We are in preliminary discussions with Xerox about upgrading our printers at the National Office.
DONATION AS OF NOVEMBER 27, 2014 :
RECIPIENT/BÉNÉFICIAIRE |
CITY/VILLE |
AMOUNT |
APPROVED |
MONTANT |
APPROUVÉ |
||
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 ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
St. Theresa's Catholic High School |
Midland ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Autism Socitey of Ontario - Simcoe County Chapter |
Barrie ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Dragon Boat Barrie |
Barrie ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
CRA National Slo-pitch Tournament 2014 |
Kitchener ON |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Brett Ramsay |
Wellington PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Team MacMillan |
Ottawa ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Ride to Conquer Cancer |
Montréal QC |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Fonds Josée Lavigueur Opération Enfants |
Blainville QC |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Fondation Vie - Jean-Eudes Lalancette |
Chicoutimi QC |
100.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Denise Roy - Psycolloque 2014 |
Bathurst NB |
150.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Jean-Pierre Fraser - Less Petits Frères |
Shawinigan-Sud QC |
200.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Simon Fraser University - Michael McDonnell |
Surrey BC |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Joseph Brant Hospital - In memory of C. vanSydenborgh |
Burlington ON |
100.00 |
Council/Conseil |
Hôpital Général Juif "Weekend Pharmaprix" |
Montréal QC |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Canadian Cancer Society "Relay for Life Event" |
Waterville QC |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Tammy Norden-CIBC Run for the Cure Team |
Miscouche PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Madonna |
Fondation CRDM |
Montréal QC |
500.00 |
Bob/Madonna |
Canadian Breast Cancer "CIBC Run for the Cure-Sharon Hickey" |
Penticton BC |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
The Exeter Lioness Club |
Exeter ON |
400.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Total spent |
12,600.00 |
||
Balance - UTE |
5,400.00 |
||
|
|
|
|
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 |
7,400.00 |
||
Donations from Surplus |
|||
0.00 |
NON UTE EVENTS AS OF NOVEMBER 27, 2014:
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 |
||||
Marilyn Gallant |
CLC Atl and PEI Fed of Labour School |
Mar 14/14 |
Summerside PE |
253.56 |
|
Joseph Profit |
CLC Atl and PEI Fed of Labour School |
Mar 14/14 |
Summerside PE |
264.08 |
|
Les Smith |
Working Towards Bully-Free Workplaces |
Jun 11-13/14 |
Halifax NS |
1,482.37 |
|
Valerie Illingworth |
Prairie School for Union Women |
Jun 9-13/14 |
Waskesia SK |
1,873.40 |
|
Brian Oldford |
Working Towards Bully-Free Workplaces |
Jun 11-13/14 |
Halifax NS |
1,451.85 |
|
Mario Potvin |
2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC |
Sep 5-7/14 |
Québec QC |
335.00 |
|
Angela Davison |
2013 PSAC Regional H&S Conf. |
Nov 1-3/13 |
Dartmouth NS |
460.00 |
|
Andrew MacDonald |
2013 PSAC Regional H&S Conf. |
Nov 1-3/13 |
Dartmouth NS |
165.50 |
|
Danny Aubry |
2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC |
Sep 5-7/14 |
Québec QC |
278.79 |
|
Christiane Veillet |
2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC |
Sep 5-7/14 |
Québec QC |
60.00 |
|
Julie Désaulniers |
2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC |
Sep 5-7/14 |
Québec QC |
265.32 |
|
Mireille Dupont |
FTQ Santé et Sécurité du travail |
Oct 23-24 |
Trois-Rivières QC |
365.00 |
|
Mireille Dupont |
2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC |
Sep 5-7/14 |
Québec QC |
272.28 |
|
Céline Germain |
FTQ Rencontre biennale de réflexion |
Nov 4-5/14 |
Laval QC |
643.60 |
|
Mario Potvin |
FTQ Santé et Sécurité du travail |
Oct 23-24 |
Trois-Rivières QC |
727.85 |
|
Johanne Champagne |
FTQ Santé et Sécurité du travail |
Oct 23-25 |
Trois-Rivières QC |
294.13 |
|
TOTAL SPENT / DÉPENSES |
9,192.73 |
||||
BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
30,472.76 |
||||
Approved - No Claim Received |
|||||
Approuvé - Aucune réclamation reçue |
Location |
Advance |
Approved |
||
Location |
Avance |
Approuvé |
|||
Marc-André Gobeil |
2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC |
Sep 5-7/14 |
Québec QC |
186.96 |
|
Cathy Boulay |
2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC |
Sep 5-7/14 |
Québec QC |
377.69 |
|
Céline Rousseau |
FTQ Rencontre biennale de réflexion |
Nov 4-5/14 |
Laval QC |
1,479.09 |
|
Carole Bergeron |
FTQ Rencontre biennale de réflexion |
Nov 4-5/14 |
Laval QC |
1,295.75 |
|
Lucie Couture |
FTQ Rencontre biennale de réflexion |
Nov 4-5/14 |
Laval QC |
1,315.00 |
|
NET BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
25,818.27 |
GRIEVANCES:
Since our last Executive Council meeting, seventy (70) grievances, other than classification, were received at the National Office.
During the same period, twenty-five (25) grievances were presented dealing with a variety of issues. Six (6) grievances were withdrawn. In this quarter, we received twenty (20) grievance replies from CRA all of which were denied. One file from a previous quarter was reconsidered and reopened.
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 |
|
|
1 |
78 |
Nov 22/08– March 27/09 |
54 |
|
|
1 |
53 |
March 28/09– June 10/09 |
26 |
|
|
5 |
21 |
June 10/09 – Sept 04/09 |
36 |
|
|
3 |
33 |
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 |
65 |
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 |
|
|
5 |
24 |
May 27/13 – Sept 11/13 |
43 |
|
|
25 |
18 |
Sept 12/13 – Nov 19/13 |
14 |
|
|
9 |
5 |
Nov 20/13 - Mar 6/14 |
24 |
63 |
|
9 |
9 |
Mar 7/14 – May 21/14 |
41 |
244 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
May 22/14 – Sept 11/14 |
46 |
25 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
Sept 12/14 – Nov 26/14 |
70 |
56 |
10 |
|
4 |
- 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.
- Four grievances were being held pending a request for information under ATIP. This information has now been received and a hearing date secured for mid-December. A presentation date has now been secured for one and a MOS is still in the process of getting signed.
- Six grievances are being held pending a request for information under ATIP. Twelve other grievances dealing with WFA will be withdrawn and we are awaiting notices of withdrawal from the grievors.
There are presently one hundred and seventeen (117) grievances in the National Office inventory which have not yet been presented at the Final Level. Many of these grievances relate to the same subject matter and are considered groups.
POLICY GRIEVANCE
There was no policy grievances filed during this period.
CLASSIFICATION GRIEVANCES
There was no new classification grievances received during this quarter.
OPENED INVENTORY |
REC’D |
CLOSED |
OUTSTANDING |
Jun 04/00 – June 1/10 |
535 |
535 |
|
June 1/10 – Feb 28/11 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
March 1/11 – March 6/14 |
6 |
6 |
|
March 7/14 – May 21/14 |
1 |
|
1 |
May 22/14 – Nov 26/14 |
0 |
|
|
ACS-SP CLASSIFICATION CONVERSION GRIEVANCES
All forty-three (43) grievances have been presented and replies have been received. As a result, we will no longer provide further reporting on this matter.
INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWS (ITPRs)
During this quarter, there were no new ITPRs received in the National Office concerning staffing. Three decisions were received and all were dismissed. One of these is being referred to Federal Court on an Application for Judicial Review.
There are currently six (6) staffing ITPRs in our inventory requiring representation by the National Office and four (4) non-staffing which have been referred to the PSAC for representation. Included in the six are two groups of two ITPRs concerning the same selection process. The remaining two ITPRs are from individual members concerning individual selection processes.
Our office has received multiple requests for ITPRs, but after a review of the grounds and circumstances by our officers, it has been determined that many of them do not qualify for ITPR. For the most part, it appears that members are attempting to request ITPRs when they are screened out or when they have not passed the assessment phase. We remind local representatives and members that members who are screened out may only avail of individual feedback and those who have failed the assessment stage may only avail of individual feedback, followed by decision review.
CRA POLICY REVIEW GRIEVANCES
Currently there is one CRA Policy Grievance in our inventory.
November 26, 2014
President’s Itinerary
DECEMBER 2014
SEPTEMBER |
|
8th |
Lunch meeting with Hotel |
10th |
UTE Management meeting |
10th |
Executive Committee meeting |
17th |
Meeting with Ottawa Cancer Society re book sponsorship. |
18th |
PSAC Finance Committee meeting |
18th |
Ontario PSTAR meeting Lisa Addario |
22 – 23rd |
UTE Executive Council meetings |
24 – 27 |
UTE Presidents Conference |
28th |
UTE Executive Council meeting |
29th |
PSAC Education Committee meeting |
30th |
PSAC Discipline Committee meeting |
|
|
OCTOBER |
|
2nd |
Component Presidents Meeting |
3rd |
UTE National Staffing Course |
8th |
Plant gating HQ Local 70000 |
8th – 9th |
PIC Hearings |
10th |
PSAC-CRA NSCC meeting |
15th |
Local 50031 AGM |
16th |
Local 50032 AGM |
17th – 18th |
Local 60005 AGM |
21st |
PSAC NBOD |
22nd-23rd |
Local 00052 AGM |
28th |
PSAC Call Centre Meeting |
29th – 30th |
Local 00051 AGM |
31st |
PSAC Holdings Committee meeting |
|
|
NOVEMBER |
|
4th |
Local 90000 AGM |
5th |
Local 90001 AGM |
6th – 7th |
Local 80003 AGM |
12th |
Local 90006 AGM |
13th – 14th |
Local 90002 AGM |
18th – 19th |
Local 00042 General Meeting |
25th – 30th |
PSAC Investigations Training |
MEMBERSHIP
|
OCTOBER / OCTOBRE 2014 |
||||
|
FULL |
RAND |
SUSPENDED |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
SUSPENDUS |
||
ATLANTIC REGION / RÉGION DE L'ATLANTIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
Saint John (60005) |
313 |
|
|
|
313 |
Bathurst (60006) |
64 |
|
|
|
64 |
Moncton (60008) |
83 |
1 |
|
|
84 |
Halifax (80003) |
312 |
1 |
|
|
313 |
Sydney (80004) |
100 |
|
|
|
100 |
St. John's T.C. / C.F. de St. John's (90000) |
384 |
18 |
|
|
402 |
St. John's T.S.O. / St. John's B.S.F. (90001) |
415 |
34 |
|
|
449 |
Charlottetown (90002) |
107 |
2 |
|
|
109 |
Summerside (90006) |
815 |
42 |
2 |
|
859 |
|
2593 |
98 |
2 |
|
2693 |
QUEBEC REGION / RÉGION DE QUÉBEC |
|
|
|
|
|
Jonquière (10004) |
483 |
10 |
|
|
493 |
Shawinigan South / Shawinigan-Sud (10005) |
1048 |
12 |
|
|
1060 |
Québec (10006) |
227 |
6 |
|
|
233 |
Trois-Rivières (10027) |
45 |
|
|
|
45 |
Chicoutimi (10110) |
78 |
2 |
|
|
80 |
|
1881 |
30 |
0 |
|
1911 |
MONTREAL REGION / RÉGION DE MONTRÉAL |
|
|
|
|
|
Sherbrooke (10007) |
97 |
4 |
|
|
101 |
Montréal (10008) |
814 |
15 |
|
|
829 |
Rouyn-Noranda (10009) |
39 |
|
|
|
39 |
Montérégie South Shore / Montérégie Rive Sud (10017) |
166 |
|
|
|
166 |
Laval (10028) |
247 |
10 |
|
|
257 |
Outaouais (70035) |
55 |
6 |
|
|
61 |
|
1418 |
35 |
0 |
|
1453 |
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION / RÉGION DE LA CAPITALE NATIONALE |
|
|
|
|
|
Ottawa Headquarters / Administration centrale d'Ottawa (70000) |
1960 |
208 |
11 |
|
2179 |
Ottawa East / Ottawa-Est (70001) |
688 |
32 |
10 |
|
730 |
Ottawa Centre / Ottawa Centre (70004) |
388 |
63 |
14 |
|
465 |
Ottawa I.T.S.O. / B.S.I.O. d'Ottawa (70009) |
317 |
53 |
6 |
|
376 |
Ottawa T.S.O. / B.S.F. d'Ottawa (70010) |
312 |
13 |
|
|
325 |
Ottawa Technology Centre / Centre de technologie d'Ottawa (70030) |
1161 |
224 |
5 |
|
1390 |
|
4826 |
593 |
46 |
|
5465 |
NORTHERN & EASTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU NORD ET DU SUD DE L'ONTARIO |
|||||
Peterborough (00008) |
79 |
1 |
|
|
80 |
Kingston (00011) |
86 |
2 |
|
|
88 |
Belleville (00012) |
154 |
1 |
|
|
155 |
Thunder Bay (00020) |
100 |
1 |
|
|
101 |
Sudbury T.C. / C.F. de Sudbury (00042) |
1438 |
78 |
2 |
|
1518 |
|
1857 |
83 |
2 |
|
1942 |
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU SUD-OUEST DE L'ONTARIO |
|
|
|||
Hamilton (00014) |
624 |
3 |
1 |
|
628 |
Kitchener (00015) |
299 |
3 |
|
|
302 |
St. Catharines (00016) |
176 |
2 |
|
|
178 |
London (00017) |
322 |
|
|
|
322 |
Windsor (00018) |
186 |
2 |
|
|
188 |
|
1607 |
10 |
1 |
|
1618 |
GREATER TORONTO REGION / RÉGION DU GRAND TORONTO |
|
|
|
|
|
Toronto East / Toronto-Est (00001) |
587 |
48 |
|
|
635 |
Toronto Centre / Toronto Centre (00013) |
764 |
89 |
1 |
|
854 |
Toronto North / Toronto-Nord (00048) |
612 |
46 |
6 |
|
664 |
Toronto West / Toronto-Ouest (00051) |
453 |
8 |
3 |
|
464 |
Barrie (00052) |
107 |
1 |
|
|
108 |
|
2523 |
192 |
10 |
|
2725 |
PRAIRIE REGION / RÉGION DES PRAIRIES |
|
|
|
|
|
Regina (40022) |
173 |
4 |
1 |
|
178 |
Winnipeg (50021) |
415 |
6 |
|
|
421 |
Winnipeg T.C. / C.F. de Winnipeg (50031) |
1379 |
70 |
|
|
1449 |
Winnipeg C.C.S.C. / C.A.S.R. de Winnipeg (50032) |
174 |
7 |
|
|
181 |
|
2141 |
87 |
1 |
|
2229 |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION / RÉGION DES MONTAGNE ROCHEUSES |
|
|
|
||
Calgary Call Centre / Centre d'appels de Calgary (30022) |
263 |
10 |
|
|
273 |
Calgary (30024) |
453 |
20 |
1 |
|
474 |
Edmonton (30025) |
625 |
94 |
6 |
|
725 |
Lethbridge (30027) |
38 |
|
|
|
38 |
Saskatoon (40023) |
237 |
3 |
|
|
240 |
|
1616 |
127 |
7 |
|
1750 |
PACIFIC REGION / RÉGION DU PACIFIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
North B.C. & Yukon / le Nord de la C.B. et du Yukon (20002) |
98 |
10 |
|
|
108 |
Kelowna (20003) |
69 |
3 |
|
|
72 |
Burnaby Fraser (20007) |
589 |
3 |
|
|
592 |
Penticton (20026) |
214 |
|
|
|
214 |
Vancouver (20027) |
540 |
49 |
1 |
|
590 |
Victoria (20028) |
270 |
7 |
|
|
277 |
Surrey T.C. / C.F. de Surrey (20029) |
832 |
85 |
|
|
917 |
Pacific Region Call Centre / Centre d'appels de la région du Pacifique (20050) |
300 |
22 |
|
|
322 |
|
2912 |
179 |
1 |
|
3092 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unallotted |
10 |
293 |
0 |
|
303 |
|
23384 |
1727 |
70 |
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25181 |
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Campbell
National President