Bob Campbell - Item 6
Collective Bargaining: There have been no meetings held or movement from CRA in regards to our collective bargaining. We do have some hope of returning to the table with the election of a new government on October 19th 2015. The government has made some positive statements about treating public servants with respect and also in investing in the Canada Revenue Agency. We can only hope that this is sooner rather than later. I have written a letter to the new Minister of National Revenue, Diane Lebouthillier, asking for a meeting. I have not yet had a reply at the time of writing this report. We have also started a grievance campaign to put pressure on the CRA and Treasury Board to return to the table. These protest grievances are going well and the more we file the better, as it is in support of the bargaining team.
HISTORY OF UTE: We have engaged the Workers’ History Museum to produce a book and a video on the history of UTE. Both projects are on track and the book and video have progressed to the final approval and translation stages. We are still scheduled for completion and release in March of 2016.
UTE’s 50th ANNIVERSARY: As we enter our 50th year, we are planning on organizing some celebrations to mark the occasion. Exact details have not been decided and we will provide further information at a later date.
AGMS: The AGM season is starting up again in most regions. Once again, we would ask the Locals to coordinate their AGMs with other Locals in the same region to facilitate travel by our National Officers and to ensure a National Officer presence at every AGM.
Meetings with CRA: We have had several meetings with CRA during this period mostly on several staffing related issues and Human Resources Policy changes. 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 Report:
We continue to update our website. Adding the older content and fixing some of the content migration issues is an ongoing process. Overall we have received positive feedback from our website visitors.
Information Technology:
All IT systems have been running well. Regular software maintenance of internal computers, servers and network was performed. We purchased new computers for the staff at the national office as part of our scheduled computer refresh. We renewed our Office365 licenses for another year.
DONATION / SPONSORSHIPS as of November 2015
|
RECIPIENT/BÉNÉFICIAIRE |
CITY/VILLE |
AMOUNT |
APPROVED BY |
|
BUDGET |
18,000.00 |
||
|
First Baptist Church Youth Group - Jordan Smith |
Charlottetown PE |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
The Diana Gee Memorial Trust |
Toronto ON |
1,000.00 |
Council/Conseil |
|
Linda Koenders-Education in Action 2015 Project-Guatemala |
Ottawa ON |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Walk for Memories - Alzheimer Society |
Barrie ON |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Sudbury & District Labour Council Women's Committee |
Sudbury ON |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Earl Cahill Curling Team |
Thunder Bay ON |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Tiernan Bates - Forum for Young Canadians |
Hamilton ON |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Brett Ramsay |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
SLAM Basketball (Jr. Mini Girls team-U10 Developmental) |
Halifax NS |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
PEI 5 Pin Bowlers' Association |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Tyne Valley Figure Skating Club (TVFSC) |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Riverview High School Safe Grad Event |
Sydney NS |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
O'Leary Skating Club (OSC) |
Summerside PE |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Big Brothers Big Sisters - Bowl for Kids Sake |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Nancy Johnson |
Saskatoon SK |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Dawn Hardy |
Summerside PE |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
UCTE - Golf Tournament |
Ottawa ON |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
CRDM |
Montréal QC |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Jean-Pierre Fraser - Les Petits Frères |
Shawinigan-Sud QC |
200.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Penticton Survivorship Dragon Boat Team |
Penticton BC |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Canadian Cancer Society c/o Susan Frellick-Perry |
Summerside PE |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Les Bons Vivants / Barbara Dufresne |
Shawinigan-Sud QC |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
La Fondation Drapeau et Deschambault |
Sainte-Thérèse QC |
100.00 |
Protocol |
|
Canadian Liver |
Kingston ON |
100.00 |
Protocol |
|
Alex Sugarcamp MacDonald Memorial Golf Tournament |
Stillwater Lake NS |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Sydney Mines & District Little League |
Sydney NS |
300.00 |
Bob/Madonna |
|
Tiny Hearts Magazine – CHEO |
Ottawa ON |
310.75 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Weekend pour vaincre les cancers féminins |
Sherbrooke QC |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Canadian Red Cross - Saskatoon Branch |
Saskatoon SK |
500.00 |
Bob/Madonna |
|
Saskatoon District Labour Council (Summer Snack Program) |
Saskatoon SK |
300.00 |
Bob/Madonna |
|
PEI Midget All Stars |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Madonna |
|
Tammy Norden - CIBC Run for the Cure |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Madonna |
|
Rhema Ministries |
Ottawa ON |
500.00 |
Marc/Madonna |
|
Sudbury & District Labour Council |
Sudbury ON |
300.00 |
Marc/Madonna |
|
UTE Sudbury D Culgin WAKOWorld Championships |
Sudbury ON |
300.00 |
Marc/Madonna |
|
Team MacMillan |
Ottawa ON |
300.00 |
Marc/Madonna |
|
Hillside to Haiti 5K |
Halifax NS |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Easter Seals Ontario |
Ottawa ON |
500.00 |
Council/Conseil |
|
Ligue de hockey amicale du Centre fiscal de Jonquière |
Jonquière QC |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Western Hurricanes Major Bantam Hockey |
Upper Tallon NS |
400.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Thunder Bay Elks Hockey Association |
Thunder Bay ON |
275.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Christine Broadhead |
Victoria BC |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Riverview Batnam Blues |
Riverview NB |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Traian Septimiu Gabrian |
Penticton BC |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
Total spent / Total dépensé |
15,285.75 |
||
|
Balance - UTE / Solde SEI |
2,714.25 |
||
|
Presidents' Use / A l'usage du président |
2,000.00 |
||
|
Union of Northern Workers - Local 6 |
Yellowknife NT |
1,500.00 |
|
|
CUPE Local 101 |
London ON |
500.00 |
|
|
Total spent / Total dépensé |
2,000.00 |
||
|
Balance - President / Solde - Président |
0.00 |
||
|
Total Balance - Donations - UTE and President / |
2,714.25 |
||
|
Solde total - Dons - SEI et Président |
|||
|
Extraordinary Donations from Surplus / |
5,000.00 |
||
|
Dons Extraordinaires provenant du surplus |
|||
|
Union of Northern Workers - Local 6 |
Yellowknife NT |
5,000.00 |
Council/Conseil |
|
Muskeg First Nation, Fire Relief Fund |
Saskatoon SK |
5,000.00 |
Council/Conseil |
|
Total spent / Total dépensé |
10,000.00 |
NON UTE EVENTS as of November 25, 2015
|
RECIPIENT |
REASON |
AMOUNT |
|||||
|
BÉNÉFICIAIRE |
RAISON |
MONTANT |
|||||
|
BUDGET - 2015 |
20,000.00 |
||||||
|
2014 Carry Over / Report de 2014 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
TOTAL BUDGET - 2015 |
20,000.00 |
||||||
|
Céline Rousseau |
FTQ Rencontre biennale de réflexion |
Nov 4-5/14 |
Laval QC |
64.61 |
|||
|
Barbara Pawlovich |
OFL Women's Summit |
May 1-3/15 |
Port Elgin ON |
626.00 |
|||
|
Michelle Neill |
CLC - Building Our Union through Media |
Oct 23/15 |
Summerside PE |
363.54 |
|||
|
Claude Girard |
FTQ Santé et Sécurité du travail |
Oct 15-16/15 |
Trois-Rivières QC |
264.60 |
|||
|
Johanne Champagne |
FTQ Santé et Sécurité du travail |
Oct 15-16/15 |
Trois-Rivières QC |
196.28 |
|||
|
Susan Frellick-Perry |
CLC - Building Our Union through Media |
Oct 23/15 |
Summerside PE |
228.18 |
|||
|
Marilyn Gallant |
CLC - Building Our Union through Media |
Oct 23/15 |
Summerside PE |
228.18 |
|||
|
TOTAL SPENT / DÉPENSES |
1,971.39 |
||||||
|
BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
18,028.61 |
||||||
|
Approved - No Claim Received |
Location |
Advance |
Approved |
||||
|
Approuvé - Aucune réclamation reçue |
Location |
Avance |
Approuvé |
||||
|
Céline Rousseau |
École des femmmes de la FTQ |
Nov 8-13/15 |
Orford QC |
650.00 |
|||
|
Lise Larouche |
École des femmmes de la FTQ |
Nov 8-13/15 |
Orford QC |
650.00 |
|||
|
Gallia Kafaei |
Camp des jeunes 2015 de la FTQ |
Sep 9-11/15 |
507.60 |
||||
|
Carolyn Nagel |
OFL Women's Summit |
May 1-3/15 |
Port Elgin ON |
408.25 |
|||
|
Gina Degner |
OFL Women's Summit |
May 1-3/15 |
Port Elgin ON |
352.91 |
|||
|
Ryan Ward |
PSAC Ontario Health & Safety |
Nov 14-15/15 |
London ON |
226.00 |
|||
|
NET BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
15,233.85 |
||||||
GRIEVANCES
Since our last Executive Council meeting, the National Office received four hundred (402) grievances, other than classification. Included in this number are twelve (12) groups of grievances relating to PSTAR pension (130), hours of work (152), job description (15) and Article 1 (74).
During the same period, fifty-three (53) grievances were presented dealing with a variety of issues. In this quarter, two (2) grievances were withdrawn, one by UTE and the other by the grievor and we received forty-two (42) grievance replies from CRA of which three (3) were partially allowed and thirty-nine (39) denied.
|
OPENED INVENTORY |
REC’D |
TO BE |
AWAITING |
ADJ. |
CLOSED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nov. 96 –Sept 04/09 |
4575 |
|
|
10 |
4565 |
|
Sept 05/09 – Mar 5/10 |
82 |
|
|
1 |
81 |
|
March 6/10 – Feb 28/11 |
107 |
|
|
4 |
103 |
|
Mar 1/11 – Sept 8/11 |
70 |
|
|
20 |
50 |
|
Sept 9/11 – Nov 18/11 |
18 |
|
|
6 |
12 |
|
Nov 19/11 – Feb 21/12 |
43 |
|
1[1] |
2 |
40 |
|
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 |
1[2] |
|
2 |
30 |
|
March 6/13 – May 24/13 |
29 |
|
|
2 |
27 |
|
May 27/13 – Sept 11/13 |
43 |
|
|
17 |
26 |
|
Sept 12/13 – Nov 19/13 |
14 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
|
Nov 20/13 - Mar 6/14 |
24 |
|
1[3] |
9 |
14 |
|
Mar 7/14 – May 21/14 |
41 |
|
2[4] |
6 |
33 |
|
May 22/14 – Sept 11/14 |
46 |
4[5] |
2[6] |
12 |
28 |
|
Sept 12/14 – Nov 26/14 |
70 |
|
|
17 |
53 |
|
Nov 27/14 – Mar 04/15 |
39 |
1[7] |
11[8] |
5 |
22 |
|
Mar 5/15 – May 27/15 |
38 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
24 |
|
May 28/15 – Sept 3/15 |
58 |
14 |
10 |
7 |
27 |
|
Sept 4/15 – Nov 24/15 |
402 |
386 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
There are presently three-hundred and eighty-four (384) grievances in the National Office inventory which have not yet been presented at the Final Level.
- 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.
- Grievance held in abeyance at request of PSAC pending judicial review of WSIB appeal.
- Job content grievance – settlement discussions ongoing.
- Replies held in abeyance at the request of the grievor.
- Waiting for information on these grievances.
- Grievances recently presented and replies are pending.
- Grievances held in abeyance pending immigration investigation.
- Ten job content grievances hearings held on September 16, 2015. Responses should be issued shortly. The remaining grievance is a termination and settlement discussions are ongoing.
POLICY GRIEVANCE
There was no new 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 |
|
|
|
Nov 27/14 – March 4/15 |
0 |
|
|
|
Mar 5/15 – May 27/15 |
0 |
|
|
|
May 28/15 – Sept 3/15 |
0 |
|
|
|
Sept 4/15 – Nov 24/15 |
0 |
|
|
INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWS (ITPRs)
During this quarter, three new ITPRs were received in the National Office concerning staffing. After further review, a decision was made not to provide representation for two of these ITPRs.
The Federal Court decision concerning one application for judicial review of a decision from a previous quarter was received during this quarter and was successful, resulting in the reinstatement of the requestor.
There are currently two (2) staffing ITPRs in our inventory requiring representation by the National Office.
CRA POLICY REVIEW GRIEVANCES
Currently there is one CRA Policy Grievance in our inventory pending a hearing at the third level.
November 24, 2015
President’s Itinerary
December 2015
SEPTEMBER
1-4 Rocky Mountains Region Site Visits, Calgary and Lethbridge
8-11 NBoD Strategy Session, Montebello, Qc.
14-18 Rocky Mountains Region Site Visits, Saskatoon and Edmonton
22-23 UTE Executive Council, Ottawa
24-26 Presidents’ Conference, Ottawa
28 Meeting – Workers’ History Museum, Ottawa
OCTOBER
2-4 Local 60005 AGM, Saint John
5 Meeting – PIPSC – AFS President, Ottawa
6 Meeting – UTE History Book Author, Ottawa
14 UTE History Video Screening, Ottawa
14-18 UTE Regional EO Conference, Montreal
20 Meeting AEU, Ottawa
21-23 Local 50031 AGM, Winnipeg
27 Local 80004 AGM, Sydney
28-29 Local 50032 AGM, Winnipeg
NOVEMBER
2 Local 90000 AGM, St. John’s
3 Local 90001 AGM, St. John’s
4 Local 00015 AGM, Kitchener
5-8 UTE National Health & Safety Conference, Ottawa
12 History Project Videotaping, Ottawa
17 Special NBoD Meeting, Ottawa
18-20 Local 90006 AGM, Summerside
26-27 Local 80003 AGM, Halifax
|
Membership |
OCTOBER / 2015 |
|
|
||
|
|
FULL |
RAND |
SUSPENDED |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
|
SUSPENDUS |
||
|
ATLANTIC REGION / RÉGION DE L'ATLANTIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saint John (60005) |
314 |
9 |
|
|
323 |
|
Bathurst (60006) |
69 |
|
|
|
69 |
|
Moncton (60008) |
77 |
2 |
|
|
79 |
|
Halifax (80003) |
289 |
8 |
|
|
297 |
|
Sydney (80004) |
94 |
1 |
|
|
95 |
|
St. John's T.C. / C.F. de St. John's (90000) |
391 |
24 |
|
|
415 |
|
St. John's T.S.O. / St. John's B.S.F. (90001) |
415 |
18 |
|
|
433 |
|
Charlottetown (90002) |
114 |
2 |
|
|
116 |
|
Summerside (90006) |
799 |
45 |
2 |
|
846 |
|
|
2562 |
109 |
2 |
|
2673 |
|
QUEBEC REGION / RÉGION DE QUÉBEC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jonquière (10004) |
446 |
4 |
|
|
450 |
|
Shawinigan South / Shawinigan-Sud (10005) |
934 |
15 |
|
|
949 |
|
Québec (10006) |
243 |
|
|
|
243 |
|
Trois-Rivières (10027) |
43 |
1 |
|
|
44 |
|
Chicoutimi (10110) |
77 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
1743 |
20 |
0 |
|
1763 |
|
MONTREAL REGION / RÉGION DE MONTRÉAL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sherbrooke (10007) |
87 |
2 |
|
|
89 |
|
Montréal (10008) |
834 |
13 |
|
|
847 |
|
Rouyn-Noranda (10009) |
29 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Montérégie South Shore / Montérégie Rive Sud (10017) |
167 |
3 |
|
|
170 |
|
Laval (10028) |
250 |
9 |
|
|
259 |
|
Outaouais (70035) |
59 |
11 |
|
|
70 |
|
|
1426 |
38 |
0 |
|
1464 |
|
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION / RÉGION DE LA CAPITALE NATIONALE |
|
|
|
||
|
Ottawa Headquarters / Administration centrale d'Ottawa (70000) |
2078 |
170 |
13 |
|
2261 |
|
Ottawa East / Ottawa-Est (70001) |
514 |
37 |
8 |
|
559 |
|
Ottawa Centre / Ottawa Centre (70004) |
421 |
65 |
13 |
|
499 |
|
Ottawa I.T.S.O. / B.S.I.O. d'Ottawa (70009) |
265 |
49 |
5 |
|
319 |
|
Ottawa T.S.O. / B.S.F. d'Ottawa (70010) |
326 |
31 |
|
|
357 |
|
Ottawa Technology Centre / Centre de technologie d'Ottawa (70030) |
1218 |
206 |
5 |
|
1429 |
|
|
4822 |
558 |
44 |
|
5424 |
|
NORTHERN & EASTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU NORD ET DU SUD DE L'ONTARIO |
|||||
|
Peterborough (00008) |
77 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
Kingston (00011) |
82 |
2 |
|
|
84 |
|
Belleville (00012) |
143 |
3 |
|
|
146 |
|
Thunder Bay (00020) |
99 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
Sudbury T.C. / C.F. de Sudbury (00042) |
1457 |
72 |
2 |
|
1531 |
|
|
1858 |
77 |
2 |
|
1937 |
|
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU SUD-OUEST DE L'ONTARIO |
|
|
|||
|
Hamilton (00014) |
664 |
24 |
1 |
|
689 |
|
Kitchener (00015) |
290 |
|
|
|
290 |
|
St. Catharines (00016) |
173 |
|
|
|
173 |
|
London (00017) |
297 |
|
|
|
297 |
|
Windsor (00018) |
164 |
1 |
|
|
165 |
|
|
1588 |
25 |
1 |
|
1614 |
|
GREATER TORONTO REGION / RÉGION DU GRAND TORONTO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Toronto East / Toronto-Est (00001) |
568 |
53 |
|
|
621 |
|
Toronto Centre / Toronto Centre (00013) |
698 |
196 |
1 |
|
895 |
|
Toronto North / Toronto-Nord (00048) |
569 |
55 |
7 |
|
631 |
|
Toronto West / Toronto-Ouest (00051) |
456 |
8 |
3 |
|
467 |
|
Barrie (00052) |
101 |
2 |
1 |
|
104 |
|
|
2392 |
314 |
12 |
|
2718 |
|
PRAIRIE REGION / RÉGION DES PRAIRIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regina (40022) |
160 |
3 |
1 |
|
164 |
|
Winnipeg (50021) |
420 |
6 |
|
|
426 |
|
Winnipeg T.C. / C.F. de Winnipeg (50031) |
1337 |
37 |
|
|
1374 |
|
Winnipeg C.C.S.C. / C.A.S.R. de Winnipeg (50032) |
161 |
4 |
|
|
165 |
|
|
2078 |
50 |
1 |
|
2129 |
|
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION / RÉGION DES MONTAGNE ROCHEUSES |
|
|
|
||
|
Calgary Call Centre / Centre d'appels de Calgary (30022) |
263 |
9 |
|
|
272 |
|
Calgary (30024) |
422 |
18 |
1 |
|
441 |
|
Edmonton (30025) |
656 |
51 |
5 |
|
712 |
|
Lethbridge (30027) |
37 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
Saskatoon (40023) |
227 |
|
|
|
227 |
|
|
1605 |
78 |
6 |
|
1689 |
|
PACIFIC REGION / RÉGION DU PACIFIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
North B.C. & Yukon / le Nord de la C.B. et du Yukon (20002) |
95 |
9 |
|
|
104 |
|
Kelowna (20003) |
58 |
3 |
|
|
61 |
|
Burnaby Fraser (20007) |
623 |
9 |
|
|
632 |
|
Penticton (20026) |
234 |
|
|
|
234 |
|
Vancouver (20027) |
499 |
97 |
1 |
|
597 |
|
Victoria (20028) |
271 |
|
|
|
271 |
|
Surrey T.C. / C.F. de Surrey (20029) |
758 |
80 |
|
|
838 |
|
Pacific Region Call Centre / Centre d'appels de la région du Pacifique (20050) |
302 |
16 |
|
|
318 |
|
|
2840 |
214 |
1 |
|
3055 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unallotted |
5 |
104 |
0 |
|
109 |
|
|
22919 |
1587 |
69 |
|
24575 |
|
|
|
|
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Respectfully submitted,
Bob Campbell
National President