Bob Campbell – Item 6
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHANGES: Elections for the Alternate Regional Vice Presidents in 4 regions have been completed and we have a complete Council once again. We welcome Brother Eddy Aristil as Alternate RVP for the Montreal Region; Sister Pamela Burnham as Alternate RVP for the Northern and Eastern Ontario Region; Brother Jérôme Martel as Alternate RVP for the Quebec Region; and Sister June Martin-Gendron as Alternate RVP for the Rocky Mountains Region.
Collective Bargaining: The Team met with the Employer’s team on March 21-23 and were unable to reach an agreement. I wrote a letter to Treasury Board President Scott Brison on March 30 and have never received an acknowledgement to date. However, our call to action to the members with our grievance campaign and other pressure tactics resulted in a return to table from April 25-27. Unfortunately, Treasury Board continued to interfere in our bargaining with the CRA and prohibited us from a reaching a satisfactory conclusion for both sides. Our bargaining team felt they could not take these negotiations any further and believed they needed to go to the membership with management’s offer, looking for a strike mandate. The voting process began on May 9 and will run until June 22. Results will be out on June 23. There were several communiques from the National Office in regards to the offer, as well as Webinar Information Sessions held in all 7 seven PSAC regions early in the process to allow members to ask questions. I would like to thank Sisters Madonna Gardiner and Robin Johnson, and Brothers Doug Gaetz, Denis Lalancette and Daniel Camara for being our representatives on these Webinars. The Team should be thanked for all their efforts over the last three and half years in attempting to reach a fair deal for the members. It is now time for the members to make a decision to how we go forward. I would like to make special mention of Dale Robinson, PSAC Regional Offices Branch, for all her hard work in setting up all meetings and votes across the country. She is awesome!
HISTORY OF UTE: We have engaged the Workers’ History Museum to produce a book and a video on the History of UTE. Both projects have been delayed past our original expectations of winter 2016. We are now anticipating a launch date in the fall of 2016.
NATIONAL OFFICE STAFFING: We have completed staffing processes for three positions in the National Office, two Labour Relations Officer positions and an Administrative Assistant position. We welcome Sister Christiane Pagé as Administrative Assistant; and Brother David Girard and Sister Kayla Minor as Labour Relations Officers to our UTE staff family.
AGMS: The AGM season continues and we are very busy sending the National Officers to as many Locals as possible. 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.
UTE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION: The next triennial convention will be held in Ottawa in July, 2017. Preparations are well underway, with a Host Committee established and chaired by Brother Imre Bene. They already have great ideas for Convention participants and guests. We will keep you posted as more details are confirmed.
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:
Our website is working well after brief problems caused by a dramatic increase in website visitors when we announced that a settlement had been reached. We have updated some of the server software and added more memory. Our site now seems to be running better than ever. We produced two videos, one in English and one in French and these were well received. We are up to date on all current items.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
All IT systems have been running well. Regular software maintenance of internal computers, servers and network was performed. Training will be provided to Council Members in June on how to use the new Office365 OneDrive and Skype for Business Services and the new Office365 mobile apps.
NON UTE EVENTS - MAY 16, 2016:
RECIPIENT |
REASON |
AMOUNT |
|||
BÉNÉFICIAIRE |
RAISON |
MONTANT |
|||
BUDGET - 2016 |
20,000.00 |
||||
2015 Carry Over / Report de 2015 |
16,533.40 |
||||
TOTAL BUDGET - 2015 |
36,533.40 |
||||
Billy Dempsey |
PSAC Regional Health & Safety Conference |
Apr 22-24/16 |
NS |
485.04 |
|
Sylvie Masse |
Conf régionale des femmes 2016 |
Apr 15-17/16 |
Bromont |
50.00 |
|
Brian Oldford |
PSAC Atlantic H & S Conference |
Apr 22-24/16 |
Halifax |
502.23 |
|
TOTAL SPENT / DÉPENSES |
1,037.27 |
||||
BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
35,496.13 |
||||
Approved - No Claim Received |
Location |
Advance |
Approved |
||
Approuvé - Aucune réclamation reçue |
Location |
Avance |
Approuvé |
||
Céline Rousseau |
École des femmes de la FTQ |
Nov 8-13/15 |
Orford QC |
650.00 |
|
Lise Larouche |
École des femmes de la FTQ |
Nov 8-13/15 |
Orford QC |
650.00 |
|
Céline Germain |
Conf régionale des femmes 2016 |
Apr 15-17/16 |
Bromont |
50.00 |
|
Suzanne Ehrhardt |
Conf régionale des femmes 2016 |
Apr 15-17/16 |
Bromont |
50.00 |
|
Gallia Kafeai |
Conf régionale des femmes 2016 |
Apr 15-17/16 |
Bromont |
50.00 |
|
Binta Boly |
Conf régionale des femmes 2016 |
Apr 15-17/16 |
Bromont |
50.00 |
|
Nadeige Paul |
Conf régionale des femmes 2016 |
Apr 15-17/16 |
Bromont |
50.00 |
|
Les Smith |
PSAC Atlantic H & S Conference |
Apr 22-24/16 |
Halifax |
348.00 |
|
David Smith |
PSAC Atlantic H & S Conference |
Apr 22-24/16 |
Halifax |
480.00 |
|
Susan Frellick-Perry |
CLC Atlantic -Mental Health Course |
May 29-Jun 2/16 |
Charlottetown |
1,030.30 |
|
Imre Bene |
CLC - 2016 summer School |
July 3 to 8, 2016 |
Ottawa |
1,739.00 |
|
NET BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE |
30,348.83 |
DONATIONS/SPONSORSHIPS - MAY 16, 2016:
RECIPIENT/BÉNÉFICIAIRE |
CITY/VILLE |
AMOUNT |
APPROVED BY |
MONTANT |
APPROUVÉ PAR |
||
BUDGET |
18,000.00 |
||
The Diana Gee Memorial Trust |
Toronto ON |
1,000.00 |
Council/Conseil |
Craig Herman |
Thunder Bay ON |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Ben Cormier |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
O'Leary Skating Club |
O'Leary PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Big Brother Big Sisters - Bowl for Kids Sake |
Summerside PE |
300.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Rébecca Beaumont |
Alma QC |
350.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Danielle Peeler |
Calgary AB |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Canadian Cancer Soceity - Barbara Dufresne |
Shawinigan-Sud QC |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Bathurst Animal Shelter |
Bathurst, NB |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Département de musique de l'École Secondaire Nepisiguit |
Bathurst, NB |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
East Coast Ice Inc- Storm Atom Minor AAA |
Bathurst, NB |
200.00 |
Bob/Marc |
East Coast Ice Inc-Belledune Storms Novice |
Bathurst, NB |
100.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Tracy Lanteigne |
Bathurst, NB |
200.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Josee Grondin |
Gatineau, QC |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Matthew Kastern |
Calgary, AB |
200.00 |
Bob/Marc |
PEI GSAR |
Summerside PE |
250.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Toronto Sick Kids Hospital |
Toronto ON |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
|
|
|
|
Total spent / Total dépensé |
5,200.00 |
||
Balance - UTE / Solde SEI |
12,800.00 |
||
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 |
||
UNE-71201 Hardship Fund |
Ottawa |
500.00 |
Bob/Marc |
Total spent / Total dépensé |
500.00 |
||
Balance - President / Solde - Président |
1,500.00 |
||
Total Balance - Donations - UTE and President / |
|||
Solde total - Dons - SEI et Président |
9,300.00 |
||
Extraordinary Donations from Surplus / |
|||
Dons Extraordinaires provenant du surplus |
5,000.00 |
||
Edmonton ERSS |
Edmonton, AB |
5,000.00 |
Council/Conseil |
Total spent from surplus / Total dépensé du surplus |
5,000.00 |
GRIEVANCES:
Since our last Executive Council meeting, the National Office received two hundred and thirty-five (235) grievances, other than classification. Included in this number are nine (9) grievances relating to Article 1, one hundred and seventy-seven (177) relating to bargaining, one (1) relating to Hours of Work and forty-eight (48) relating to a variety of issues.
During the same period, thirty-nine (39) grievances were presented dealing with a variety of issues. In this quarter, five (5) grievances were withdrawn by the grievor and/or UTE and one was settled by a Memorandum of Settlement. We received twenty-three (23) grievance replies from CRA, two (2) of which were partially allowed and twenty-one (21) were denied.
With respect to several current grievance campaigns initiated at the National and Regional (Atlantic) levels, there have been 93 Article 1 grievances, 204 bargaining grievances, and 152 hours of work/flexible hours grievances filed to date.
OPENED INVENTORY |
REC’D |
TO BE |
AWAITING |
ADJ. |
CLOSED |
Nov. 96 – Nov 18/11 |
4852 |
|
|
36 |
4816 |
Nov 19/11 – Feb 21/12 |
43 |
|
|
2 |
41 |
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 |
11 |
|
2 |
30 |
March 6/13 – May 24/13 |
29 |
|
|
2 |
27 |
May 27/13 – Sept 11/13 |
43 |
|
|
16 |
27 |
Sept 12/13 – Nov 19/13 |
14 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
Nov 20/13 - Mar 6/14 |
24 |
|
12 |
9 |
14 |
Mar 7/14 – May 21/14 |
41 |
|
|
6 |
35 |
May 22/14 – Sept 11/14 |
46 |
43 |
|
12 |
30 |
Sept 12/14 – Nov 26/14 |
70 |
|
|
16 |
54 |
Nov 27/14 – Mar 04/15 |
39 |
|
1 |
5 |
33 |
Mar 5/15 – May 27/15 |
38 |
|
44 |
7 |
27 |
May 28/15 – Sept 3/15 |
58 |
25 |
26 |
19 |
35 |
Sept 4/15 – Nov 24/15 |
402 |
163 |
77 |
6 |
226 |
Nov 25/15 – Feb 23/16 |
72 |
51 |
6 |
|
15 |
Feb 24/16 – May 25/16 |
235 |
228 |
78 |
|
|
- Grievance held in abeyance at request of PSAC pending judicial review of WSIB appeal.
- Job content grievance – settlement discussions ongoing.
- Presentation and/or replies held in abeyance at the request of the grievor.
- Replies pending and should be received in the very near future.
- One grievance awaiting information from ATIP and one grievance held pending receipt of related grievance.
- Two grievances held in abeyance pending immigration investigation and two grievances pending with replies expected imminently.
- Extensions requested by employer and granted.
- Two of these grievances have been settled through an MOA and will be withdrawn when the terms of the settlement are implemented.
There are presently four hundred and forty-nine (449) grievances in the National Office inventory which have not yet been presented at the Final Level. Included in this number are seventy-three (73) grievances dealing with Hours of Work, ninety-three (93) with Article 1, ten (10) with PSTAR and two hundred and three (203) with Bargaining.
POLICY GRIEVANCE:
There were no new policy grievances filed during this period.
CLASSIFICATION GRIEVANCES:
Fourteen new classification grievances were received during this quarter. Thirteen (13) of these were all filed by members of one local against an SP03 work description and classification.
OPENED INVENTORY |
REC’D |
CLOSED |
OUTSTANDING |
Jun 04/00 – June 1/10 |
535 |
535 |
|
June 1/10 – Feb 28/11 |
4 |
4 |
|
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 |
|
|
Nov 25/15 – Feb 23/16 |
1 |
|
1 |
Feb 24/16 – May 25/16 |
14 |
|
14 |
INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWS (ITPRs):
During this quarter, two new ITPRs were received in the National Office concerning staffing. One of these was withdrawn by the Requestor as we advised. One ITPR from the previous quarter was also withdrawn.
There are currently two (2) staffing ITPRs in our inventory requiring representation by the National Office. One of these has been ongoing for quite some time due to numerous procedural rulings by the Reviewer and the failure of the employer to disclose pertinent information. The remaining ITPR has been scheduled to proceed by way of written presentations which are due in June 2016.
CRA POLICY REVIEW GRIEVANCES:
Currently there is one CRA Policy Grievance in our inventory which has yet to be presented.
May 25, 2016
PRESIDENT’S ITINERARY:
FEBRUARY
29 Meeting - Commissioner Treusch, Ottawa
MARCH
1 Meeting – Workers’ History Museum, Ottawa
2 AGM Local 00042, Sudbury
3-4 AGM Local 30027, Lethbridge
7-8 UTE Executive Council, Ottawa
9-13 UTE Presidents’ Conference, Ottawa
15 Meeting - PSAC National President, Ottawa
21-23 UTE Bargaining, Ottawa
23 National Strategy Coordination Committee Meeting, Ottawa
31 AGM Local 50021, Winnipeg
APRIL
1 AGM Local 50021, Winnipeg
12 AGM Local 70004, Ottawa
14 Plantgating Local 70001, Ottawa
25-27 UTE Bargaining, Ottawa
28 National Strategy Coordination Committee Meeting, Ottawa
MAY
3 UTE Management Meeting, Ottawa
10 Meeting – Convention Host Committee, Ottawa
12 Meeting – PSAC Director, Ottawa
13 Meeting – Premises, Ottawa
16 Ratification Vote Local 60005, Saint John
17 Ratification Vote Local 60005, Saint John
MEMBERSHIP:
|
MARCH / MARS 2016 |
|
|
||
|
FULL |
RAND |
SUSPENDED |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
SUSPENDUS |
||
ATLANTIC REGION / RÉGION DE L'ATLANTIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
Saint John (60005) |
315 |
9 |
|
|
324 |
Bathurst (60006) |
70 |
|
|
|
70 |
Moncton (60008) |
80 |
2 |
|
|
82 |
Halifax (80003) |
277 |
1 |
|
|
278 |
Sydney (80004) |
92 |
1 |
|
|
93 |
St. John's T.C. / C.F. de St. John's (90000) |
423 |
39 |
|
|
462 |
St. John's T.S.O. / St. John's B.S.F. (90001) |
482 |
25 |
|
|
507 |
Charlottetown (90002) |
115 |
1 |
|
|
116 |
Summerside (90006) |
826 |
31 |
2 |
|
859 |
|
2680 |
109 |
2 |
|
2791 |
QUEBEC REGION / RÉGION DE QUÉBEC |
|
|
|
|
|
Jonquière (10004) |
394 |
7 |
|
|
401 |
Shawinigan South / Shawinigan-Sud (10005) |
946 |
23 |
|
|
969 |
Québec (10006) |
238 |
|
|
|
238 |
Trois-Rivières (10027) |
50 |
1 |
|
|
51 |
Chicoutimi (10110) |
77 |
1 |
|
|
78 |
|
1705 |
32 |
0 |
|
1737 |
MONTREAL REGION / RÉGION DE MONTRÉAL |
|
|
|
|
|
Sherbrooke (10007) |
81 |
|
|
|
81 |
Montréal (10008) |
833 |
18 |
|
|
851 |
Rouyn-Noranda (10009) |
29 |
|
|
|
29 |
Montérégie South Shore / Montérégie Rive Sud (10017) |
160 |
3 |
|
|
163 |
Laval (10028) |
253 |
5 |
|
|
258 |
Outaouais (70035) |
56 |
11 |
1 |
|
68 |
|
1412 |
37 |
1 |
|
1450 |
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION / RÉGION DE LA CAPITALE NATIONALE |
|
|
|
||
Ottawa Headquarters / Administration centrale d'Ottawa (70000) |
2085 |
149 |
13 |
|
2247 |
Ottawa East / Ottawa-Est (70001) |
489 |
35 |
8 |
|
532 |
Ottawa Centre / Ottawa Centre (70004) |
407 |
65 |
12 |
|
484 |
Ottawa I.T.S.O. / B.S.I.O. d'Ottawa (70009) |
259 |
58 |
6 |
|
323 |
Ottawa T.S.O. / B.S.F. d'Ottawa (70010) |
309 |
39 |
|
|
348 |
Ottawa Technology Centre / Centre de technologie d'Ottawa (70030) |
1274 |
259 |
6 |
|
1539 |
|
4823 |
605 |
45 |
|
5473 |
NORTHERN & EASTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU NORD ET DU SUD DE L'ONTARIO |
|||||
Peterborough (00008) |
76 |
|
|
|
76 |
Kingston (00011) |
79 |
2 |
|
|
81 |
Belleville (00012) |
143 |
3 |
|
|
146 |
Thunder Bay (00020) |
96 |
|
|
|
96 |
Sudbury T.C. / C.F. de Sudbury (00042) |
1454 |
53 |
2 |
|
1509 |
|
1848 |
58 |
2 |
|
1908 |
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU SUD-OUEST DE L'ONTARIO |
|
|
|||
Hamilton (00014) |
664 |
8 |
1 |
|
673 |
Kitchener (00015) |
294 |
2 |
|
|
296 |
St. Catharines (00016) |
169 |
|
|
|
169 |
London (00017) |
297 |
2 |
|
|
299 |
Windsor (00018) |
161 |
1 |
|
|
162 |
|
1585 |
13 |
1 |
|
1599 |
GREATER TORONTO REGION / RÉGION DU GRAND TORONTO |
|
|
|
|
|
Toronto East / Toronto-Est (00001) |
556 |
70 |
|
|
626 |
Toronto Centre / Toronto Centre (00013) |
770 |
113 |
1 |
|
884 |
Toronto North / Toronto-Nord (00048) |
534 |
49 |
6 |
|
589 |
Toronto West / Toronto-Ouest (00051) |
436 |
9 |
2 |
|
447 |
Barrie (00052) |
98 |
2 |
1 |
|
101 |
|
2394 |
243 |
10 |
|
2647 |
PRAIRIE REGION / RÉGION DES PRAIRIES |
|
|
|
|
|
Regina (40022) |
150 |
4 |
1 |
|
155 |
Winnipeg (50021) |
409 |
5 |
|
|
414 |
Winnipeg T.C. / C.F. de Winnipeg (50031) |
1314 |
29 |
|
|
1343 |
Winnipeg C.C.S.C. / C.A.S.R. de Winnipeg (50032) |
151 |
4 |
|
|
155 |
|
2024 |
42 |
1 |
|
2067 |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION / RÉGION DES MONTAGNE ROCHEUSES |
|
|
|
||
Calgary Call Centre / Centre d'appels de Calgary (30022) |
267 |
8 |
|
|
275 |
Calgary (30024) |
414 |
16 |
1 |
|
431 |
Edmonton (30025) |
660 |
52 |
5 |
|
717 |
Lethbridge (30027) |
38 |
|
|
|
38 |
Saskatoon (40023) |
216 |
|
|
|
216 |
|
1595 |
76 |
6 |
|
1677 |
PACIFIC REGION / RÉGION DU PACIFIQUE |
|
|
|
|
|
North B.C. & Yukon / le Nord de la C.B. et du Yukon (20002) |
94 |
7 |
|
|
101 |
Kelowna (20003) |
57 |
|
|
|
57 |
Fraser Valley T.S.O. / B.S.F. de Fraser Valley (20007) |
609 |
4 |
|
|
613 |
Penticton (20026) |
229 |
|
|
|
229 |
Vancouver (20027) |
495 |
100 |
1 |
|
596 |
Victoria (20028) |
257 |
2 |
|
|
259 |
Surrey T.C. / C.F. de Surrey (20029) |
768 |
99 |
|
|
867 |
Pacific Region Call Centre / Centre d'appels de la région du Pacifique (20050) |
306 |
28 |
|
|
334 |
|
2815 |
240 |
1 |
|
3056 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unallotted |
15 |
778 |
0 |
|
793 |
|
22896 |
2233 |
69 |
|
25198 |
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Campbell
National President