Report of the President - Executive Council

Report of the President - Executive Council
September 2014

Bob Campbell - Item 6

Convention 2014The Triennial Convention was held in Windsor, Ontario from July 16th to 19th, 2014.  The body dealt with all of the concurrence resolutions and most of the non concurrence resolutions. We passed the budget for the next three years and elected the new National Officers.  The big thank you must go out to the Windsor Local for all their hard work on the Host Committee, and for their hospitality. Also, I would like to thank the members that came forward to work as door tilers. This was a very successful convention with good and meaning full debate and discussions on the topics. All of the delegates were respectful and engaging on the convention floor.

It was a great honour to be re-elected as the National President of this great Union, and I commit to continue to represent and lead our union for the betterment of the membership during the next three years. At this time I would like to thank all of the candidates that put their names forward for consideration as National Offices. I welcome the newly elected National Officers, and wish them well in their mandate. Thank you to all the National Officers that are not returning. Your work, dedication and commitment to the members are greatly appreciated.
   
Conventions are a tremendous amount of work and effort, both before and during the event. Our National Office staff, as always, went above and beyond to pull off a great convention. I would like to personally, and on behalf of the union, thank them for all of their hard work and dedication. We must also acknowledge Brother Shane O’Brien, Sisters Pierrette Labrie and Annette Melanson for their leadership and can-do attitude. Without all of these people, we could not have had such a successful convention.
 
Collective Bargaining:   As you are aware, the dates for the Public Interest Commission (PIC) have been set for October 8th and 9th 2014. The CRA Commissioner attempted to advance the PIC hearing dates, citing that the lack of negotiations was critically affecting CRA operations. We were advised of this just prior to our Convention. The Public Service Commission denied their request for an earlier PIC hearing and advised the CRA that the legislated time schedule must be respected and followed. Our PIC hearing remains slated for October 8 and 9.  In my opinion, this was another Treasury Board attempt to force CRA/UTE into line with the rest of the public service bargaining units. We must all continue to support our bargaining team and show our employer that we are going to continue to stand up for our rights and fight for a fair collective agreement.

I would to thank all of members that participated in their local Labour Day events across the country to show support for the labour movement. Locals have also been asked to organize activities to show support for the Bargaining Team on October 8th , the first day of the PIC hearings. Please be part of this.

National Public Service Week: I would like to thank the Local Executives and members for honouring the PSAC/UTE boycott of the employer-provided NPSW activities. The reports we have received from across the country show that the number of participants in employer sponsored events was significantly reduced. The numbers of members attending union sponsored events was significantly increased. Thank you for standing up.

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA WORKPLACE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN: This employer sponsored campaign has begun again in the CRA. The position of UTE is that we are not participating in the national launch or in any national publicity for this campaign. Locals and Regions are encouraged to participate at a level they feel comfortable with. As always, we encourage our members to contribute to this worthy cause to the best of their ability. I would remiss if I did not remind all members that the International Children’s Awareness organization is UTE’s charity of choice and you may also donate through payroll deductions to this worth charity. It should be noted that the donations of UTE members over the last ten years has contributed to the construction of eleven schools and has fully funded four water systems in Africa.
  
Local 00042 (Sudbury) Trusteeship:  Brother Cosimo Crupi presented a Trustee report in June to the Executive Council with a recommendation that the Trusteeship be reviewed at the September Council. He reported that things are running smoothly with the interim Executive and we wish to thank these members for coming forward during this trying time.
 
Meetings with CRAWe have had some meetings with CRA during this period on issues including: Reliability Status Plus, Revocation of Security Clearances, and several staffing related issues. During the June Executive Council, a decision was reached that, due to the deteriorating relationship with CRA management and the current state of your contract negotiations, UTE nationally will not be participating 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, though there is occasionally a short delay depending on the volume of information received.  We have been working with our web developer to examine our current content and work with our stakeholders to flag the most important information for our new website. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:

All IT systems have been running well. Regular software maintenance of internal computers and servers was performed. We purchased a new firewall appliance for the UTE network which has the latest firewall security technologies to protect our network. We upgraded our wireless network in the UTE office to provide better accessibility for older wireless devices. Please ask the receptionist or our IT Officer for details on how to access our wireless network. We renewed our network monitoring software for another year.

DONATION AND SPONSORSHIPS – SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 :

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 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

Miscouche PE

300.00

Bob/Madonna

Fondation CRDM

Montréal QC

500.00

Bob/Madonna

       

Total spent

 

11,950.00

 
       
       

Balance - UTE

 

6,050.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

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

 

8,050.00

 
       
       

Donations from Surplus

     
       
       
   

0.00

 

NON UTE EVENTS- SEPTEMBER 12, 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

           
           
 

TOTAL SPENT / DÉPENSES

     

5,325.26

           
 

BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE

     

34,340.23

           
           

Approved - No Claim Received

       

Approuvé - Aucune réclamation reçue

 

Location

Advance

Approved

     

Location

Avance

Approuvé

           

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

Mario Potvin

2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC

Sep 5-7/14

Québec, QC

 

335.00

Julie Désaulniers

2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC

Sep 5-7/14

Québec, QC

 

265.32

Mireille Dupont

2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC

Sep 5-7/14

Québec, QC

 

271.12

Danny Aubry

2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC

Sep 5-7/14

Québec, QC

 

278.79

Marc-André Gobeil

2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC

Sep 5-7/14

Québec, QC

 

186.96

Christiane Veillet

2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC

Sep 5-7/14

Québec, QC

 

60.00

Cathy Boulay

2014 Conf. Santé & Sécurité AFPC

Sep 5-7/14

Québec, QC

 

377.69

           
 

NET BUDGET AVAILABLE / DISPONIBLE

   

31,939.85

* Claim received over 90 days

POLITICAL ACTION / CAMPAIGNS
AT SEPTEMBER 12, 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

         5,008.88

 

2013 Total

 

107,496.20 

 

 

 

35,000 - Postcards / Cartes postales

2,729.84

 

Postage for mailing to locals / Affranchissement pour l'envoi aux sections locales

3,277.00

 

Political Action Day / Activité d’action politique

13,168.73

      

2014 Total

 

19,175.57 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SPENT / TOTAL DÉPENSÉ

 

   126,671.77

 

 

 

BUDGET BALANCE / SOLDE BUDGÉTAIRE

 

   123,328.23

 

 

 

 

GRIEVANCES:

 

Since our last Executive Council meeting, forty-six (46) grievances, other than classification, were received at the National Office.

During the same period, twelve (12) grievances were presented dealing with a variety of issues.  Five (5) grievances were withdrawn.  In this quarter, we received sixteen (16) grievance replies from CRA which were denied. 

OPENED INVENTORY

REC’D

TO BE
PRESENTED

AWAITING
REPLY

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

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

4

7

7

Mar 7/14 – May 21/14

41

274

6

5

3

May 22/14 – Sept 1/14

46

33

8

1

4

There are presently seventy (70) grievances in the National Office inventory which have not yet been presented at the Final Level.

  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.
  2. 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.
  3.  Four grievances are being held pending a request for information under ATIP.  A presentation date has now been secured for one and a MOS is still in the process of getting signed.
  4. Six grievances are being held pending a request for information under ATIP.

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 – 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 – Sept 11/14

0

 

 

ACS-SP CLASSIFICATION CONVERSION GRIEVANCES

All forty-three (43) grievances have been presented.  We are awaiting a reply on one (1) (SP0632).

INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWS (ITPRs)

During this quarter, fifteen (15) new ITPRs were received in the National Office concerning staffing.  Two have since been withdrawn.

There are currently fourteen (14) 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 fourteen are one group of five ITPRs concerning the same selection process and three groups of two selection processes.  The remaining three ITPRs are from individual members concerning individual selection processes.

CRA POLICY REVIEW GRIEVANCES

Currently there is one CRA Policy Grievance in our inventory.

September 11, 2014


President’s Itinerary
SEPTEMBER 2014

JUNE 2014

 

 

1

PSAC Finance Committee meeting

Ottawa

2-5

UTE Executive Council

Ottawa

PSAC/CRA NSCC meeting 

Ottawa

6 -8

PSAC Ontario Regional Convention

Toronto

10 – 13

PSAC NBOD

Ottawa

19

PSAC 19th of the month Rally 

Saint John N.B.

20 – 22

PSAC Atlantic Regional Convention

Saint John N.B.

24 – 26

Prairies/Rocky Mountains Interregional

Saskatoon

27 – 29

PSAC Prairies Regional Convention

Saskatoon

 

 

 

JULY 2014

 

 

2

PSAC Call Center committee meeting

Ottawa

12 – 13

Prairies and RMR interregional meeting

Windsor

14 – 15

Atlantic Regional meeting

Windsor

16 – 20

UTE Triennial Convention

Windsor

28

PSAC Structure Committee meeting

Ottawa

 

 

 

AUGUST  2014

 

 

1

CRA/PSAC Essential Services meeting

Ottawa

7

PSAC/CRA NSCC meeting

Ottawa

25 -26

UTE Communications Committee

Ottawa

September 1

Hamilton Labour Day Parade

Hamilton


MEMBERSHIP

 

JULY / JUILLET 2014

 

 

 

 

FULL

     RAND

          SUSPENDED

     TOTAL

 

FULL

     RAND

          SUSPENDUS

 

ATLANTIC REGION / RÉGION DE L'ATLANTIQUE

 

 

 

 

 

Saint John

313

 

 

 

313

Bathurst

60

 

 

 

60

Moncton

78

2

 

 

80

Halifax

293

5

 

 

298

Sydney

104

1

 

 

105

St.John's T.C./C.F. de St.John's

369

25

 

 

394

St.John's D.O./B.D. de St. John's

426

34

 

 

460

Summerside

844

27

 

2

873

Charlottetown

93

1

 

 

94

 

2580

95

 

2

2677

QUEBEC REGION / RÉGION DE QUÉBEC

 

 

 

 

 

Jonquière

455

9

 

 

464

Québec

222

7

 

 

229

Shawinigan South / Shawinigan-Sud

1057

13

 

 

1070

Trois-Rivières

43

1

 

 

44

Chicoutimi

83

2

 

 

85

 

1860

32

 

0

1892

MONTREAL REGION / RÉGION DE MONTRÉAL

 

 

 

 

 

Sherbrooke

102

2

 

 

104

Montréal

887

14

 

 

901

Rouyn-Noranda

37

 

 

 

37

Montérégie South Shore / Montérégie Rive Sud

168

 

 

 

168

Laval

245

9

 

 

254

Outaouais T.S.O./B.S.F. Outaouais

59

8

 

 

67

 

1498

33

 

0

1531

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION / RÉGION DE LA CAPITALE NATIONALE

 

 

 

 

 

Ottawa Headquarters/Administration centrale d'Ottawa

1962

204

 

11

2177

I.T.S.O./B.S.I.O.

332

71

 

7

410

Ottawa T.S.O./B.S.F. d'Ottawa

313

20

 

1

334

Ottawa Centre / Ottawa Centre

387

63

 

14

464

Ottawa East / Ottawa-Est

689

35

 

10

734

Ottawa Technology Centre / Centre de technologie d'Ottawa

1174

198

 

5

1377

 

4857

591

 

48

5496

NORTHERN & EASTERN ONTARIO REGION / RÉGION DU NORD ET DU SUD DE L'ONTARIO

 

 

 

 

Kingston

90

2

 

 

92

Belleville

153

2

 

 

155

Peterborough

77

2

 

 

79

Thunder Bay

97

6

 

 

103

Sudbury T.C./C.F. de Sudbury

1359

77

 

2

1438

 

1776

89

 

2

1867

SOUTH WESTERN ONTARIO REGION/RÉGION DU SUD-OUEST DE L'ONTARIO

 

 

 

 

 

Hamilton

678

29

 

1

708

Kitchener

302

4

 

 

306

St. Catharines

178

2

 

 

180

London

325

2

 

 

327

Windsor

184

2

 

 

186

 

1667

39

 

1

1707

GREATER TORONTO REGION/RÉGION DU GRAND TORONTO

 

 

 

 

 

Toronto North / Toronto-Nord

619

42

 

6

667

Toronto

775

146

 

1

922

Toronto West / Toronto-Ouest

434

4

 

3

441

Barrie

105

1

 

 

106

Toronto East/Toronto-Est

594

36

 

 

630

 

2527

229

 

10

2766

PRAIRIE REGION/RÉGION DES PRAIRIES

 

 

 

 

 

Regina/Régina

172

2

 

1

175

Winnipeg

401

8

 

 

409

Winnipeg C.C.S.C./C.A.S.R. de Winnipeg

185

4

 

 

189

Winnipeg T.C./C.F. de Winnipeg

1389

74

 

 

1463

 

2147

88

 

1

2236

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION/RÉGION DES MONTAGNE ROCHEUSES

 

 

 

 

 

Calgary

456

21

 

1

478

Calgary Call Centre / Centre d'appels de Calgary

279

8

 

 

287

Edmonton

644

88

 

6

738

Saskatoon

237

3

 

 

240

Lethbridge

40

 

 

 

40

 

1656

120

 

7

1783

PACIFIC REGION/RÉGION DU PACIFIQUE

 

 

 

 

 

Penticton

220

 

 

 

220

Vancouver

563

37

 

1

601

Victoria

260

5

 

 

265

Burnaby Fraser

590

1

 

 

591

Surrey

823

77

 

 

900

Kelowna

68

3

 

 

71

Northern B.C. & Yukon/le Nord de la C.B. et du Yukon

104

10

 

 

114

Pacific Region Call Center/Centre d'appels de la région du Pacifique

324

31

 

 

355

 

2952

164

 

1

3117

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallotted

8

377

 

0

385

 

23528

1857

 

72

25457

Respectfully submitted,

 

Bob Campbell
National President