Minutes: Southern Vancouver Island Area Council meeting, May 22 2007
Published by Patrick May 24th, 2007 in Area Councils, Minutes, South Vancouver Island Tags: Minutes, southern-vancouver-island-ac, victoria.PSAC SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND DISTRICT AREA COUNCIL MINUTES – May 22, 2007
General Meeting
PSAC Victoria Regional Office
Members Present:
Nick Humphreys – UEW 20169 Wayne Little – UTE 20028
John Rumsby- UTE 20028 Todd Genereux – UNDE 21011
Cindy Little – UTE 20028 Sharon Hazelwood – NAT 20140
Marie Newton – USGE 70093 Ken Waldron – UNDE 21013
Louise Richard – NAT 20088 Jim Sidel – DCL 20500
Ches Bennett – DCL 20500 Virginia Vaillancourt – UVAE 20030
Anita Hoffman – NHWU 20017 Randy Sanderson – UCTE 20220
Dave Jackson/Rosemary MacKenzie PSAC Victoria RO
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| Item | Discussion | Action |
| 1. Call to order | Chairperson Sister Little called the meeting to order at 5:30 | |
| 2. Proposed Agenda | M/S/C Rumsby/W. Little | |
| 3. Adoption of Minutes from March 20, 2007 | Not available at this time | |
| 4. Old Business | Not available at this time | |
| 5. New Business | Collective Bargaining: Randy Sanderson, SV (Table 2) negotiating team member provided an update on their first meeting with the Treasury Board. Too early to tell what type of a mandate the employer holds. SC issues will be dealt with through a sub-committee. A joint meeting of all tables took place following the recent negotiation meetings. The bargaining proposals for all TB groups have been posted on the PSAC website. A strategy committee has been struck which includes one representative from each of the Tables. Randy fielded a number of questions from the members present. | |
| Political Action: Brother Humphreys provided updated information on the letter campaign in which all Area Councils (AC) in BC are participating. The template letter being used by all Area Councils in BC was put together by Brother Humphreys with assistance from Sister Little. A Regional Political Action Committee has been struck which consists of one person from each of the AC’s in BC. Brother Humphreys sits on this committee from our AC. Some of the actions taken on by the committee relate to lobbying, organizing demonstrations, endorse candidates who are labour friendly. The RPAC also hold regular conference calls. Summer activities consist of finding out who the MP’s and perspective MP’s are in each riding; obtain their summer itineraries; attend events and distribute our literature.Victoria Labour Council: Cindy and Nick provided an update as to the state of the Victoria Labour Council. They are in some turmoil mainly as a result of a divided Executive. The CLC are also conducting an audit of their affairs. What may be of benefit to the future of the VLC is if the BCGEU returns to the fold. They had left the VLC 4-5 years ago.Labour Day Picnic: The PSAC will have a booth at this year’s Labour Day Picnic. While no information has been received at this time it is expected that the picnic will be held at the same location as last year. PSAC Components are invited to participate as well.Royal Canadian Legion: M/S/C Waldron/Richard – that we turn over the request to purchase advertising over to Sister Sinclair and the Regional Council. | ||
| 6. Adjournment / Next Meeting | M/S/C W. Little/Vaillancourt to adjourn 6:15 PM Annual General Meeting – September date to be determined by the Executive |