Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

To: All TB Local/Branch Presidents - BC Mainland, TB-RVPs/NVPs, Area Councils - BC Mainland
From: Monica Urrutia, Treasury Board Regional Strike Coordinator – BC Mainland

Re: Treasury Board Mobilization Update

This letter is going out to all TB Local/Branch Presidents on the BC Mainland. A similar letter has already been sent to locals on the Island.

I am writing to inform you that the Treasury Board Regional Strike Coordinating Committee has met on two separate occasions. The meetings took place in September and October to discuss this round of Treasury Board negotiations and to start organizing the area coordinators.

One of our main goals is enhanced communication. We aim to ensure that we have the most up-to-date contact information for all worksites in BC including contact information for your Local/Branch executive.

• Sign up for Treasury Board bargaining updates via email here.

Dave Jackson is the TB-Regional Strike Coordinator for the Island. Monica Urrutia is the TB-Regional Strike Coordinator for the BC Mainland.

• Contact your Area/Hub Strike Coordinator here.

The Vancouver Island has been divided into 7 HUBS and the BC Mainland has been divided into 13 areas, for ease of coordinating our communication networks in the event that this round of bargaining results in job action.

• Downtown Vancouver – Hub 1 (Downtown Vancouver, worksites north of Georgia St.) – Area Coordinator: Alistair Crawford (UCTE)
• Downtown Vancouver – Hub 2 (Downtown Vancouver, worksites south of Georgia St.) – Area Coordinator: Velna Clarke (NAT)
• Metro Vancouver (worksites in the city of Vancouver, except Downtown) – Area Coordinator: Robert Strang (CEIU)
• Richmond (Worksites in Richmond) – Area Coordinator: Alexander Bishop (CEUDA)
• Waterfront (Grain Inspectors, worksites in North & West Vancouver and northwards) – Area Coordinator: Teri Friday (AGR)
• East Metro (Worksites in Burnaby, New West, Coquitlam, etc.) – Area Coordinator: Andy Yung (NAT)
• Surrey/Delta/Langley (Worksites in Surrey, Delta, Langley etc.) – Area Coordinator: Donna Cowan (UVAE)
• Fraser Valley (Worksites in Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, etc.) – Area Coordinator: Jayne Johns (CEIU)
• Kamloops (Worksites in Kamloops, Lillooet, Osoyoos, 100 Mile etc.) – Area Coordinator: Dave Leicester (CEIU)
• Okanagan (Worksites in Kelowna, Vernon, Penticton, Oliver etc.) – Area Coordinator: Randy Ihme (CEUDA)
• South Kootenays (Worksites in Nelson, Cranbrook, Trail, Revelstoke etc.) – Area Coordinator: Sheila Pearce (CEIU)
• North West (Worksites in Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes, Kitimat, Terrace etc.) – Area Coordinator: Be Gomes (USGE)
• North East (Worksites in Prince George, Quesnel, Wms Lake, Ft St John, etc.) – Area Coordinator: Diane Beaulieu (CEIU)
• Island Hub 1 (Downtown Victoria including up to Huron Street) – Area Coordinator: Virginia Vaillancourt (UVAE).
• Island Hub 2 (Downtown Victoria from Fort Street to Pandora) – Area Coordinator: Mandi Schubert (CEIU).
• Island Hub 3 (CFB Esquimalt/Colwood and Rocky Point) – Area Coordinator: Mark Miller (UNDE).
• Island Hub 4 (Graving Dock including the Veteran’s Cemetary) – Area Coordinator: Tim Isherwood (GSU).
• Island Hub 5 (Metro Victoria including William Head) – Area Coordinator: Nick Humphreys (UEW).
• Island Hub 6 (Nanaimo-Qualicum-Tofino-Duncan) – Area Coordinators: Patricia Lamont (CEIU) & Christine Walker (CEIU).
• Island Hub 7 (Campbell River-Courtenay/Comox and North) – Area Coordinators: Nicole Gibson (USGE) & Tom Hopkins (UEW).

Area Coordinators will be contacting you for work site contacts within your Locals/Branches that fall within their areas. We will also be planning bargaining information sessions and may have a member/negotiator at as many of the information sessions as they become available.

If you require any further information or clarification, please contact the Vancouver RO at 604-430-5361/toll free 1-800-663-1655 or the Victoria RO at 250 953 1050 / toll free 1-866-953-1050.

We look forward to working with you.