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Upcoming: Campbell River and District Area Council meeting – March 24

Published by Patrick March 12th, 2010 in Area Councils, North Vancouver Island Tags: , .

CR & District Area Council Meeting

  • When: Wednesday March 24, 2010, 7PM
  • Where: Fisheries & Oceans Board Room, 150-1260 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
  • Agenda:
    • Budget
    • Pension Campaign
    • By-laws
    • Public Service Spending Freeze

For further information email Tom Hopkins – President or call 250-283-7171

Here are a few photos of the inaugural CR & D Area Council meeting, held on February 20th

Upcoming: Inaugural Meeting of The Campbell River and District Area Council, Feb 20

Published by Patrick February 9th, 2010 in Area Councils, North Vancouver Island Tags: , .

Untitled-1The Inaugural Meeting of The Campbell River & District Area Council

  • When: Saturday, February 20, 2010
  • Where: Campbell River Labour Centre, 830 14th Ave., Campbell River, B.C.
  • Meet and Greet: 10-10:30 a.m., Meeting: 10:30 a.m.

A collective of workers is more successful than an individual at fighting for gains in the workplace. A collective voice of many locals and components in solidarity is more powerful than one advocating for the workers and human rights in Canada and the world.

Area Councils are cross-Component organizations recognized in the PSAC Constitution. Area Council members can also raise the profile of the union in the community and build links with other Labour groups.

What is the benefit of having an Area Council? Area Councils can …

  • attend PSAC Conventions with full voice and vote.
  • attend BC Regional Conventions with full voice and vote.
  • submit resolutions to PSAC and BC Regional Conventions.
  • get together at Area Council meetings with members from different locals and compare notes, problem solve and share best practices about workplace issues that may be the same or similar.
  • raise the profile of the union in the community.
  • attend District Labour Council meetings and speak on behalf of the PSAC in your community to encourage support for our issues.
  • coordinate the circulation of petitions and postcards campaigns on demands such as pay equity, protection of pensions, and job security so members in your community are able to participate in national campaigns.
  • be a forum for your representative on the Regional Council where she or he can seek your input on regional union policy and report to you about decisions made on your behalf.

Please forward this invitation to your members in Campbell River, Courtenay and the North Island and encourage your members to attend.

Hope to see you there.

Tom Hopkins, Vice-President Local 20147 UEW, Sharon Vanderdonck, Vice President Local 20963, CEIU, Steve Bergh, President Local 20232, UCTE

For further information email Tom Hopkins or  call him at 250-283-717

Minutes: Victoria Area Council AGM – Sept. 15, 2009

Published by Hetty October 27th, 2009 in Area Councils, North Vancouver Island, South Vancouver Island Tags: Temporarily disabled.

PSAC VICTORIA AREA COUNCIL

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MINUTES – September 15, 2009

PSAC Victoria Regional Office

Members Present:

Virginia Vaillancourt – UVAE 20030, Cindy Little – UTE 20028, Ian Wiggs – UNDE 21008, John Vogt – UNDE 21003, Ken Waldron – UNDE 21013, Paul Jones – UNDE 21008, Jim Sidel – DL 05120500, G. Goodmanson– UEW 20169, Peter Neelands – NRU 20088, Nick Humphreys – UEW 20169, Scott Parker – UTE 20028, April Evans – UVAE 20030, Betty Gunville – CIU 20042, Robert Nyst – UNDE 21008, Jim Sidel – DCL 05120500, Pete Wills – UEW 20076, Wayne Little – UTE 20028

PSAC Victoria RO Staff Present:

James Little – PSAC Rep

Guests:

Regrets: Dave Jackson – PSAC Regional Rep, Noelle Arnold – AGR 20064, Bernadette Israel – GSU 20001, Anita Hoffman – CEIU 20975

Read the rest of the minutes here or download a PDF of Victoria Area Council AGM minutes.

ITEM

DISCUSSION

ACTION
1. Call to order Chairperson Sister Little called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm
2. Introductions Roundtable introductions of members
3. Proposed Agenda No amendments

m/s/c  W. Little/N. Humphreys
4. Adoption of Minutes from Jan 15, 2009 General Meeting minutes June 16, 2009.

m/s/c W. Little/V. Vaillancourt
5. Victoria District Labour Council Affiliation Dues Received motion to reimburse UEW 20076 1/3 of the dues to affiliate to the Victoria District Labour Council. UEW has approx. 70 members which equals approx. $80.00/year. They will be going to the meeting on September 16th or the meeting in October. The local will be affiliating on a yearly basis and will submit a request yearly for reimbursement. UEW 20169 is already affiliated to the Victoria District Labour Council.

When you affiliate that is when your dues would be due the following year.

m/s/c N. Humphreys/K. Waldron
6. Annual Reports

a) Financial Report

 July 8, 2008 – August 31, 2009

Spelling errors will be corrected on Financial Statement.

Discussion ensued re accountability.

Motion to have the Victoria Area Council accept the audited Financial Statement and the incoming Treasurer prepare a detailed statement for the next Victoria Area Council – General Meeting,

m/s/c K. Waldron/ P. Jones

Motion to have the Budget reflect the amount of monies past (back 3 years) and present that came in from PSAC for the affiliation to the Victoria District Labour Council.

m/s/c N. Humphreys/W. Little
7. Report on Labour Day Picnic Deferred to next General Meeting as the Victoria District Labour Council will be meeting September 16th to debrief on the picnic. There was lots of photos taken.

Kay Sinclair REVP PSAC BC donated $200.00 to the Victoria District Labour Council for the Victoria Labour Day Picnic on behalf of PSAC BC.

The Victoria Area Council will not be donating the $100.00 that was previously voted on at the June 16, 2009 General Meeting as PSAC BC donated funds this year.
8. Lightkeepers Petition There are 4 light stations being targeted on the island. Government bureaucrats are attempting to remove the services of Lightkeepers from the Canadian people. They are working quickly to implement a plan to de-staff the remaining 27 staffed lightstations on the west coat and the remaining 9 on the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador. UCTE & PSAC are adamant that LightKeepers be kept on.

The Petition is available on PSAC BC website.

Please see the open letter to Canadian Citizens from Lighthouse Keepers attached with these minutes. Please circulate widely.
9. Election of Executive Nominations

President – Cindy Little

m/ K. Waldron

s/ S.Parker

Acclamation

Vice-President – Ian Wiggs

m/ R. Nyst

s/ K. Waldron

Acclamation

Secretary  – Virginia Vaillancourt

m/ N. Humphreys

s/ P. Neelands

Acclamation

Treasurer – K. Waldron

m/ J. Sidel

s/ P. Jones

Acclamation
10. Leave 699 Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) is moving forward on the Policy Suite Renewal, and on April 1, 2009. Treasury Board issued a new Policy on Terms and Conditions of Employment.

The new policy replaces more than 20 previous human resource policies and clarifies Deputy Heads’ responsibilities and accountabilities with respect to the application and administration of all terms and conditions of employment within their organization. The policy also provides performance expectations, sets out clearer monitoring and reporting requirements and describes consequences for not meeting policy requirements. The policy and its first three directives will help to ensure the consistent, fair and equitable application and administration of terms and conditions of employment for employees across all departments and agencies of the core public administration.

In addition, effective immediately, the following important changes will be implemented:

1. Time off for medical and dental appointments now only refers to routine and periodic check-ups. All other appointments related to a particular complaint must now be charged to sick leave credits. Similarly, ongoing treatment programs should also be charged to sick leave credits. In the past, under the Leave With Pay Policy, employees were granted up to 3.75 hours paid leave for medical and dental appointments in the case of routine, periodic check-ups or an appointment related to a particular complaint.

Routine and periodic check-ups include:

*     annual physical exams and related appointments such as mammogram tests, x-rays, blood work, etc.;

*     annual eye exams;

*     dental exams and cleanings.

Sick leave situations include:

*     appointments regarding particular complaints such as a sore back, cough, flu symptoms, etc.;

*      appointments related to the treatment of a particular condition such as allergies or chiropractic ailments.

2. Employees in an excluded PM-06 position are now subject to the provisions of the PA collective agreement. As a result, they are no longer eligible for management leave. They are, however, entitled to applicable overtime, travel time, stand-by pay, etc.

For more information about the policy, please visit the Treasury Board Secretariat  <http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?section=text&id=15771> Web site or contact your local Director of HR Operations.
11. Banner REVP will be purchasing new banner for the Victoria Area Council.
12. Next Meeting The next meeting is tentatively booked for October 27th, 2009 at 5:00pm. Confirmation of the meeting date will be sent out.
1. Adjournment Motion to adjourn meeting.  Meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm

m/s/c

Sister Cindy Little                                                        Virginia Vaillancourt

President                                                                         Recording Secretary

Vancouver Island Human Rights Committee Logo Contest

Published by Patrick October 6th, 2009 in Human Rights, North Vancouver Island, South Vancouver Island Tags: , , .

Annonuncing the VIHRC logo creation contest! Enter your logo today …

Come up with a creative logo that best describes the VIHRC in a visual way.  This logo could be used on all VIHRC promotions, posters and correspondences internally or externally either in workplaces or outside of workplaces.

Why a logo?  It is confirmed that a logo creates the familiarity of what an organization is all about or a product you are getting.  For example, when you see a logo for hockey team, Vancouver Canucks.  It hits home for you (if you are a local fan).  So you know what you are getting or have a sense of ‘belonging’ to.  Other example is a product such as Coke.  When you see Coke, you know what it will taste like… you know what it is about and it perhaps makes you feel good when you see the logo of Coke.  Let’s do that with the VIHRC logo.  Let’s make people who belong to any of designated groups i.e. Persons with Disabilities feel like they belong to VIHRC and that VIHRC represents them!

Any PSAC-BC member can participate in the logo contest.  Bonus points will be awarded if the member is from a local that is affiliated with the VIHRC.

Please submit entries electronically by November 2nd, 2009 to the PSAC Victoria Regional Office: mackenr@psac-afpc.com or jacksod@psac-afpc.com . Call (250) 953-1050 or  1-866-953-1050 for more information.

Talking Union Basics – Courtenay

Published by Patrick March 25th, 2009 in Education, North Vancouver Island Tags: , .

Please note that the TUB course scheduled for March 27,28 in Courtenay has been postponed until the Fall. The Victoria office will be contacting members who have applied for the course with more details.

PSAC members Think Public! on Canada Day

Published by Patrick July 4th, 2008 in Lower Mainland, North Vancouver Island, Quality Public Services Tags: .

PSAC members at in Vancouver, Campbell River, and Surrey spent Canada Day reminding Canadians of the value of quality public services. At Canada Place members of the Vancouver Area Council distributed leaflets, bandanas, and fans. In Surrey members distributed over 2000 “public services are cool” fans & 200 bandanas, while members in Campbell River set up a booth at their local Canada Day celebration, and spoke with the public. Here are some photos …

PSAC members at Convention and across the province support their bargaining teams

Published by Patrick April 23rd, 2008 in Bargaining, Lower Mainland, North Vancouver Island, Treasury Board Tags: , , .
BC member negotiators prepare to head back to the table
Your bargaining teams are getting the message! Some member negotiators at the PSAC-BC Regional Convention this weekend received these signs of overwhelming support from members. Over forty “I Support my Bargaining Team” signs were gathered from over twenty cities from across B.C.!
PSAC members in BC show their support for their TB member negotiators:

Commissionaires bargaining begins today.

Published by Patrick February 12th, 2007 in Commissionaires, North Vancouver Island, South Vancouver Island Tags: , , .

commiss logoNegotiations between the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Corps of Commissionaires (Corps) for a third collective agreement get underway Monday February 12th in Victoria. The parties have agreed to meet February 12-15, 2007 and if required they have also set aside March 20-22, 2007.

Dave Jackson, PSAC Regional Representative, will be the spokesperson for the union with Dave Eden handling that role for the employer. There are approximately 275 Commissionaires in the PSAC bargaining unit who perform services on behalf of the Corps. They are employed at various worksites in Victoria and on Vancouver Island as well as in the Yukon.

The services of a third party were required in order to achieve a negotiated settlement during the last round of bargaining.

PSAC members plantgate CFB Comox in support of IMP

Published by Patrick February 8th, 2007 in Bargaining, IMP, North Vancouver Island Tags: , , , .

James Little, reporting from CFB Comox … updated Feb 9: Thanks to Mark Miller (UNDE 21016) for some more photos.

PSAC members employed at IMP Group Limited set up information lines at the gates of CFB Comox in the early mornings of Feb. 6th and 7th. These members were informing their co-workers of the lack of progress five months of negotiations have achieved. The PSAC has recently asked the federal government to appoint a conciliation officer in an effort to speed up the bargaining process.IMP plantgate

Each morning we set up the information lines at 06:30 hrs and the member participation was outstanding. The Commissionaires, the Military Police and members of the military with their loaded guns, greeted us each morning. Turns out the military was also conducting an identification search at the same time as our plant gate. This actually turned out to be a benefit for our members as the military was slowing traffic making it easier for us to distribute the over 400 flyers each day.

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PSAC Education schedule: 2007

Published by Patrick January 4th, 2007 in Education, Lower Mainland, North Vancouver Island, South Vancouver Island Tags: , , .

The preliminary education schedule for spring 2007 has been posted on the education page. We have scheduled courses for Vancouver & the Island. The schedules for the Fraser Valley, North and Okanagan will be posted soon.

The 2007 education schedule

Central Vancouver Island Area Council meeting minutes – April 25 2006

Published by Patrick May 23rd, 2006 in Area Councils, Minutes, North Vancouver Island Tags: , .

Minutes April 25, 2006

In Attendance:

  • Bruce Clark A/C President CEIU 20947
  • Darlene Stevens A/C Secretary CEIU 20947
  • Christine Walker CEIU 20947
  • Cindy Little SVIDAC President UTE 20028
  • Dave Jackson PSAC RUO
  • Gord Miller A/C Treasurer UEW 20090
  • Nicole Gibson USGE 20074
  • Chas Thompson light keepers 20232
  • Gail Jewsbury A/C Vice Pres UEW 20090
  • Elizabeth McCormick GSU 20001
  • Paul Ring GSU 20001

Regrets:

  • Kathy Spencer CEIU 20947
  • Michael Bob CEIU 20947

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Central Vancouver Island Area Council meeting minutes – March 22 2006

Published by Patrick April 18th, 2006 in Area Councils, Minutes, North Vancouver Island Tags: , , .

March 22, 2006 – CVIAC meeting

Present

  • Gail Jewsbury Vice President – UEW
  • Gordon Miller – treasurer – UEW
  • Darlene Stevens – secretary – CEIU
  • Kathy Spencer – delegate – CEIU
  • Dave Jackson – staff – PSAC RUO
  • Mandi Schubert – guest – NHWU
  • John Kraeker -UNDE
  • Lise Edwards – delegate -NAT– via conference call

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