http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:32:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Annual General Meeting of UEW 20147 will be held Thursday, February 19th, 2009 in Courtenay BC at the Coast Hotel. More information will be provided once an agenda and times are set. http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2008/12/29/annual-general-meeting/ UEW 20147 is proud to announce its latest scholarship recipient: Scott Snelgrove. Scott received $500 from the local to assist with his university studies in 2008/09.There is still another $500 to be awarded to a student in a technical or trades program this year - so if you are a ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2008/12/29/scholarship-awarded/ The Public Service Alliance of Canada will be holding its Triennial Convention in Vancouver in April, 2009 which provides an opportunity for more local members of the PSAC to participate as observers to the convention. If you are interested in attending, please see the convention registration website to do so ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2008/12/29/psac-convention-2009/ JLP BC/Yukon Region will be co sponsoring a Facilitator Orientation in collaboration with the Prairies Region during the week of January 26-30 in Vancouver.  If you know of anyone who may wish to become a JLP Facilitator please direct them to the JLP web site www.JLP-PAM.ca to obtain information and ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2008/12/29/joint-learning-plan-facilitator-opportunity/ PA, SV and EB Group members of Treasury Board (formerly Tables 1, 2, & 5) are expected to vote on the tentative collective agreement before January 22, 2009. Voting times and locations posted below the cut. Members in remote communities should receive a ballot in the mail. For more information ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2008/12/29/remaining-treasury-board-ratification-vote-meetings/ Although it is not listed in your collective agreement, it is the practice of the employer to grant leave for up to half a day for medical and dental appointments without charge to the employee's leave credits. This applies only in the case of routine, periodic ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2006/02/02/did-you-know/ Grievances are filed by employees as a mechanism to dispute resolution in the workplace. They may be filed in response to a breach of any aspect of the collective agreement, or any other laws, procedures, policies as set out by the employer. If you are unsure about ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2006/01/02/grievance-info-forms/ The Annual General Meeting of UEW Local 20147 will be held January 19th, starting at 4:15 at 401 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC (RHQ) in Boardroom B. Agenda items to include: Executive elections By-law changes Executive and ctte reports New business and issues http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2005/12/02/annual-general-meeting-january-19th/ Although a full convention report will be posted at http://www.psac.com/environment shortly, Local 20147 delegates would like to take this opportunity to give a brief report on our participation in the Triennial National Convention of the Environment Component, PSAC in the second week of August. Overall, the convention went ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2005/08/02/union-of-environment-workers-convention-report/ Although a full convention report will be posted on the PSAC regional website shortly, Local 20147 delegates would like to take this opportunity to report on the following positions that members of our component were elected to this weekend: Metro Vancouver Co-ordinator - Megan Adam North Island Co-ordinator - ... http://www.psacbc.com/uew-20147/2005/04/02/bc-regional-convention/