Executive Meeting Minutes

DATE:  May 19, 2005 

 Meeting called to order at 5.30 pm.

 Minutes from previous meeting:  Adopted  MSC 

Treasurer’s report: Adopted MSC 

Committee reports: 

EAP: Pamela is one of the main counsellors, away on mat leave, Marla is new  There are four reports and the statistics are consistent.  There is nothing outstanding.  They are looking for a new female RA (Referral Agent).  IT was suggested that they be invited to divisional meetings and or team members to make them visible.  We will raise this as a UMC item.  Brown baggers are on hold with Pamela currently off

EO: Currently they are reviewing the action plan with the intent that we rewrite it because there are too many bullets that require updating. 

Grievance: Hilde will send link for the grievance form to everyone so it is handy. Forms are being revamped.  Gesine is handling 3 complaints/grievances.  Ian is handling grievances and is one of the stewards.  Hilde is handling a couple of grievances, as is Jean.

Staffing: Gesine Terry and Ed attended Grievance course put n by PSAC and learned the basics.  Terry attended the Facing Management course and felt it was a good course.

Membership:  This is an ongoing project.  Terry working on it.  We should let Terry know of any new members in the TSO so our list stays current.  Also, members returning from leave, need to sign union card again and given to Terry for submission.  

OSH:  Nothing new to report.  Ken stated everything is running fine nothing further to be raised at this time. Bulletin boards being updated

Compassion:  nothing to report. 

Old Business: Business Cards, still working on them.  Each executive member to have some.  We will consider using new logo after the Triennial convention.

Cell phone for Hilde:  Plan has been changed to monthly rate being paid by the local. Union e-mail addresses have changed: SurnamefirstInitial@bcute.org.  Everyone should have their e-mail account activated for next meeting.  Terry to update list with new e-mail address as well as phone #’s. 

New Business: Presidents’ conference involved a lot of discussion in preparation for the triennial convention.  Hilde went to the PSAC BC regional convention the beginning of April.  It was a good experience to see how conventions are run.  Hilde went to the Convention Committee in Ottawa for resolutions.

E-mails:  Hilde will delete the French portion of the e-mails before she forwards them on to the executive due to the size of some of the e-mails.  UMC was held earlier this week and Terry and Hilde attended.  Communication between Management and the Union is poor and needs to be worked on.  One of the issues was the projects that come up and if we had a heads-up on them, we could help the members through the transitions and the work environment will be more positive.

Money from individual members for the fitness center that will not happen is still being evaluated. 

LIA requests are being limited to 5 weeks in V&E.  Management has said this is due to operational requirements.  No-one has been denied their leave to date.  LIA is based on operational needs and vacation requests take precedence. 

Meeting adjourned 6.30 pm.