PERSONS PRESENT                                                                                       REGRETS

 

Kurt Munger- President

Floyd Knelsen-2nd Vice President

Karen Collins-Treasure

Kim Koch- Secretary

Tracy Arrowsmith- Executive Steward

 

Anne Evasin-1st Vice President

 

PREPARED BY:  Kim Koch

 

 

 

REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MINUTES/OLD BUSINESS:

 

Reviewed and approved with changes February 18, 2010. 

 

TREASURER REPORT:

 

·       See attached report for complete details.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

·       TOWN HALL WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS MEETING TO UPDATE MEMBERS ON THE RECENT PRESIDENTS’ CONFERENCE, BUT NO MEMBERS ATTENDED.

 

·       Kurt gave a complete and detailed report on the President’s conference to the executive. Key points are as follows:

 

o   Good conference overall

o   National focus → getting members involved-with an emphasis on solidarity!

 

o   Guest speaker John Gordon, President of PSAC, spoke on the topic of Federal Pensions. John was very direct in the fact that all members will have to get involved in order to stop the attack on our pensions by the private sector, which is being lead by Caroline Swift, President of the Canadian Independent Business Association. All executive members are requested to educate their locals to the topic of Ms. Swift and her agenda; moreover, members are being urged to take steps to educate their local independent businesses to not support Ms. Swifts’ actions.

 

o   Guest speaker Laura Dobson Hughes spoke on the topic of Legislation; giving a basic description of the steps a Bill takes passing through Parliament and the many processes a Bill goes through to be passed by parliament.

 

o   A guest speaker from PSAC spoke on the topic of mental illnesses in the workplace; the most common being post traumatic stress disorder, depression, stress. It was addressed that more attention needs to be focused on this issue in the workplace in order for those members affected to gain the help and support needed to make a full healthy  recovery. It was addressed that more information and discussion on the topic will come at the next Presidents’ conference in September. Kurt urged that when dealing with a member with mental illness to work with the member on all levels.

 

o   The Bargaining Committee has been busy preparing for the next round of bargaining to begin, the committee has been sending out weekly updates on the website-keep informed by checking the website! They committee meets again in July and are ready to fight-solidarity is needed for us to be successful during the next round of negotiations.

 

o   The recent ROCCO reclassification; National wants to make sure everyone receives their retro cheques; executives are urged to check and monitor the situation.

 

o   HST Conversion was discussed in depth, UTE members are to welcome the new members to our union, it is the only right thing to do.

 

o   Shane O’Brien discussed the grieving of staffing processes; we can and will grieve staffing.

 

o   Betty Bannon addressed the topic of counter phones being pulled; she requested the presidents to watch for the impact this is having on members-and to report back to Betty-she wants to know.

 

o   The OHS Job Hazard Analysis is now complete it includes 30 recommendations; to be approved by management at the April meeting.

 

GRIEVANCES:

·       1 Grievance settled nothing ongoing at the local level.

·       Bill C-10 Grievance ongoing.

·       Tracy to follow up with new ROCCO SP07 Reclassification. Members are requested to take questions and concerns to her.

 

 

 

TRAINING:

  • Karen and Kim to attend the UTE Grievance training to be held May 28th-30th.    To be held in Richmond.
  • Local Officers Training to be held in Vancouver June 18-20th
  • Duty to accommodate: Early 2011; Kurt would like to focus on this training as he feels it is going to be of a high concern for our membership. May just send one person to train the rest.

 

COMMITTEE UPDATES:

 

OHS COMMITTEE:

·       Kim will be attending the Regional Conference in Calgary, April 24-26.

 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:

  • The Equal Opportunity Conference is to be held in June in Ottawa, Kurt, Anne and Thelma Taylor are to attend.

 

 

STEWARD COMMITTEE:

·       Tracy confirmed all stewards have the UMI training.

STAFFING COMMITTEE:

Nothing to report

OTHER ITEMS:

  • Nothing included as other

 

ROUND TABLE:

 

Kurt: Issues to go to next UMC:

·       Will be taking the issue of management supplying UTE with a new filing cabinet to the next UMC meeting, as all other locals have had their cabinets supplied by the employer.

·       Sad news emails, confirm a template will be followed to ensure the message is delivered in a tasteful and sincere manner.

 

Karen: as a new member to the executive she needs the UMI training.

 

Floyd: Nothing to report

 

Kim: Nothing to report.

 

Tracy: Nothing to report

 

MEETING ADJOURNED:

·       7:30PM, Kurt Motioned, Tracy 2nd.

 

NEXT MEETING: 

·       May 20, 2010, 5:30 pm Union of Hospital Employees Union Hall.