Sisters and Brothers, As you will surely recall, CULE recommended the ratification of the tentative agreement we reached with PSAC back in April 2011 with the understanding and commitment from the Employer that meaningful discussions would take place before any changes are made to our Extended Health Benefits Plan. The Employer made it clear to [...]

À tous les membres de l’UCES:  Joyeuses Fêtes et Bonne Année! To all CULE members:  Have a safe and festive holiday season

Many of you are aware that the Employer unilaterally decided to exclude Regional Representatives in the field who do negotiations from an upcoming training opportunity. A Negotiations Meeting will still take place November 1-4, 2011 but no Regional Representatives who handle negotiations in the field will be present. Only Regional/National Negotiators, research officers and admin [...]

The directors are responsible for the membership in their regions. If a member becomes seriously ill, has a serious accident, retires, dies, has a death in their immediate family, gets married, or has a baby; it is the responsibility of the director to ensure that appropriate acknowledgement is extended.

To-date, acknowledgements have not been consistent. It is hoped that the following guidelines will ensure that all members receive equal acknowledgement of memorable events which occur in their lives.

The CEP application to displace CULE in Ontario has been dismissed by the Ontario Labour Relations Board.  The complete decision is available here. Unite Here! Local 40 has announced that workers at the Vancouver Hyatt, Four Seasons, Westin Bayshore, and Renaissance hotels have ratified a new four-year deal – http://bit.ly/hAeURr – The new contract includes [...]

Download the updated retiree benefits booklet here (.pdf).

An updated grievance form is now available as .pdf. You can fill this one in on the computer and print it!

CEP vs PSAC vs CULE – Ontario Labour Relations Board Hearing August 23-24, 2010 – Toronto, Ontario This hearing was set to determine the outcome of the CEP Raid of Ontario CULE members. The parties met at the appointed time of 9:30 am at the Board offices in Toronto. The Board appeared at 10am and [...]

Sisters or Brothers; As you may be aware a call-out to CULE members for the donation of leave to assist a CULE member was made back in June. I want to inform you that the response shown by CULE members was overwhelming. A large thank-you to all CULE members who found it in their hearts [...]

The parties met for a mediation session on June 2nd, 2010 with the assistance of Ms. P. Buriak a Labour Relations Officer from the Ontario Labour Relations Board. During this session CULE offered to withdraw on the legal issues if CEP was prepared to have the outstanding three segregated ballots counted in with the total. [...]

Dear Sisters and Brother: As you all know, we have been waiting for almost four years for the employer to schedule our Admin Conference. A grievance on MOA # 5 was filed by sister Pamela Peckford on behalf of CULE II members. The hearing was to be on Friday – May 29th, however; the employer [...]

Your Executive informs 31 votes were counted – 3 additional votes are in dispute – the result: CULE-16, CEP-15. A hearing will take place on June 2, 2010 to determine the regional outstanding issues. More information to follow.

CULE members, As promised we are trying to keep you up to date on developments as they roll out. Voting on CEP’s application to displace CULE as the bargaining agent for Regional Office Staff in Ontario began on May 6 with balloting in Toronto and London. Voting will continue in Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Kingston and [...]

Dear CULE Member, In the course of the Communication Energy and Paperworker’s (CEP) raid on our members in Ontario your Executive has received many queries and concerns. What would be the impact on the Retirees Benefit Plan in the event CEP displace CULE as the bargaining agent for Regional Office staff in Ontario? In these [...]

This was just sent on behalf of the CULE Executive to CULE members in Ontario – posted for members’ information and interest Dear CULE Member, CULE would like to thank the membership of Ontario for their support in the past and as we go to the polls tomorrow we ask you to consider the following [...]