Despite some glitches with the electronic voting system delegates elected Robyn Benson as National President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Chris Aylward was elected NVP. CULE will be meeting with both of them on May 4.

There were a number of resolutions passed today none of which had the significance of yesterday’s content. General Resolutions on anti-bullying campaign and safe drinking water for first nations both passed unanimously. A Constitution Committee resolution calling for all DCL’s to be put into a DCL Component was tabled. Finally, a resolution calling for full [...]

After much debate the special levy ($2.58/per member, per month) related to the PSAC staff pension plan was passed by the delegates. The budget was also passed by the delegates. A couple of other resolutions which were dealt with by the Convention was an increase to the Political Action line item (.26 cents dues increase); [...]

The first full day of Triennial Convention was spent debating the budget. The main items of debate were related to the budget as a whole; special levy for staff pension plan and a special levy which will kick in if the PSAC membership drops below 170,000. A referral back to the Finance Committee to remove [...]

Bonjour consoeurs et confrères, Mes excuses pour les fautes d’orthographes et de grammaire!! M. John Gordon aimerait mettre sur pied un groupe de travail interne, sur le fait français à l’AFPC. Il aimerait que l’UCES participe avec les autres syndicats de l’AFPC. L’exécutif de l’UCES voudrait savoir si vous désirez participer à ce groupe de [...]

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. [...]