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 [...]

CULE has recieved two recent emails, which we are posting here, with permission, for members’ information and interest. Brothers and Sisters; I have been an employee of the Public Service Alliance of Canada for 15 years. There was a period of time when I was in an excluded position and did not have the security [...]

CULE Members This is to advise you that yesterday the Communications, Energy, and Paper Workers Union (CEP) filed an application to replace CULE as the bargaining agent for its members who work in Ontario Regional Offices including Ottawa. Under Ontario Labour Legislation CEP will need to show proof that it represents at least 40% of [...]

As per the CULE Constitution there will be a CULE meeting during the upcoming Representation Symposium this week. The meeting will be held in the Oak Boardroom on the Executive Level starting at 5:30 p.m. We have the room until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening April 27th. Brother Bruce Campbell will chair as neither the [...]

You may already be aware that CEP is attempting to raid CULE/Ontario members.  In response to this raid, the CULE Executive struck a sub-committee to handle our fight-back campaign. One of the fight-back activities chosen by your sub-committee was to prepare the following letter which went out to all CULE/Ontario members a few weeks ago. [...]

Are you interested in sitting on one of the many CULE committees? This is your opportunity to fulfill that need! We are currently looking for CULE members to sit on the following committees: Constitution Employee Assistance Program Staff Training & Development Health & Safety Technological Change Joint Employment Benefits Committee Honorary CULE Membership Labour Council [...]

Greetings! As you may be aware, both motions to affiliate with District Labour Councils in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada were passed by CULE members. It is now up to you to approach your District Labour Council about the cost of affiliation. Once you have confirmation of affiliation and the actual cost to do so, [...]

CULE has been made aware that the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada (CEP) are attempting to raid our members in Ontario. While this is not what we would expect from another Union in the house of labour the fact that some current CULE members are assisting CEP with this raid is even harder to [...]

From cbc.ca … Ten office employees of the Union of Northern Workers, which represents territorial government staff, could serve strike notice this week over the issue of job classifications. The staff, who work at the union’s headquarters in Yellowknife, are represented by the United Steelworkers. The last collective agreement expired in March. The Steelworkers local [...]

With thanks to AEU, who prepared the document, here is a series of questions and answers regarding changes to the pension plan and the memo sent out by the employer on November 3 2009. Pension Q and A’s (pdf) CULE is in agreement with their assessment of the facts and interpretation of the situation. If [...]

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