REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT June 2, 2017 to August 27, 2017 It should come as no surprise that since the last national executive in June, work at the national office has mainly focussed on preparation for the UNE convention. The three convention committees met in June and their reports were completed and distributed soon after. If success were based on the long and hard work by staff and others, we should have a good convention indeed. Collective agreements for the four Treasury Board bargaining units with UNE members PA, TC, EB, and SV were ratified by the membership in early spring and signed June 14, 2017. While these agreements came into force only two months ago, they will expire next year. By now, all UNE Locals with Treasury Board members should have received the Program of Demands. Those Locals will be holding membership s this summer and fall to develop proposals and determine priorities. Once that information is sent to the UNE, we will establish a committee to review demands and send proposals to the PSAC. The national bargaining conference will take place early next year. UNE and Parks Canada met to discuss the remaining National Review Project files. We will be able to advise members at convention that UNE s direct responsibility for the Parks Project is now finally at an end. As I reported previously, the OLG announced in May 2017 that the operations of the Rideau Carleton Slots would be taken over later this September by Hard Rock. In July, we had an initial with the Senior Vice-President of Human Resources at Hard Rock. UNE met with senior PSAC staff to review the factors that contributed to the decertification of our Candu Energy unit and discussed how we can better serve the interests of members in small bargaining units. UNE and PSAC have sought respondent status in Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal hearing into a death of one of our members in the Banff field unit at Parks Canada. 1
I attended two of the last three PSAC regional conventions, which were for the Atlantic and North regions. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the BC convention as it was held on the same weekend as the PSAC North convention. I chaired the all-candidates at the Atlantic convention. There are approximately 226 grievances currently active at the Component June 2017: June 2-3 - UNE National Executive June 5-7 - UNE 2017 Convention Committees s June 7-8 - PSAC National Board of Directors June 12 - Consultation with Service Canada June 12 - National Joint Council Isolated Posts & Government Housing Committee June 13 - Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada National Labour Management Consultation Committee June 13 - Local 70101 (Library & Archives, Gatineau) BBQ June 15 - Meeting with members in Yellowknife June 16-18 - PSAC North Regional Convention June 20 - Meeting with Parks Canada June 21 - UNE Labour Relations Officers June 23-25 - PSAC Atlantic Regional Convention, Saint- John, NB June 26 - Bargaining demands teleconference - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety June 27 - Employment & Social Development Canada Employee regarding member surveys June 27 - National Capital Commission Strategy Coordination Committee June 27 - Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario National Labour 2
June 28 - Employment & Social Development Canada National Labour Program Union- June 28 - Treasury Board Secretariat National Labour June 29 - Rally in support of National Capital Commission members June 29 - Statistics Canada Labour Management Consultation Committee June 29 - UNE All Staff June 30 - Meeting with Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada July 2017: July 4 - Bargaining demands teleconference for House of Commons July 5 - Union-side regarding Global Affairs Canada July 5 - Labour Management Consultation Committee - Canada Council for the Arts July 6 - Global Affairs Canada Director General Labour Management Consultation Committee July 7 - Canadian Museum of Science and Technology ratification vote July 10 - Parks Canada Ombudsman July 11 - Meeting with Service Canada management July 12 - Meeting with Service Canada regarding the new PA agreement and call July 13 - UNE Convention planning July 13 - Parks Canada National Strategy Coordinating Committee July 13 - Meeting regarding Local finances July 14 - Meeting with President of Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency July 14 - Meeting with PSAC National President July 17 - Meeting with PSAC senior staff to discuss small bargaining units 3
July 17 - Strategy Coordinating - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council July 19 - Meeting with members at Parliamentary Protective Services July 19 - UNE Convention Host Committee July 19 - UNE National Executive Teleconference July 20 - Meeting with senior human resources manager for Hard Rock Casinos July 20 - Meeting with Service Canada regarding call centre workers July 20 - Francophone Committee Teleconference July 21 - PSAC Constitution Committee July 26 - Meeting with Local 70027 Executive (Indigenous Affairs) July 27 - Meeting with Services Canada regarding new collective agreement and call July 27 - Parks Canada Ombudsman July 28 - On the line with striking PSAC members at Winnipeg Airport July 28-29 - Meeting with members, Local 50040 (Winnipeg SSO) July 30 - Protest against PM Trudeau at Fairmont Winnipeg Hotel July 31 - Finance & Human Resources Committee Meeting August 2017: August 1 - Meeting with members of three St. John s Locals August 1 - Interview with MetroNews Canada regarding Statistical Survey Operations pay equity August 3 - Interview with CBC Radio regarding Statistical Survey Operations pay equity August 3 - Meeting with Service Canada regarding call August 3 - Locals & Membership Committee teleconference August 4 - PSAC Constitution Committee August 8 - Meeting with Outside Canada Regional team 4
August 8 - Telephone call with Parks Canada Chief Executive Officer August 8 - Teleconference with PSAC National President and National Executive Vice- President August 9 - Teleconference with Parks Canada regarding Peace Officer Memorial August 10 - Meeting with Service Canada regarding call August 10 - Staff interviews August 14 - Meeting with Service Canada regarding Passport August 17 - Meeting with Service Canada regarding call August 17 - Communications, Education, Honours & Awards Committee teleconference August 19-21 - UNE National Executive August 22 - Pre-Convention caucuses and August 23-27 - UNE Triennial Convention In solidarity, Doug Marshall National President Union of National Employees 5