SH Group Meeting #1
November 17, 2022
Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal QC
Attendees: Bruno Gagnon, Selena Glover , Eric Massey, Deborah Gaeon, Rachel Boyko , Terry Hupman, Lynn Ohlson, Donald Moisan, Rene Campbell, Lois Pelletier , James McGrath,
Regrets: Ian Shaw, Julia Morash, Christine McDowell
Meeting commenced at 0900am
1.0 Welcome from the President. Warm welcome from Lynn Olhson
2.0 Approval of Agenda - with additions - moved; James McGrath, Seconded Eric
Massey
3.0 Approval of minutes from the previous meeting: with the following additions:
Rene to replace Lynn Huff on the Bargaining committee. No decision was made.
After discussion, Rene would be accessed as a Subject Matter Expert.
The decision made was not to replace anyone else on the bargaining team at the
previous meeting.
Mover Selena. Passed unanimously
4.0 Business Arising From Previous Meeting:
5.0 Standing items:
A.SH Bargaining:
Bargaining started on November 9, 2022 and November 10, 2022. There were
complications regarding the internet
Cara also addressed the interaction with the Bargaining Team and concurred with Eric’s report - they are planning on when the next in-person meeting will occur.
Eric Massey: TB were actively listening - TB is willing to have an agreement but we don’t know what their proposal is. There were no questions from TB. TB was mostly on Zoom (5 people). PIPSC will not accept people on Zoom unless an emergency happens
TB will look at each profession and they will provide details.
The Bargaining team wants to acknowledge that Cara Ryan was excellent as our union bargaining representative.
6.0 New Business:
Need to address at the table - leave for Union business which is difficult in some areas as well as with Union/Leave balance. If this happens, we will need to Grieve this. We need to have this clarified at the bargaining table.
Where the employer does not allow the leave, and PIPSC pays the employee, the gross is deducted from the employee’s pay and PIPSC only pays the net. This will be put forward toTB
7.0: Elections
A.President:Lynn Olhson nominated and seconded by Eric. no other nominations were brought forward
Lynn agreed to the nonomination
Lynn Olsen was Acclaimed
B.Vice president; Rene Campbell: nominated by Eric supported by Bruno
Acclaimed
Treasurer: James McGrath nominated by Lois Pelletier , seconded by Rene,
Acclaimed
Secretary: Lynn Huff nominated and Acclaimed
Thank you to Terry Hupman for stepping in when Lynn H was not available
8.0 Definition of a northern nurse: There are no real definitions: There will have to be a definition developed due to the bylaws committee request, this will need to be clarified and done prior to the next AGM.. Lois to work on wth Ginette and Patty P
To be carried forward to the next Executive meeting.. This is for the purposes of the SH group. Not just the distance and is multi-factorial. We can decide what we think is a northern nurse. Remote and frequency of traveling north of those nurses probably providing care.
9.0 Dates for our next meetings: January 28, 2023, April 1, 2023 , June 2,2023,
September 9, 2023
AGM June 3, 2023
10. Update document of Roles for SH group executive members:
Elections Officers: TerryHupman, Rachel Boyko, Debra Goen
Membership/Rand - Eric Massey, Bruno Gagnon
By-laws Officer: Selena Glover, Donald Moisan, Lois Pelletier
Chair - Selena
Delegate Coordinators - Chair - (Christine) Rene Campbell, Ian Shaw
Consultation Officer - Donald Moisan, Bruno Gagnon
Orientation officer - Chair: James McGrath, Selena Glover
Steward Coordinator: Rene Campbell
Sub-Group Officer: Eric Massey
Bargaining Liaison: Eric Massey
Communications: Bruno Gagnon, Rachel Boyko
We will need to update the specific roles in each group
11. Continue with translation for every meeting English/French.
We will decide at the end of every meeting if we want translation at the next
meeting
12. Planning for next years AGM on June 3, 2023- It will be in Ottawa at Lac Lemay
with a possible Ottawa River Cruise as the athe activity Possible speakers:
Possible speakers: ?comedian again, ? President of Canadian Nurses Union, first
nations with a focus on health, elder about the medicines, colonizations,
intergenerational trauma. Lori and Lois to inquire in to a list of names. Our
budget for speakers is up to $2,000-3,000.
13. Running for 2 positions simultaneously in SG Group elections:
It can cause complications if the member wins both positions.
Of this happens, then your profession should be granted if you win both
profession and MAL position. We will check with PIPSC to see if this agrees with
their policies.
Vote will be deferred until next meeting once we consult with PIPSC -if this is
allowed for the group we need to have a by-law that complies with PIPSC by-laws
8 members felt that you could only run for 1 position and we would have to create
a bylaw for this. The formal vote will be in January.
Selena to check with Bylaw people
14. Addition to Bargaining Team/By-laws: Rene is good to be on the bargaining team
but we should not be taking on a naive individual on the team for late additions to
the bargaining team
Unanimous vote to add Rene to the bargaining team.
15. Reports:
- President's Report/Advisory Council
Nothing to report. Missed last Advisory Council meeting due to AGM in
Newfoundland
B.Treasurer’s Report:
We have about $40K in the BMO account:
We did get the meal in June.
PIPSC will need to be paid about 20K for the AGM.
Lynn Olhson motioned to pay for visibility items for the northern nurses AGM
up to 2,000 - moved by Eric, carried unanimously.
C.Membership/Rand
10 rand have become members.
The list needs to be updated.
D. By-Laws
BLPC have not gotten back with changes to by-laws that have been approved
by the AGM members
E.Consultation:
Lynn O - National Vice President for EFDC
Meeting for the Alantic Stewards - Oct 25, 2022 in Montreal
November 21, 2022 Ontario and NCR stewards in Ottawa
Eric: hybrid for beginning of Dec, 2022
Donald: shooting at correctional center - changing windows to bulletproof
Some psychiatrists are alone in the office without security
Defense training
Rachel Boyko - nothing to add
Lynn H: in person CME for travel outside their hometown not being reimbursed
only virtual meetings and meetings that are located in the city the physician
resides in. Discussing working from home vs in office
F.Communications:nothing
G. Stewards: nothing to add
H.Subgroups: Eric will contact the sub-presidents as they will need to help with
Rand members
I.Elections:
Sheena McQuarrie was initally acclaimed into the VAC-NU position, however,
this position was changed. She was required to run for the NU position,
however, she unsuccessful in the subsequent election.
At the SH AGM, members were encouraged to vote and a reminder was sent -
eventually, we only had 6.2% turnout.
J. Delegate Coordinators: nothing to report. - Christene will be a member of this
comittee
K.Promotional Items:
iPhone holders
T-shirts with SH groups on the back or computer sleeves or placemats
Glasses or coffee travel mugs
?Raincoats
L.Orientation: this has been discussed
16. Roundtable/Other business:
Eric: sent a letter on Oct 22, 2023 in both English and French to members for
bargaining suggestions. Percentage of people opening the letter is low.
Rene: pharmacists have a classification grievance in - the employer is now starting
to listen. Might be moving forward with a human rights complaint - regarding
gender and pay
Selena: OPs from VAC - no longer an OT4 position but OPs want to have this
reinstated - pay is an issue
Pay scale is very different for the various vets in different agencies.
Meeting adjourned: 1539