DATE: March 15-17, 2018 (2.5 days)
LOCATION: The Matrix Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta
MAXIMUM 20 participants – (This course is intended for new stewards only)
The Prairie/NWT Region will be presenting a “Basic Training course” on Thursday, March 15, 2018 commencing at 08:30 a.m. and continuing through to 12:00 (noon) on Saturday, March 17, 2018.
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018
Time: Social 5:00 pm
Meeting 6:00 pm
Dinner 7:00 pm
Adjournment approx. 8:00 pm
Place: Lee Garden Seafood Restaurant
6401 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5E 1E1 Tel: (604) 428-8885
Fellow members,
It has come to our attention that many of you who are trying to report overpayments by the January 19,2018 deadline cannot get through to Contact Centre staff because of busy signals or being put on hold for extended periods.
We have raised this issue with the employer and have asked for an extension of Contact Centre hours of operation to include weekends and evenings. Alternatively, Public Services and Procurement Canada is advising employees to submit a Phoenix Feedback Form to inform the Pay Centre of their situation.
We are also, along with other unions, calling on the government to require that employees only repay the net amount of their overpayments, not the gross amounts.
Needless to say, we continue to express to the Employer the anger and frustration our many members feel at the government's response to this latest Phoenix foul-up.
We will keep you advised of developments on this important issue as soon as we obtain more information.
Better Together!
Debi Daviau,
President
Attention: All current and former NU-EMAs in receipt of settlement funds under the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal award in Walden et. al. v. Canada
It has come to PIPSC's attention that many NU-EMAs who received financial compensation under the July 2012 Walden v. Canada (equal pay for equal work) settlement agreement have experienced differential tax treatment by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) with respect to the funds received.
January 2, 2018
To: BC/Yukon Region Stewards
From: Ernie McLean, Regional Manager, BC/Yukon and Prairie Region
Peter MacDougall, Chair, BC/Yukon Regional Training Committee
Re: BC/Yukon Advanced Training School – April 11 – 14, 2018
We are pleased to inform you that the BC/Yukon Advanced Training School will be offered on April 11 – 14, 2018 at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Victoria Ocean Pointe in Victoria, BC.
Voting is now over and the NFB Group members ratified the tentative agreement reached on November 23.
Please note: The Employer still needs to have the Tentative Agreement ratified by Treasury Board before an official agreement can be signed. The Employer will have a period of 150 days from the signature date to implement the new rates of pay and issue retroactive payments.
The Winnipeg and Southern Manitoba Chapter of the PIPSC Retired Members Guild will be holding it's annual AGM this year the week after Easter, Wednesday, April 4th, 2018. Lunch will be included.
PLEASE NOTE: due to size constraints, the AGM will be restricted to the first 20 people, so please apply early.
2169 Portage Ave., (204) 889-7246
(the meeting will be located in the private room, near the front)