To: AU-CO-PG (AV Group) Classification Members of PIPSC working in Gatineau QC:

DATE: Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Location: Place du Centre Shopping Mall between Place du Portage II and III – look for PIPSC tent next to food court and the Dollar Store

Time: Morning session 7am to 9am and Noon to 1:00pm session

7am to 9am session - Complimentary coffee, tea and timbits
Noon to 1pm session - Complimentary water bottle

Canada 150 Summer Contest

We are celebrating Canada’s 150th Birthday by asking AV Members (AU-CO-PG) to share a story about their summer vacation in Canada with PIPSC.

Contest Rules: Contest starts on July 1st, 2017 and ends on September 6th, 2017. Winners will be selected by the AV Communications Committee (Darlene McKay, Jacques Laperriere, and David Chu). Vacation must be taken in Canada as this is to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday.

The future of our sick leave - Season IV – June, 2017

The Executive of Health Canada NCR Branch presents:

“Holland Cross Debates/Discussions” - Special Edition

The “Holland Cross Debates” sessions are intended to offer an open discussion with some PIPSC officials about key issues in the collective bargaining and other career related issues. It is one thing to get the views of the local audience at each Debate, but the “Holland Cross Debates” are also keen to find out what the rest of PIPSC members think about the issues we raise.

Wednesday June 28th, 2017

Time: 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.

Location:
PIPSC Edmonton office
1700, 10020 101A avenue, Edmonton

Guest Speaker Geoff Kendall, Chair of NR group bargaining committee

Agenda:
Presentation by Geoff
Discussion of Tentative Collective agreement
Questions and Answers

Lunch will be provided for attendees

The following is a summary of the tentative agreement reached between the Institute and the National Energy Board regarding the NEB Group on June 9, 2017. This tentative agreement must be ratified by the members of the NEB Group to become final. A ratification meeting will be held on 26 June 2017 where the agreement will be explained in more detail and after which an electronic vote will be held. The Employer must also receive a non-objection approval from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Governor-in-Council approval before the Agreement is final.

The Prairie/NWT Regional Executive cordially invites you to the following events in Yellowknife: A social event to mix and mingle with the regional executive and your fellow PIPSC members.

When: Thursday, July 6, 4:30pm until 7:30pm

Where: The Black Knight Pub, 4910 49 Street

Complimentary drinks (2) and appetizers will be served. Door Prizes.

Please rsvp to nmccune@shaw.ca by July 4 at 5pm.

To all members of the SP Group,

We have received an update from the government about the technical issue that recently affected pay processing for your Group. The government reports that all 1,800 impacted accounts have now been corrected according to the following schedule:

The Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on June 21, 2017 we reached a tentative agreement with Management to renew the collective agreement.

Over the last few weeks we have continued to explore a narrowed-down set of bargaining priorities in hopes of coming to an agreement in a timely manner. The deal we’ve agreed to builds off what we presented you a few weeks ago. It includes administrative changes to maternity leave provisions, as well as a 1.25% economic increase effective June 20th 2017. It will also result in a new expiry date of June 19th, 2018.