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TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 2012 General Meetings. November 6 - Brandon November 7 - Winnipeg (Masonic Temple) November 8 - Winnipeg (Fairmont Hotel). Agenda. Welcome and Introductions Reports: President Executive Director Finance Pension Lawsuit Bargaining Committee Negotiations Q&A.
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TEAM-IFPTE Local 1612012 General Meetings November 6 - Brandon November 7 - Winnipeg (Masonic Temple) November 8 - Winnipeg (Fairmont Hotel)
Agenda • Welcome and Introductions • Reports: • President • Executive Director • Finance • Pension Lawsuit • Bargaining Committee • Negotiations • Q&A
President’s ReportMisty Hughes-Newman A very busy year for TEAM Member Training: Supervisory Manager Leadership Health and Safety Labour Law Pension Law
President’s Report Member Events: Take a Break coffee cards & Hot Dog days Health and Safety appreciation lunch New member meetings Scholarship awards Board: Committee work Board development New Board member
President’s Report Political Action: Lobbying the Federal Government Meeting with Provincial Government Attending IFPTE and MFL Conventions, and Winnipeg Labour Council Hosting the Canadian Council of Professionals conference Meeting with other unions Board meeting minutes and reports available on our website
Executive Director’s Report Staff changes: Farwell to Tom Milroy and Susan Bilyk Wesley Emerson – Labour Relations Officer Serina Pottinger – Executive Assistant Doreen Oversby – Administrative Assistant Main member issues: Pay level, overtime, call-out, job postings, job classification, respect in the workplace, excessive discipline, and duty to accommodate
Executive Director’s ReportMember Representation Since the 2011 General Meetings: 51 new complaints 23 new grievances; 11 proceeding to arbitration Canadian Human Rights Commission decided in favour of TEAM member Current open files: 18 complaints, 31 grievances, and 1 Human Rights case
Executive Director’s ReportOngoing Major Items Overtime and Call-out arbitrations Contractors Letter of Understanding: transparency, caps on numbers and opportunities for members Benefits and Pensions Committees
Executive Director’s Report • Detailed Executive Director, Benefits and Pensions reports available on our website: www.teamunion.mb.ca (Look in News>Board Meetings)
Finance ReportDecember 31, 2011 • Income: $1,304,673 • Expenses: $938,157 • General Fund Balance: $750,766* • Defence Fund Balance: $747,419 • Financial Statements available *Cash, savings and investments (MTS shares & Ethical Funds)
Finance ReportCurrent Status • General Fund Balance: $850,000 • Defence Fund Balance: $883,499 • Board reviews income and expenditure minimum of six times a year
DB Pension LawsuitSupreme Court of Canada • Feb 2012 – Sought leave to appeal • Oct 2012 – Won leave • 2013 – Appear before the Supreme Court • Percentage of cases granted leave is very low • All three unions and the retiree group (TRAM) are sharing the costs
TEAM Bargaining Survey Excellent response; 669 members participated Statistically significant results Confidence interval or margin of error of 3.3% with a 99% confidence level
TEAM Bargaining SurveySalary adjustment preference 35.4% - Annual percentage increases 29.4% - COLA 26.7% - COLA and annual percentages
TEAM Bargaining SurveyVariable Pay 79.4% are willing to lower their VPP for an increase on base salary 59.9% are in favour of VPP parity
TEAM Bargaining Survey 451 comments and suggestions Full survey and comment summary will be posted on the website Thank you for participating!
Negotiations • Contract expires February 19, 2013 • What do we want? • What are we going to do to get it?
Negotiations • Will you help? • Will you be a CAR?
Q&A 204-984-9470 team@teamunion.mb.ca Join us on Facebook and Twitter facebook.com/teamunion161 twitter.com/teamunion161