Canadian Union Podcast for Employees'

My comments on how the Alberta teacher strike and the postal strike is going to end if you're gonna support them listen to this.

Children Christmas Party will be a bit different this year. Our venue cancelled on us short notice. MEBAC changes are coming. You have to declare some numbers for Health Spending Account and the new Wellness Account. We have an Exec-at-Lrg position to be elected in October.

What sort of NSFW goes on at work? Are you doing it now? Should you be aware of it? I have examples.

This episode is about out of scheudle rates of pay.

1.       4.07 – On-Call employee 2.       5.10 – Inability to Report 3.       5.17 – Overtime Distribution. 4.       Pay notes 2 and 4. 5.       Letter of Understanding 8. I would open these up for bargain these in a heartbeat.

1.       Section 3 Grievance Procedure 2.       5.02 – Standard Hours of Work 3.       5.18/5.20 – Overtime paid or banked at 2x wage. 4.       6.17 Bereavement Leave 5.       7.05 Vacation Entitlement

What do you do when you have a collision. Listen and I will guide you.

Here is my report on the Convention, the election, and Chris Smalls. For Reference, Cori Longo ran without a rival, and Gil McGown beat Gregg Mady 60/40 split. I also speak about Chris Smalls and I included an echo track of his talk. Chris spoke to us about Amazon and the Labour Union he helped co-found. Whatever you think of him, it was important, and I think worth publicizing. I tried to increas...

We are talking about vacation. 7.03 - 7.08. Employees don't really take a look at this clause. I wanted to take a moment and dive into it. If there are any errors please correct me. I am always going to defer to the union leadership for their interpretation. Enjoy.

Hey lets talk about CUPE Alberta, the CLC, the coming AFL convention, and Tarrifs.

I was successful in the election. I was elected to the position of Exec-At-Large which means I am on the executive. Looking forward to the join the team. Greg Mady joined us at the start of the March General Meeting. Convention is this week. Maybe the education workers have a deal? Lots of news. I talk about the AFL and CUPE AB

This is an audio version of the youtube video on the same topic. The Attendance Suport Program is advertised as a great program that recently was able to reduce the amount of hours to get on the program from 50 a quarter to 36 hours. Why does this matter? It matters because innocent absenteeism is a fancy way of saying we can't get the stuff we want from the culpable system. This system will help...

Short of quorum. Was everyone buying valentines gifts? Some good things in this episode even though we didn't have a meeting. I talk about Local 829 and CUPE Alberta.

We have an election. You have your ballots in the mail, and I encourage you to vote and mail it in. I and others running are counting on you! Feb 27 is the deadline for being at the box office. If you miss it, you can come to the hall to vote. Also what is going on with Local 829? Medicine Hat News says they are under administration just prior to voting on a deal... very interesting since getting...

Elections are happening. Vote for me. Please.

Last epsiode before the new year. Thanks for listening everyone.

No Quorum. Means no meeting but we did have a discussion. Thanks for listening. Just an FYI I got my meetings in and can run for a position.

Short and sweet. This is the second last meeting before the Jan elections.

Get your Health Spending Account for 2024. Two ways. If these links work click on them... https://youtu.be/fMn92hb0V3g?si=ATU629AQN6JHEdo1 or https://youtu.be/QQX_BW8wvuU?si=6pFHOlu7OL1Obwwy or Search out HSA H&DP 2021 5min or HSA H&DP 2021 12min

Fred Hahn is the President of CUPE ON. He is in the media for many reasons. Currently it is about something he posted and what that makes him according to people who don't know him, or what CUPE is fighting for. As complicated as this is. There is a reason why we won't see him step down. It has everything to do with what the Convention Resolution allows him to do and how a person who makes mistake...

Deal struck. 3, 3.25, 3.25. Everything else was the same except for stronger language on the seasonal recall. Thanks to everyone that came out to vote.

Information is working its way down the chain. What I can share is in the episode. This is a yes for me. I hope you can find it in your selves to vote yes as well. Compounded this deal is 9.8% over three years. I am told what was offered and accepted in principal is 3, 3.25, 3.25. Some language changes around seasonal recall but all the other negotiated items were included as well.    Looking forw...

Strike mandate on the horizon. My thoughts. Some may think we are in a zero sum game, or a win-win. At this stage we are hovering near a lose-lose.  We are in a cooling off portion. Call the hall if you have questions. 

L37 is being offered 3%x3 over 3 years. L38 is being offered 3%, 3%, 2%. They are asking for 4%, 3.5%, 3%. Compounded from both the difference is about 1.59%. They are dealing with other issues that L37 are not concerned with, but L37 have got in writing some things they have been looking for going back many contracts. My support for L38 and my desire to move forward with our proposed contract are...