Campus Update October 2014

Campus Chairs Update
October 2014

Collective Bargaining Agreements
Everyone should now have a printed copy of our current collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Contact your supervisor or local HR office if you don’t have a copy.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic
With the changing of our institute’s name from SIAST to Saskatchewan Polytechnic, our bargaining unit won’t be impacted by this. Our official name of “Professional Services Bargaining Unit” doesn’t reference our employer name.

Extended Health Plan
We had our annual meeting with HR and a representative from Mercer to review our extended health plan. We continue to operate with a surplus. If you are interested in seeing the report, contact your local chair.

Letters of Understanding (LOU)
There are a number of LOU’s in the collective agreement which deal with establishing various committees that we are working on. More details will be forthcoming.

Long Service Events
Your local campus chairs look forward to celebrating our members’ long service at each city this fall.

Next Meeting
The next bargaining committee meeting is scheduled for November 12 and 13 in Regina.

Yours in solidarity,
SIAST Professional Services Bargaining Committee
Bonnie Bond
Ellen Leaman
Shawna North
Terri Wale
Deb Zawada-Wiebe

September 2014 Campus Update

Your professional services bargaining committee members for the next two years are:

Shawna North PSBU Chair
Bonnie Bond, PSBU Vice-Chair and Chair Kelsey/SAO Campuses
Ellen Leaman, Chair Palliser Campus
Terri Wale, Chair Wascana Campus
Deb Zawada-Wiebe, Chair Woodland Campus

We would like to thank Terri Hamill for all of her work on the bargaining committee for the past two years.

Meetings
Your bargaining committee has resumed meetings after a summer break. We will be meeting in Prince Albert on October 6 & 7, Regina November 12 & 13 and Saskatoon December 8 & 9.

Committee Vacancies
Emails have been sent out asking for representatives for the following:
One (preferably male) representative for the job evaluation committee (JEC). Deadline for nomination is September 18.
One representative from Palliser and one representative from Wascana for the JEC Renewal Committee. Deadline for nomination is September 25.
Please contact your local chair if you are interested.

Pension Plan Lawsuit
Members who started their employment with SIAST on a part-time, end-dated basis and did not opt out of contributions to PEPP, may be eligible to participate in the upcoming part-time pension lawsuit. Please watch for more detailed information to be forwarded as it becomes available.

Annual AGM
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!! All members are encouraged to attend the annual general meeting of the SGEU Education Sector on October 25, 2014 in Saskatoon. Registration information will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

We look forward to seeing you at the meet and greet events being held at each campus this fall.


Yours in solidarity,
SIAST Professional Services Bargaining Committee
Bonnie Bond
Ellen Leaman
Shawna North
Terri Wale
Deb Zawada-Wiebe

JEC Notetaker Required

This is a call for nominations for a male representative (notetaker) from Professional Services to sit on the Job Evaluation Committee.

The Job Evaluation Committee evaluates all new jobs and any jobs where there is a significant change in duties or responsibilities. It consists of 3 PSBU reps and 3 SIAST management reps.

As per article 13.1.2 of the CBA, representatives on this committee “shall be granted leave with pay as required in order to prepare for and participate in the meetings”.

The Job Evaluation Committee is a three year commitment. The first year is as a non-voting notetaker to allow you to become familiar with the process. Years two and three are as a voting member. Committee meetings are one or two days, dependent on the number of jobs to be evaluated.

Nominations will close on September 18^th. If you are interested in this position please contact your local campus chairperson.

SIAST Welcome Back Meet and Greet Events

The PSBU bargaining committee will be attending these events as our schedules allow. Hope to see you there.

The events will be held from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. at each campus as follows:

Woodland Tech Centre Cafeteria Wednesday, September 3

Palliser Cafeteria Thursday, September 4

SAO 3rd Floor Staff Room Monday, September 15

Kelsey Cafeteria Monday, September 22

Wascana Cafeteria Wednesday, September 24

New Legal Report: Right to Strike Backed by International Law

Read the report here

Tenative Agreement Reached Between SGEU and SIAST

Read the press release from SGEU

Bargaining Update February 19-21, 2014

Read the latest update on bargaining here.