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AUPE LOCAL 5 MINUTES

February 27, 2004

AUPE HQ, Edmonton, AB

Chairman: Mike Dempsey – Minutes: Kimpton Bradford

In attendance: Mike Dempsey, Norm Hawkes, Rus DiFore, Quentin Spila, Gerry Matthews, Brian Wallach, Kimpton Bradford, Brian Randall, Michell Shesterniak, Tracy Cove, Ross Graham. Absent: Rick Stewart, Randy Axani, Ken Podulski

 

1. Call to order:

9:10 AM

 2. Adoption of the agenda

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 3. Introduction of Officers and Guests:

Doug Gamble has left his employer at CD and is now MSO for Calgary Region.

 

 4. Minutes of December 5th, 2003 Council Meeting:

 

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 5. Business Arising From Minutes

  1. Mike to send letter to ADM of FPD. Mike sent out the letter, followed up with an e-mail. Refer to EMAC report for follow-up.
  2. Re-send letter to towermen inviting them to Council. Discussion & explanation of issue. There was not a towerman meeting last fall, perhaps there will be one this fall. Mike will send the letter before the AGM.
  3. EMAC agenda on the Local 005 website. Done
  4. Finance Cmte to create a finance policy manual. Discussion & explanation of issue haven’t begun because of time commitments, will table to next meeting. Brian Randall to pass a manual currently in use by others to Cmte as a draft template. Cmte to meet day before next meeting.
  5. Wilderness Camp Allowance and towermen. Brian spoke to Chris Twaits, she said it doesn’t apply because of their particular pay structure, ie: 8 days pay for 7 days work.
  6. Eyeglass coverage. Kimpton has correspondence from AUPE. Mike offers some background to eyeglass plans and a premium vs benefit analysis.

 

Action Item: None

 

 

 

6. Correspondence

 

List of Correspondence presented

Alberta Winter Games were held in Peace River this year. Local 005 members were very active by volunteering in support roles for this event. COPA has arranged for paid time off for these members. Quentin asked about similar opportunities for the Arctic Winter Games in Ft. Mac. Suggested to write a request letter to the President for AUPE support.

7. Report Of Officers

Chair – Verbal report. Much time involved with PREP; and at Labour School taking the Negotiations course.

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Vice Chair – Verbal report.

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Secretary –. Absent.

Treasurer – Verbal report. The mystery $2400 in our account was determined to belong to Local 010 and has been sent back to them. We still have lots of $$$. Chapter 001 requests $765.85.

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PE – Verbal report. Last PE meet was Feb7 in Calgary. Decided to move meetings around province; next one is in GP. A quit smoking initiative is high on the PE agenda. Membership Services Cmte has decided that only AUPE members will be allowed to attend Labour School, specifically not allowing spouses to attend. This is controversial. New AUPE office in GP and new location in Red Deer. At GP meeting a VP will be elected to replace W.Weber who has moved on to employ with AUPE. Convention is slated for Delta Inn South on October 12-15. Mileage has been increased to $0.40 per kilometer. Doug recalls his time with us since 1974, says goodbye for now.

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Action Item: None

 8. Committee Reports

GSBC-. Kimpton Bradford gave a brief overview of negotiations resulting in 3.5% offer. Mention of GS bargaining Conference in perhaps June. Discussion of Presidents offer to withdraw ESRA benefits.

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EMAC: Brian Randall: EMAC minutes will be posted on Local 005 website. Last meeting Feb 26. Appears that management has more interest and more pro-active attitude to resolving issues through EMAC. Items discussed were:

  1. Northern Recruitment & Retention Strategy was discussed. HR is reviewing with the idea of improving and bring consistency.
  2. Supplementary Code of Conduct and Ethics; much discussion, some heated. We take exception to the draft document; it is too broad and all encompassing. We hope they will amend this document with our concerns.
  3. Some PREP discussion.
  4. OT hours on fires re: overniting on fires. Chris Twaits will try to come up with an interpretation of this issue as she did with the Wilderness Camp Allowance. She will be calling all FPD persons involved with OT payment into a meeting on March 16th to begin getting consistency.
  5. Learning account; another issue of provincial consistency. Some depts. have a $300 account, some $500 and some no dollars.
  6. Indemnification is again not provincially and departmentally consistent. HR is not aware of this and will be looking into it.
  7. Safety boot allowance; not consistent. Repairs and liners for winter boots should be allowed.
  8. Budget allocations in regards to office furnishings vs vehicles. OH&S requires some fairly nice furnishings but some vehicles are basic and plain and for those that spend most of their day in the vehicle, don’t meet the office OH&S standard. Again, procedures for ordering trucks are not provincially consistent. HR will discuss these issues with the OH&S people.
  9. PLFD people on fire fighting. Bruce Cartwright explained Sec14 from the FPD manual and the MOU between the FPD manager and the PLFD manager will form the basis of how the 2 groups will be employed on the fire line.
  10. Managers on not using ESRA effectively. HR will follow up.

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PREP: Mike Dempsey described Local 005 history with PREP. Described where we are and state of the process.

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Action Item: None

 

9. New Business
  1. Doug Gamble roast: Thank you Doug. Good luck and best wishes in your new endeavours.
  2. Elect new PE member: Kimpton Bradford is elected the new PE member.
  3. Local 005 website: who will take responsibility from Doug for managing our webpage. Quentin will take on this role.
  4. EMAC Rep to replace Doug. Council suggests that Mike contact Randy Axani to see if he’s interested.
  5. Inactive chapters # 2 & 14: with the help of the AUPE rep Mike will draft up a letter to send to the members in Edmonton and Lethbridge.
  6. Local 005 apparel: some interest in Local 005 apparel has been expressed. Greg Maruca can get us what we want, if we want. Kimpton to investigate the costing involved in adding Local 005 logo to AUPE apparel.
  7. CAW strike support: Motion to send $300 to CAW strike fund. MSC
  8. Anti-Priv Cmte contact: Chair to see if Secretary will take this on. Kimpton can act as an ad-hoc contact. Passed out invitations to OH&S, Woman’s, and Anti-Priv Conference in June
  9. OH&S Cmte: request for Cmte reps.
  10. Literacy Cmte: request for Cmte reps

ACTION ITEMS: Item 3: Quentin to take over Local 5 website once he has received training. Item 4: Mike to contact Randy Axani for EMAC rep. Item 5: Mike to draft letter and send to Inactive chapters. Item 6: Kimpton to follow up on apparel query. Item 8: Mike to see if Rick will act as anti-priv contact.

 

10. Date of next meeting 2004 AGM

April 30, 2004

11. Adjournment

3:10 pm