On behalf of PSAC London Area Council
http://psacunion.ca/tb-bargaining-national-panel-equity-workplace
As a part of our month of action on equity in the workplace, we will hear from our National President, Chris Aylward, National VP, Sharon DeSousa, national negotiator for the PA and Common Issue tables, Brenda Shillington, and SV bargaining team member, Kristina MacLean.
We look forward to your attendance,,,please forward to your membership.
In Solidarity,
Nancy Richter
President
PSAC London Area Council
Elections for CEIU Ontario Standing Committees!!!!
Greetings delegates to the 2021 Presidents Conference.
As a result of unfilled positions on CEIU Ontario Standing Committees, we are going to be holding by-elections in accordance with the CEIU Ontario By-laws, for the following vacant positions:
LGBTQ2+ Committee – 2 positions
Front End/Outreach Committee – 1 position
Collective Bargaining Committee – 1 position
Please Note: For these elections, only delegates to the November 2021 President’s Conference shall be eligible to vote.
Once we have completed the above election we will hold elections for Alternate Positions as follows:
Women’s Committee (alternate) 2 positions
Front End/Outreach Committee (alternate) 2 positions
Collective Bargaining Committee (alternate) 2 positions
LGBTQ2+ Committee (alternate) 2 positions
Health Safety and Security Committee (alternate) 2 positions
All alternate positions are for a one term: January 1st to December 31st, 2022
Our plan is to send you some resume/bios for each candidate no later than this weekend- January 23-30
And you will be able to vote next week online.
sent on behalf of the Elections Chair, Paula Woodcock
National panel on equity in the workplace
Greetings,
PSAC will host a National panel on equity in the workplace January 25th from 7pm-8pm.
Please see link below for more details. Registration is now open.
TB bargaining: National panel on equity in the workplace
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Best,
London RO
London Regional Women’s Committee
Time: Thursday, January 27, 2022 7PM (ET)
Register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Agenda:
- Elections
- International Women’s Day
- Brainstorm – topics, ideas, priorities for the committee to discuss and work on
In Solidarity
Home office expenses for employees
As an employee, you may be able to claim certain home office expenses (work-space-in-the-home expenses, office supplies, and certain phone expenses).
This deduction is claimed on your personal income tax return. Deductions reduce the amount of income you pay tax on, so they reduce your overall income tax liability.
It’s line 22900 on your tax form. You can claim a flat rate credit.
On behalf of CEIU Ontario:
Contest time! CEIU Ontario Education
Good day CEIU Ontario member and Happy New Year!
Want to start off 2022 by winning a $100 gift card? Well, we can help with that!Introducing our“Know Your Collective Agreement Contest”And because all highly skilled government workers love a good acronym, we have dubbed it K.Y.C.A.C. !!
Not really, that part was a joke…. but the gift card you have a chance to win is no joke!
The rules are pretty simple. Enroll in and complete the newly developed PSAC online course called Understanding your Collective Agreementin the official language of your choice. It will take about 2 hours to complete, and you will gain some valuable union knowledge.
The link is here:Understanding your Collective Agreement – new online course for PSAC members | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)
Description: This course is designed for new members and those of you looking to deepen your knowledge of your collective agreement. The course provides you with an overview of your rights as a unionized worker, the role of your collective agreement and how to use it. You will explore what happens when the collective agreement is breached, looking at grievances and the grievance process. And you will explore how collective agreements are strengthened.
The directions on how to sign up for a PSAC account are here:Log in | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)Once you have an account (many of you probably already do) then register for the course. At the end of the course, you will be presented with a certificate that you can download.
You will then enter our contest by completing this online form :CEIU Ontario – Understanding your Collective Agreement (google.com)and sending your certificate to oninfo@ceiu-seic.ca.
On Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 we will be hosting an evening ZOOM event where 5 lucky people who have completed this course and entered the contest by using the online form will win $100 gift cards!!!
That’s the plan, hope you will participate and good luck!
CEIU Ontario
If you have any questions about the contest, please email:oninfo@ceiu-seic.ca
If you have questions or issues with the PSAC website, then go here:Contact us | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)
Election Call Out for Standing Committees (nominations: January 7th to January 21st 2022)
Good day CEIU Ontario members,
In order to fill the remaining Regional Committee vacancies, we will be taking nominations as follow;
Nomination for the following committees:
Differently Abled Committee – 2 positions for 1 year
LGBTQ2+ Committee – 2 position for 1 year
Front End/Outreach Committee – 1 position for 2 years
First Nation, Metis & Inuit Committee – 2 positions for 2 years, 3 positions for 1 year
Team Leader/Supervisor Committee – 3 positions for 1 years
Collective Bargaining Committee – 1 position for 1 year
Nomination for alternate with the following committees:
Women’s Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
Front End/Outreach Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
Collective Bargaining Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
Racialized Action Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
LGBTQ2+ Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
First Nation, Metis & Inuit Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
Differently Abled Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
Health Safety and Security Committee (alternate) 2 positions for 1 year
Ontario Regional Elections Chair (alternate) 1 position for 2 years
All nominations require a nominator and a seconder that are members in good standing. Nominations can be done here; CEIU Ontario Standing Committee Nominations (google.com)
Nominations will be open from January 7th to January 21st 2022. Please send questions and concerns to oninfo@ceiu-seic.ca.
Thank you for your participation,
Sent of behalf of Paula Woodcock
Ontario Regional Elections Chair
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