Chapter Executive Meeting
Professional Employees Association
Nov. 26th, 1999 beginning at 10:30 am
in CLE B215
Present: Tom Gore (President), Susan Corner, CaroLyn Schneider, Ian Thornton, and Berenice Wood
Absent: Vincent Connor Maggie Cooper Little, John Ford
1. MOTION (Corner/Thornton) That the agenda be approved. CARRIED
2. MOTION (Wood/Corner) That the minutes of November 12, be approved as amended. CARRIED
MOTION (Wood/Corner) Thanks to Ian for taking the last minutes CARRIED
3. Urgent Business
3.1 Deconstructing the CUPE Strike of November 24
Gore wanted to address member’s concerns regarding strike pay. He has discussed this with Peter Sanderson and Phil Reusing in HR. Gore and HR staff are collaborating on a memo to Deans and Directors
There will be a meeting on Monday to discuss aspects of how to implement their needs to appear to be punishing staff who observed the picket lines by docking our pay.
The entire PEA organization learned a great deal from this strike – they had never contemplated a half-day strike before and were not well equipped to cope with it.
MOTION (Wood/Schneider) Move into committee of the whole CARRIED
The committee of the whole arose and reported:
We see the need for:
- logistical support from the PEA
- logistical on the ground support from the PEA at the time of crisis
- training of local reps on crisis activities during a job action and advanced local reps training
Gore to contact Hensby and invite him to come to our next meeting to discuss these issues with us ASAP
We should build a phone tree to enable us to discuss emergency issues with our members.
We need clarification of how to implement PEA policy of signing in picket observing members
5. Reports
5.1 Local Reps (Corner)
There was great turnout and support on the part of the LRs for the strike
MOTION (Corner/Wood) Thanks to the LR for their support CARRIED
5.2 Association/University (Wood)
Met on Nov 16 briefly.
Need to draft guidelines for use of the central Pro-D fund.
Extra to load – meeting with Terry Sherwood. Was established that a formal policy change is needed, and it is considered unlikely that that will happen.
Call-out: Should be generating a list of people who are subjected to call out at home, to deal with a problem from home, and may or may not be receiving CTO or other forms of compensation for it.
Performance Appraisal – reviewed a draft policy from 1998. Peter Sanderson is not available to discuss it until January, 2000.
Joint Job Evaluation – PEA anxious to get going, despite there being no money to implement the process, and many delays
Discussed composition of PEA contingent on A/U. We should have good representation from most recent bargaining, and executive, and members at large. Discussion tabled to next meeting.
5.3 Association Representative (Schneider)
Discussed motion of previous meeting regarding accessibility of minutes to members and public.
The Association has a responsibility to be open and accountable, while balancing need for tact in releasing certain types of information. Association Executive encouraged to move to committee of the whole for confidential discussions, which would enable them to publish their entire minutes.
Discussion table to next meeting.
5.4 Staff Officer Report (Forde) N/A
5.5 Discrimination and Harassment Working Group (Gore)
MOTION (Wood/Corner) Reappoint Lance Grant to ad-hoc cttee on arbitration panel appointments CARRIED
Gore was sent to an interesting conference due to his involvement in this group and noted that there are often interesting bonuses as part of participating in these types of things
5.6 Equity Working Group (Cooper Little)N/A
5.7 Seminars (Cooper Little) N/A
6. Old Business
6.1 Buttons. Gore to relinquish responsibility of buttons with Corner taking over. Types of buttons and styles briefly discussed. Going to investigate who could do the designs.
7. Adjournment MOTION (Schneider/Corner) That the meeting
be adjourned. CARRIED
Meeting adjourned at 12.28pm
Next meeting: Friday, December 10, 1999 at 10:30 am, CIT 112.