TEAM-IFPTE Local 161
2015 General Meetings
November 4 – Brandon (Victoria Inn)
November 5 – Winnipeg (Masonic Temple)
November 6 – Winnipeg (Fairmont Hotel)
Agenda
 Welcome
 Reports:
 President
 Finance
 Executive Director
 Upcoming Events:
 Negotiations - Proposals
 Voluntary Departures
 Q&A
President’s Report
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A Recap of Who We Are:
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TEAM was formed at MTS in 1972
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Elected volunteer Board
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1,100 members in MTS today
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Affiliated with the IFPTE in 2006
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Established 1918
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9,500 members in Canada
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Including the managers & professionals at the City
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Full-time staff of four
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Legal services provided by D'Arcy & Deacon LLP
President’s Report
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Effective with Member Participation:
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Raising workplace concerns
Surveys, focus groups, meetings, and voting on
the contract
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Health and Safety Committees
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Communication Action Representatives
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Bargaining Committee - proposal development
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Negotiating Committee - meet with the Company
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Take-a-Break United Way Fundraising BBQs
President’s Report
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Education and Development Opportunities:
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Leadership Training
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Scholarship Awards - Children and Members
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Health and Safety Conference
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Labour Law Conference
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Pension Rep Training
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Conventions
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Board Development
Finance Report
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Finance Committee develops the budget and
makes recommendations to the Board
Board reviews income & expenditure at least six
times a year
Investment strategy primarily focused on
protecting capital
Accounts audited by ONBusiness Chartered
Accountants Inc., Winnipeg
Finance Report
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Audited Financial Statement available to members
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2014 Audited Financial Statement Summary:
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Income
$1,358,612
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Expenses (inc. pension lawsuit)
$1,765,031
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Recovered legal fees
$1,479,898
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General Fund balance
$1,641,639
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Defence Fund balance
$1,307,953
TEAM currently has $3.5M in cash and investments
Executive Director’s Report
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Direction set by the Board with input from the
ED. The ED, office and IFPTE Rep then make it
happen
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Board Meeting reports on the TEAM website
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Member issues since October 2014:
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Pension award funds distributed
50 new complaints; 21 resolved
11 new grievances; 3 resolved
Human Rights complaint regarding discrimination
around a layoff resolved
Executive Director’s Report
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Member Issues - current status:
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28 active complaints
13 active grievances:
- 3 grievances scheduled for arbitration
- Overtime arbitration submitted for Judicial Review
1 Human Rights complaint regarding discrimination and
failure to accommodate
Excess workload
Unpaid overtime
Disproportionate discipline
Work assignments
Negotiation Preparation
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Eight members volunteered for the Bargaining
Committee:
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Investigated member concerns
Developed survey and analysed responses
Assisted in development of high-level proposals
688 members responded to the survey:
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Almost 200 pages of comments
Provides a real sense of how members are feeling
and what is important
Will be referenced throughout negotiations
High-level Proposals
Compensation
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General wage increase
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Wage structure adjustments
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Significant changes to the Variable Pay Plans
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More involvement in Sales Bonus/Commission
Plans
Overtime rate to 1.5X for first two hours in a week
High-level Proposals
Compensation
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Address pressures to work additional hours
without compensation
Clarify meaning of “Duty Manager”
Eight hours pay for eight hours work for
managers of Craft
Increase the Northern Retention premium
High-level Proposals
Benefits
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Discuss MTS contribution to Blue Cross plan
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Improve Employee Share Ownership Plan
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Commitment from MTS to improve the DC
pension plan
Assurance that DB pension plan members will not
be forced into another MTS pension plan
High-level Proposals
Job Opportunities
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Time limits for filling permanent vacancies
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HR representative to attend all job interviews
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Opportunity for members to express interest in
short duration Acting Appointments
Preference for TEAM members for Acting
Appointments that are not posted
Employees targeted for layoff or on recall to be
assigned to vacant positions for which they are
qualified
High-level Proposals
Other Problems and Issues
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Five PLDs for all employees in TEAM’s jurisdiction
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Committee to develop work from home program
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Commitment from MTS to have current and
accurate job descriptions accessible to members
Members advised if subject of an investigative
interview and can bring TEAM Rep
Expedited arbitration procedure for unpaid
dismissals and suspensions
Discuss longer contract term
Voluntary Departures
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Nearing end of VRTIP application period - Nov 12th
VRTIP notifications received from members is
encouraging
Even if Company’s posted target number not
achieved, does not mean layoffs are a certainty
Article 27 covers the layoff process, recall and
severance amounts
If you apply for a VRTIP package please notify the
TEAM office
Q&A
204-984-9470
1-877-984-9470
team@teamunion.mb.ca
www.teamunion.mb.ca
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