TEAM-IFPTE Local 1612015 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 A Recap of Who We Are:

TEAM was formed at MTS in 1972 Elected volunteer Board 1,100 members in MTS today Affiliated with the IFPTE in 2006

Established 1918 9,500 members in Canada Including the managers & professionals at the

City Full-time staff of four Legal services provided by D'Arcy & Deacon LLP

President’s Report Effective with Member Participation:

Raising workplace concerns Surveys, focus groups, meetings, and voting

on the contract Health and Safety Committees Communication Action Representatives Bargaining Committee - proposal

development Negotiating Committee - meet with the

Company Take-a-Break United Way Fundraising BBQs

President’s Report Education and Development Opportunities:

Leadership Training Scholarship Awards - Children and Members Health and Safety Conference Labour Law Conference Pension Rep Training Conventions Board Development

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

Audited Financial Statement available to members

2014 Audited Financial Statement Summary: Income $1,358,612 Expenses (inc. pension lawsuit) $1,765,031 Recovered legal fees $1,479,898

General Fund balance $1,641,639

Defence Fund balance $1,307,953

TEAM currently has $3.5M in cash and investments

Finance Report

Direction set by the Board with input from the ED. The ED, office and IFPTE Rep then make it happen

Board Meeting reports on the TEAM website

Member issues since October 2014: 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

Member Issues - current status: 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

Executive Director’s Report

Negotiation Preparation

Eight members volunteered for the Bargaining Committee:

Investigated member concerns Developed survey and analysed responses Assisted in development of high-level

proposals

688 members responded to the survey: Almost 200 pages of comments Provides a real sense of how members are

feeling and what is important Will be referenced throughout negotiations

General wage increase Wage structure adjustments Significant changes to the Variable Pay Plans More involvement in Sales

Bonus/Commission Plans Overtime rate to 1.5X for first two hours in a

week

High-level ProposalsCompensation

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 ProposalsCompensation

High-level ProposalsBenefits

Discuss MTS contribution to Blue Cross plan Improve Employee Share Ownership Plan 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

Time limits for filling permanent vacancies HR representative to attend all job interviews 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 ProposalsOther Problems and Issues

Five PLDs for all employees in TEAM’s jurisdiction

Committee to develop work from home program

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

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

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