THE BENEFITS OF BENEFITS

• You have $500 coverage for each approved paramedical practitioner like Chiropractor, Physiotherapist, Naturopath, Acupuncturist, Podiatrist and Registered Massage Therapist (with a Doctors referral for the RMT). This coverage is renewed on January 1st of each year

• Vision Care: once a year exams for children and once every two years for adults along with $200 for eye glasses every two years

SHORT-TERM DISABILITY

• Rogers uses a third-party company, Morneau Shepell, to administer Short-Term Disability claims. There are several things you should be aware of if you find yourself dealing with this company regarding a claim. The Union’s website has a list of FAQs that can help you better understand this process

USE IT OR LOSE IT FLOATER HOLIDAY

• Your “Floater Holiday”, which is additional to annual and statutory holidays.  It is a use it or lose it vacation so check with your supervisor to make sure it is used before August 31st

FALL UNION MEETING

• Our annual general membership meeting will be in the last week of September
• Elections for President and Chief Steward
• Withdrawal from the Independent Broadcast Locals Council
• Presentation of proposed by-laws for Rogers Bargaining Units Council

Labour Management Committee Meeting

• On April 20^th, we met with Rogers management team including Nicole Cram, the new HR representative for Western stations
• Rogers was given a draft of our new Collective Agreement
• Vacation request process was reviewed
• Seniority dates and updates related to recent bargaining were discussed

Rogers Bargaining Units Council & Media Council 2012

• In May we met with other CEP Rogers locals in Victoria and exchanged information on new editing and other technologies
• The group also discussed concerns around Rogers use of Morneau Shepell to administer and reduce short term disability claims
• In the wider Media Council 2012, there was discussion on a proposed merger of CEP and CAW to create a new, larger union of up to 300,000 members.  For more information on this proposal check out the web site: www.newunionproject.ca

Cellphone Plan

• A plan with Bell and the local union is now in place. Contact Carl Larsen for details

Recap from our Annual General Membership Meeting held on Nov 18th, 2010

Elections

• Stephen Hawkins was elected Local President by acclamation
• Carl Larsen was elected Chief Steward by acclamation

Financial Report

• Gerald Christenson presented a financial report for the past year ending June 2010

Local Reports

• Local reports were presented outlining ongoing issues we are attempting to resolve with the company, including a jurisdiction grievance and Company reports to the Union

Bargaining Preparation

• The Local will begin preparations for upcoming bargaining early in 2011
• This will include the election of a bargaining committee by the membership
• The newly elected bargaining committee will prepare a survey for all members to fill out that will help identify bargaining priorities

Christmas Party

• A Union sponsored Christmas Party is scheduled for December 10th, between 5 to 10PM, in the Atrium Room at the Cactus Club on Broadway at Granville.