Local 33

Local 33 - Somba K'e Region

This Local includes all employees working for Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority. It includes Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e.

The Regional Vice President for the Somba K'e Region is Marie Buchanan.

Report by Heather Leslie on PSAC 2010 representation symposium

Newsletter Local 33 UNW Newsletters

Newsletter Local 33 UNW Summer 2010

Your executive

President: Heather Leslie, Vice President: Anneka Westergreen, Chief Shop Steward: Allison Andrews, Membership Officer: Sue Harrison, Occupational Health co-chair Anneka Westergreen
Secretary Heather Daye, Treasurer Melissa Noseworthy
Contact your executive at local33@unw.ca
Find out more about your union at UNW.ca and follow the links to Locals
Stewards: Executive members above, Lynda Dwyer, and in Lutselk’e Sue MacKay, Jennifer Jonasson, Wayne Weisgerber

Training

Planning for training to learn more about the collective agreement, union basics, and local officers training, watch the union board or check on line

Communication and assistance to members

If you are new to the organization and have not been contacted to sign a union card, please contact Sue Harrison, our membership officer or please talk to any of the executive or stewards.
Returning to work early following an injury or needing an accommodation of any kind to be able to do your job? Contact Allison Andrews, both the union and management need to be involved in negotiating necessary changes to the workplace. Allison has completed a course on the necessary process and she can help you.
Do you have a health and safety issue in your work site? Be sure to approach you supervisor for resolution. If the matter cannot be quickly resolved, please contact your OHS representative or Anneka Westergreen, co-chair of the OHS committee.
General Meeting in Fort Resolution is in the planning stages

Activities

Your local is active in supporting Social Justice locally, nationally and internationally. Contact your executive if you have a worthy cause needing support. Our local is approaching some of the NGO’s that our organization works with to see if there are items that they need
A donation is in the works; a glider rocker to the Yellowknife Primary Care Clinic. The chair will be used by the public health staff in their clinics.
A donation to the Yellowknife junior golf program was made
Strategic planning will take place with the UNW 1^st Vice President Gayla Thunstrom. The plan will help guide the local into the future. Anyone interested in being involved in this planning, contact Heather
Support for the NWT Federation of Labour BBQ to be held Sept 6^th
The Pride event held 13^th of August was supported by our local
Heather has been selected to attend the PSAC National Women’s conference in Ottawa in October
Let your executive know if members need assistance in any way, we have recently supported two members in their time of need

Joint Consultation committee (monthly meeting between local 33 and management)

Clarification of rest period following on call time
Upcoming YHSSA structural changes

General Meeting:

Date to be announced

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May/June 2010

Your executive

President: Heather Leslie, Vice President: Anneka Westergreen, Chief Shop Steward: Allison Andrews, Membership Officer: Sue Harrison, Occupational Health co-chair Anneka Westergreen
Newly elected Secretary Heather Daye, Treasurer Melissa Noseworthy
Contact your executive at local33@unw.ca
Find out more about your union at UNW.ca and follow the links to Locals
Stewards: Executive members above, Lynda Dwyer, and in Lutselk’e Sue MacKay, Jennifer Jonasson, Wayne Weisgerber.

Training

Heather attended PSAC a representative symposium in Ottawa in March
A brief report was given at the May 20^th general meeting, call Heather if you want to know more about this.

Communication and assistance to members

If you are new to the organization and have not been contacted to sign a union card, please contact Sue Harrison, our membership officer or please talk to any of the executive or stewards.
Returning to work early following an injury or needing an accommodation of any kind to be able to do your job? Contact Allison Andrews, both the union and management need to be involved in negotiating necessary changes to the workplace. Allison has completed a course on the necessary process and she can help you.
Do you have a health and safety issue in your work site? Be sure to approach you supervisor for resolution. If the matter cannot be quickly resolved, please contact your OHS representative or Anneka Westergreen, co-chair of the OHS committee.
General Meeting in Fort Resolution is in the planning stages, likely in the fall.

Activities

Your executive is interested in supporting Social Justice locally, nationally and internationally. Contact your executive if you have a worthy cause needing support
At our May meeting, we supported a donation of $250.00 to the YWCA transition housing program for heat.

Joint Consultation Committee (monthly meeting between Local 33 and management)

At the May 17^th meeting, it was agreed that staff on standby(social workers and nurses in health centres), who have been called in during the night, can approach their supervisor and ask to have a reasonable amount of rest time the following day if they need it. No charge to leave credits is needed, nothing is entered on People soft. Ruth Robertson CEO has agreed to inform all supervisors and managers of this agreement. Human Resources is attempting to standardize this agreement territorial wide.
The issue of LPN staffing in Clinic services was raised, the concern being workload and getting behind with paperwork, bookings etc. The CEO sent a detailed response about LPN staffing, you can ask your executive for details of the response. There are 7 funded and 2 unfunded LPN positions and until the new clinic structure has been in operation for a period of time, the two vacant LPN positions will be filled with terms and casuals.

General Meeting

Held May 20^th, minutes will be published and circulated

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April, 2010