Union News

Delegates to last month’s Triennial National Convention have elected a new National Council to chart our union’s course through the next three years. The Council – comprising the National Executive, Regional Vice-Presidents and the National Director for Human Rights – is the Agriculture Union’s governing body between Conventions.

A very deserving Winnipeg charity has received what it calls a “windfall” gift of nearly $10,000 from the generosity of the Agriculture Union and its delegates to last month’s Triennial National Convention. The recipient of this unsolicited donation is Sunshine House, a community-based resource centre that works to increase the health and well-being of the least fortunate Winnipeggers — the homeless, the marginalized, AIDS sufferers and multiple drug users.

Please be informed that unfortunately there were delays in receiving the translated copies from the Employer to proof read. This meant that proofreading won’t begin until September. More information will follow shortly. Thank you.

Delegates from Agriculture Union Locals across Canada got down to business this week as our Triennial National Convention opened in Winnipeg.

It’s the most important event in the life of the Agriculture Union. It only comes around once every three years. And it starts next month.

An official exchange of proposals has started the clock on a new round of contract talks for Agriculture Union members falling under Treasury Board jurisdiction.

With the transition of pay services to Miramichi, a number of members have experienced problems and delays with pay issues and services. Some examples we have to date are: delay payments for acting pay, overtime, increments, errors in payments, and inability to contact for services.

If you haven’t yet voted, time is quickly running out for out Canadian Food Inspection Agency members to cast their ratification ballot for a proposed new collective agreement.

Voting is now well underway on a new collective agreement for our members employed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. A tentative agreement was reached between the CFIA and our bargaining agent, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, last February.

Food safety inspectors and managers at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency all share a common view concerning the adequacy of available resources to do their job.

The Agriculture Union were front and centre as delegates to the Canadian Labour Congress convention took to the streets of Montreal May 8 in a mass demonstration against an ‘austerity agenda’ that is seeing attacks on public services across the country.