50 Victoria Subgroup Minutes - June 23, 2022

50 Victoria St. Subgroup Executive Meeting June 23, 2022

Present: Marcel Beaudoin, Jay Fothergill, Akid Azfar, Mary Murphy, Maria Salazar, Celine Fletcher

1. Approval of agenda

• Approved.

2. Approval of minutes (april and may)

• Approved.

3. SP AGM discussion

• Mei Li and Edwin Wong - delegates; Celine Fletcher - observer;
• Focused on Bargaining (discussion with ~70 people feedback + survey results)
• Action: late/emergency amendments – update process in the bylaws
• Next AGM: March/April 2023 – looking at April 1^st or 8^th in Toronto.
• Jenn Carr (new PIPSC president) gave a presentation

4. Drop in session discussion

• Akid in process to be our 3^rd Steward – Congratulations!
• Other than executives ~6-10 attendees
• There were some technical issues with attendees having trouble being admitted and getting kicked off
• Future in person meetings will only be considered only once there is a clear decision on return to work instructions
• Location Concern: losing our space in PDPI as it’s part of the commercial space that is being transitioned to other locations. Under our collective agreement, CIPO is supposed to provide us with a space.
  • Action - Marcel: will reach out with Virginie Ethier
  • Action - Akid: will drop by next week to see if there are any notices on the door.
• Scheduled for 12pm-1pm but went over till 1:10pm with some concerns (job description regarding classification, pilot project at the electrical division)

5. Mandatory Racism training

• Marcel has received no estimate on when it will be scheduled or the format (virtual module or a live presentation) what are the consequences if someone does not take it? who is tracking attendance? concern: message was worded aggressively.
  • Action – Marcel: will look into finding some more information

6. PIPSC AGM

• Date: Nov. 18^th and 19^th ; location: Montreal;  Akid (delegate, paid by PIPSC) and Adel (observer, paid by subgroup)
  • Action – Celine to reach out to Mary to see if we have approved a budget to send an observer to the PIPSC AGM (3 days in hotel, transport, food - ~ $1k).
  • Action – Marcel to reach out to PIPSC to find out the detailed costs of sending an observer

7. Bargaining Update

• held meeting beginning of June; will continue discussions during the summer; first bargaining dates with Treasury Board: Aug 30^th - Sept. 1^st ; currently looking to lock dates for bargaining – currently looking into April 2023

8. Homework (2 topics for non-union topics for lunch and learn sessions)

• example topics to keep union members engaged: indigenous topic, bike repair, etc.
• Action - ALL: think of L&L topics for discussion at our next meeting

9. 50 Victoria AGM

• tentative date : December 7, 2022
• planning to start at the next meeting: swag (scarves, hoodie, swag, etc.), location

10. Reimbursement of meals at home for virtual meetings

• PIPSC board of directors approved the cost of the lunch during an executive meeting however the process is not yet finalized.
• Action – Marcel: will find out more details

11. Tour de table

• Telework discussion

12. Next meeting date :

• Action – Marcel : tentative date July 27^th, 2022