IT (Information Technology) Group

NOVEMBER 8 and 9, 2019 – PIPSC AGM This year's AGM will be held November 8 and 9 at the Hilton Lac Leamy. The AGM is a gathering of the full membership of PIPSC as represented by delegates whose purpose is to review and set the policy direction of the Institute.

Your Bargaining team met from April 16 to April 18, 2019. All of the Group’s proposals were presented and explained in detail. The Bargaining team’s resolve is stronger than ever to continue the fight for improving Articles impacted by recruitment and retention including pay. Ensuring the hiring and retaining of CS members with competitive salaries remains the key objective.

What is NOC-ROC? April 8, 2019

  16 April 2019 CS Bargaining Quote of the session:  

Vote Here Information KIT for the CS (Computer Systems) Group This is your voter’s information kit for the election of the CS (Computer Systems) Group positions.

12 March 2019

On March 11, 1969, the Professional Institute of the Public Service was certified as the bargaining agent for the CS Group by the Public Service Staff Relations Board with less than 1000 members in the group.

The CS Group broke new ground in 1991 when it became the first PIPSC group of more than 4,000 members to go on strike and to push for the development of a Strike Fund. They received much attention from national media, but were ordered back to work and had a settlement imposed.

CS Bargaining Update February 28, 2019 To all proud CS Group Members,

"However, IT is encountering an increased number of situations where it faces technological skills shortages in different IT areas of expertise as a result of an increasing competitive landscape…. Government departments are competing amongst themselves for a limited number of CS group resources"

Bargaining Update February 4, 2019 To all proud CS Group Members,

First I would like to say that I am very pleased to see the return of the CS Group newsletter. The Group has relied upon individual postings, notices, surveys and bargaining updates in CS Bytes over the past few years. We hope to continue with timely announcements and information while providing a broader overview and knowledge pieces in regularly published newsletters.

The Elections Committee is requesting nominations for these positions. Such nominations must include the candidate’s name (printed) and signature accepting the nomination, as well as the position for which the candidate is being nominated. Nominations must also include the name and signature of at least three (3) members of the CS Group.

Here we are together again at the bargaining table. For some of us this is a return and for others it is the beginning of a new experience. In any case, it is a serious commitment to represent CS Group members collectively in the form of bargaining, by promoting the rights and interests of members and by vigorously safeguarding professional standards.

The 2019 CS AGM will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at the Delta Hotel Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg, MB starting at 9:00 am. The AGM is a forum to provide direction to your CS Executive.

On Thursday, January 10, 2019 representatives from your Bargaining Team - Robert Tellier, Stan Buday, Dean Corda, and Eva Henshaw with Denise Doherty (PIPSC negotiator) - met with Treasury Board to exchange proposals for the renewal of the collective agreement, which expired December 21, 2018.

Your CS Group Executive and Bargaining Team have been busy preparing for the upcoming round of Negotiations.

$1,500 Information Technology Scholarship October 4, 2018  

To fulfill the requirements of the motion passed at the CS AGM 2009 – all members are being asked for their input as to the bargaining dispute resolution route.

CS EXECUTIVE MEETING April 9, 2018  Executive:

CS EXECUTIVE MEETING 7 December 2017 at 7:00 Via Teleconference MINUTES OF THE MEETING ARE IN DRAFT FORMAT AND, UNTIL APPROVED, ARE SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE CS EXECUTIVE

CS EXECUTIVE MEETING 26 January 2018 Delta City Centre MINUTES OF THE MEETING ARE IN DRAFT FORMAT AND, UNTIL APPROVED, ARE SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE CS EXECUTIVE Participants:

CS EXECUTIVE MEETING 19 February 2018 at 7:00  Via Teleconference MINUTES OF THE MEETING ARE IN DRAFT FORMAT AND, UNTIL APPROVED, ARE SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE CS EXECUTIVE

Dear Members: On June 2, 2018, the Treasury Board published the new definition of the Information Technology (IT) Occupational Group, replacing the current definition of the Computer Systems (CS) Group, in the Canada Gazette.

CS EXECUTIVE MEETING 16 November 2017 PIPSC AGM MINUTES OF THE MEETING ARE IN DRAFT FORMAT AND, UNTIL APPROVED, ARE SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE CS EXECUTIVE Participants:

CS EXECUTIVE MEETING 23 October 2017 at 7:30  Via Teleconference MINUTES OF THE MEETING ARE IN DRAFT FORMAT AND, UNTIL APPROVED, ARE SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE CS EXECUTIVE

CS EXECUTIVE MEETING 20 September 2017 250 Tremblay MINUTES OF THE MEETING ARE IN DRAFT FORMAT AND, UNTIL APPROVED, ARE SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE CS EXECUTIVE Participants:

CS Group Executive Meeting Min of meeting Thursday, June 8, 2017 Attendance (*regrets) Stan Buday Pierre A. Touchette

Your CS MOA Team (MOAT) consisting of Stan Buday, Robert Tellier, Yvonne Snaddon, Eva Henshaw, Craig Bradley & Lucille Shears (Glenn Maxwell and Pierre Touchette were absent) met with representatives from DND, ESDC, SSC and the Treasury Board Negotiator on July 19, 2018.

Bargaining Update   Dear CS Group members and delegates to the 2018 CS Group AGM, What has happened since the last AGM?

The CS Executive is proud to launch the “Groupe CS Group” Mobile App. It is our first version and it will evolve over time, adding more features and functionality from your feedback and suggestions.

This year your CS AGM is being held on Saturday June 9th, 2018.

We have participated (as a guest) to Treasury Board Secretary (TBS) Chief Information Office (CIO) IT Generics suite Refresh for the CS Group Classification, soon to go through IT reclassification – Process for conversion is supposed to start around Dec 1st, 2020.

This year's AGM will be held November 2 and 3 at the Hilton Lac Leamy. The AGM is a gathering of the full membership of PIPSC as represented by delegates whose purpose is to review and set the policy direction of the Institute.

Bargaining Update To all Proud CS, Have you missed us? Here we are in bargaining mode again…

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