IT (Information Technology) Group

In the latter part of 2020, the CS classification will become the IT classification.

The CS Group has not yet reached a tentative agreement for our new contract. The employer has refused to recognize our issues or put a fair offer on the table. Learn more about what comes next and what this means for you.

Bargaining Update #10 July 19, 2019 To all proud CS Members,

June 8, 2019

Your bargaining Team met with the Employer during the last week of May 2019. A number of days of negotiations were scheduled, yet talks were very limited and ended on Tuesday night, May 28. The Team was hopeful that the employer would return with a reasonable counter offer.

Your bargaining team thanks you for your demonstrations of support. It keeps us strong and focused on getting you the best Collective Agreement possible.

CS GROUP - AGM VIRTUAL BINDER 2019 2019 CS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – June 8, 2019 - 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg, MB

May 28 starts the 3rd and last scheduled session of bargaining before the writ is dropped for the federal election. It is critical CS members get out to show support for the bargaining team, to show to Treasury Board that the Group stands united. The message is clear;

May 28th is coming quick and the CS group is in negotiations with Treasury Board that week.

Message from the President - Opportunity The CS Group recently held our annual Sub-group Presidents meeting on March 29, 2019. My opening remarks at this meeting focused on opportunity.

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