Whiteshell Professional Employees Group (WPEG)

Dear WPEG Members, We wanted to provide an update on the ongoing negotiations. From November 18 to 22, we met with the employer both jointly with WTEG and independently. At this stage, most of our proposals and the employers’ proposals have been tabled.

Hello WPEG members,

Hello WPEG Members, You are invited to attend the Whiteshell Professional Employee Group (WPEG) annual general meeting (AGM) on November 14, 2024, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. The meeting will be held in the Front B300 Conference Room. 

Hello WPEG members,

The Employer at CNL will be submitting a request for an extension of 18 months to complete the pay equity plan. The original draft plan was supposed to be posted for review and comments by July 03, 2024 but the employer failed to meet this deadline.

The Pay Equity Committee at CNL has completed the process of creating job classes which include similar duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and the same compensation plan within the same range of salary rates.

Hello WPEG members,   As we kick off another round of bargaining, we would like to remind you that your interest and participation are critical as we start the process of renewing our collective agreement.   

The WPEG Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that you have voted in favour of the new collective agreement. The Company has been notified and we will be working on getting the new agreement to you. 

The Pay Equity Committee at CNL has been working to develop a proactive pay equity plan. The committee is composed of bargaining agent representatives, including a PIPSC member and staff, non-represented employees and employer representatives.

Tentative agreement

The WPEG bargaining team met virtually with the company on December 1 to review the outstanding items in this round of negotiations: annual economic increases, remote work and section heads. Your team is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement was reached.

Your bargaining team continues to work towards a tentative agreement. We have requested a meeting with the company to discuss a resolution on remote work and a fair pay increase. As always, we will be in communication should a tentative agreement be reached.

PIPSC members working at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories are now members of the CAAT DB Plus pension plan.  Members are strongly encouraged to transfer out their pension account balance.  Instructions on how to transfer funds to CAAT and a private locked-in RRSP are provided in 

Your bargaining team met with the employer on October 11 and 12. It was hoped that in this session we would reach a tentative agreement. The parties were able to come to an agreement on a number of items including some elements of pay and premiums.

Both the WTEG and WPEG bargaining teams met in September to do a complete review of the outstanding items in this round of negotiations.

Hello WPEG Members, Your bargaining team participated in a fourth session of negotiations with CNL from June 20 – 22, 2023.

Thank you to all who attended the Town Hall meeting on April 4 at the Whiteshell site to meet with your bargaining team members and PIPSC President, Jennifer Carr.

Your bargaining team participated in the second session of negotiations with CNL on February 13 through February 15. During this very collaborative session the parties continued the work on the non-monetary improvements to your collective agreement.

The Group members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of moving from the CERI pension to the CAAT pension. Your executive has asked CNL to move all further pension remittances to the CAAT plan. 

Hello WPEG Members Your bargaining team, along with the WTEG bargaining team, conducted the first session of negotiations with CNL on November 21 through November 24. During this session the parties exchanged proposals for non-monetary changes to the collective agreement. 

Thank you for the great turnout at the WPEG town hall on September 27 where we shared the results of our bargaining survey.

PIPSC will plan the potential transition to the CAAT defined benefit pension. Learn about this plan’s highlights.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy of this content, no responsibility is assumed for errors or omissions. COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

We received the results of the ratification vote, the vote was to accept the new Collective Agreement. On behalf of the bargaining team I would like to thank you all for your support and patience during the process.

Your Bargaining Team met with the Company in Conciliation on Sept 19th to 21st 2018, with help of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Dear Members, As many of you are aware, your WTEG & WPEG negotiating committee is very close to entering into conciliation with the employer and is trying its best to secure a contract that balances both a good work life & personal life for all the members in WTEG and WPEG.

As the negotiations for the renewal of your collective agreements continue in to the fall (2018), your bargaining teams would like to clarify the issue of hours of work. Negotiations have happened around moving to a 40 hour work week. Though at this time this proposal has not yet been signed off. We are still discussing compensation for the 40 hours, format of the 40 hours, start times, and how to calculate accrual and use of leave (vacation, sick leave, etc).

PIPSC members with a gross annual income of less than $40,000 are eligible to apply for reimbursement of part of their union dues.

Bargaining Update and Survey Results Spring 2018 Dear WTEG & WPEG Members The Company and the combined bargaining teams of WTEG and WPEG negotiated March 20-22, April 18 and May 29-31. The last two sessions concentrated on monetary issues.

Invitation to All Members Meeting Thursday April 5, 2018 WTEG and WPEG members

The parties met again in Beausejour, MB on January 30, 31 and February 1, 6, 7 & 8, 2018. Additional dates are being scheduled for March or April.

The parties met in Beausejour, MB on January 9, 10 and 11, 2018. Additional dates are scheduled for January 30, 31 and February 1, 2018 and also February 6, 7 and 8, 2018, once again in Beausejour.

The three parties met November 28, 29, and 30, 2017 in Winnipeg, MB and are scheduled to meet again in Beauséjour, MB on January 9, 10 and 11, 2018. Additional tentative dates are scheduled for late January and February, 2018.

All three parties met to continue bargaining in Winnipeg on November 1, 2 and 3, 2017.

The Company, WTEG, and WPEG met in Winnipeg from October 23-25, 2017. Together the three teams have begun interest based negotiations.

The Collective Agreements between WPEG & WTEG and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories expired on June 30, 2017. The bargaining teams of WPEG and WTEG decided to negotiate jointly with the Company to renew the collective agreement.