Location: 250 Tremblay Road
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Meeting called to order at 5:40 PM. Attending in Person: Brian Busby, Abraham Garcia, Andra Weis, Daryl Boychuk, Audrey Wojcik, Art Iwinski, Michael Patterson, Nitin Chowdary, Michelle Tran Attending by telephone: Louise Lepore Regrets: James Armstrong, Tabitha Fuller |
Daryl Boychuk |
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The agenda items for the meeting included the following:
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Art Iwinski moved to approve the minutes of the September 5, 2024, AFS-HQ Sub-Group Executive meeting (seconded by Andra Weis) Motion carried The minutes will be forwarded to PIPSC to be posted. |
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Michelle Tran (elected as a director at the AGM) was introduced to the Executive – Michelle discussed her work history and past involvement with employee-related activities. |
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Andra Weis will retire from the public service on March 17, 2025, and will cease to be an Executive member on that date. Two members of the Executive (Michael Patterson and Louise Lepore) have expressed an interest in filling the position on an interim basis.
The Executive agreed to hold a vote to replace Andra. The vote will be conducted by email in March. An email to Executive members will be sent by the Secretary asking members to vote for a replacement by sending an email to the President.
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Abraham Garcia, the HQ AFS regional representative, attended the meeting and provided the Executive with an update on AFS activities. Abe specifically mentioned grievances that have been filed for some temporary workers who have received WFA letters and are being terminated before the end of their expected work terms.
Abe suggested that the Executive consider outreach activities on matters relating WFAs (how they operate and what rights employees have) and emphasized the need to recruit more stewards.
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James Armstrong (Treasurer) was unable to attend the meeting but advised the President by email that no expenditures have been made since the AGM in October 2024.
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The Executive agreed to fix two additional dates for in-person meetings at the PIPSC headquarters (May and September) with the specific dates to be determined by the Secretary. Other meetings may be called at the request of any member of the Executive, but such meetings will be held virtually.
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Michael Patterson shared with the Executive a recent experience he had representing a member that led to a successful resolution of a grievance filed on behalf of an employee who was denied family leave.
Louise Lepore made a motion that the Executive express its condolences to the family of our recently deceased colleague, Tejinder Toor, who passed away on February 19.
Motion carried.
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Audrey Wojcik made a motion (seconded by Brian Busby) to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 6:50 pm.
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