Please note the Elections Committee is reviewing communications distributed to some members that appear to contain potentially inaccurate information.  The Committee is working to clarify this information and will post an update within the next few days.  The ability to vote remains open until 12:00 NOON, May 31, 2022.

Thank you,

Elections Committee

To all proud IT Group Members,

Your bargaining team met with the employer for the second session of negotiations from April 5th to 7th, 2022. We signed off on several administrative changes to the contract and began discussions on some of the more significant issues such as flexibility in hours of work, overtime, family-related leave, and holidays.

This is your voter’s information kit for the election of the CS (Computer Systems) Group positions. You will be receiving your electronic ballot key no later than May 10^th, 2022. Voting will be done by electronic means only. No paper mail-in ballots will be provided. If you have a change of address, please advise the Membership Section at the PIPSC National Office. If you need assistance with the access to the documentation, please contact a member of the election committee and we will help you.

Group Name Change

Effective December 2021, all CS members should have received an Official Personal Notification (OPN) advising them of their new classification Group and Level. The vast majority have been reclassified to the new Information Technology (IT) Occupational Group.

After consultation with our Subgroup Presidents, and listening to many of our members’ comments, the CS Group national executive adopted the following motion at their meeting on February 2, 2022:

Moved & Seconded:

Present: Stan Buday, Pierre Touchette, Deb Butler, Tony Goddard, Lucille Shears, Yvonne Snaddon, Steven Fréchette, Gordon Bulmer, Karim Chaggani, Rob Scott

Regrets: Patricia Williams

Staff: Jean-Paul Leduc – Negotiator, Nicholas Daignault – Acting Negotiator, Josianne Drouin – Researcher

1. Welcome: Stan called the meeting to Order at 12:35 pm

To all CS Group members,

Your CS Group Executive and CS Bargaining Team have been busy preparing for the upcoming round of negotiations.  In November the teams participated in Bargaining Training where through lessons, brainstorming, and simulations they learned about the bargaining process. On December 1st and 2nd, 2021, the CS Group Executive and Bargaining Team met to begin work on the proposals that will be submitted this round.