We still need Picket Captains for:
There will be paid training provided, if you have volunteered but have forgotten please volunteer again, I might have missed you on my list 🙂
Paid Sick Leave for all K-12 Members
Even though we have sick benefits through our Collective Agreement, many new employees do not have an accumulation of days right away.
All workers in the province are now provided with five days of paid sick leave off work
Annual General Membership Meeting Coming Up on May 14, 2022!
Annual General Membership Meeting
May 14, 2022 @ 10:00 am
Prestige Lakeside Resort Nelson
What lunch and coffee breaks am I entitled to?
Did you know that under Schedule “B” our collective agreement:
An employee whose shift is over three (3) to five and one half (5 ½) hours per day is entitled to one fifteen minute paid coffee break. An employee whose shift is over five and one half (5 ½) to eight (8) hours per day is entitled to two (2) fifteen minute paid coffee breaks, one in each half of the shift.
What if I get sick while on vacation?
Did you know that under our collective agreement:
If you are an employee who qualifies for sick leave with pay and you get sick while off on vacation time you are able to use sick leave for the days you are ill. Your vacation days will either be added to your vacation period, or reinstated to be u
Arbitrator’s Decision EA Wage Rate
January 10, 2022
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Last week, Arbitrator John Kinzie released his decision on the EA Wage Rate arbitration. He ruled that the appropriate rate for EAs is pay scale 9. EAs will be compensated retroactively to June 21, 2016 for the difference between pay scale 8 and pay scale 9. (.34 cents/hr)
We are very pleased to have achieved this important step forward for EAs.