Greetings Division
Update on CTO:
Management argued that they were not prepared to move on cross examination of our witness, therefore the Vice Chair cancelled the June 10th date, we have other members to place on the stand.
We continue to leave the lines of communication open with management and bring up CTO at all opportunities, as we believe it is in all parties best interest to honour local agreements and/or have a provincial template agreement allowing for CTO to be accumulated.
Having such CTO agreements would bring many members back to offering themselves to work/sign up for overtime again as well as offering to perform other assignments that in the past offered them the ability to bank hours. Further banked hours assisted with accommodation needs as well as facilitating many of the other life requirements our members are faced with.
Many other groups in the OPS are still able to accumulate banked hours and all our members are asking for is equal and fair treatment.
The next CTO GSB dates are October 7th, 27th and 28th as well as November 1st, 2010.
In Sol., MERC