Happy Springtime Everyone!
President Tammy Moore Acclaimed
Congratulations President Tammy Moore on your re-election! After a successful term leading Unifor Local 2002, Tammy was acclaimed for a second term as President. Speaking for the Central Region, we are pleased to have Tammy at the helm leading us through challenging times.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE!
We will be having elections in the upcoming weeks for the positions of Financial Secretary-Treasurer of the Local and Vice President for the Central Region. These positions are elected to represent your interests on important issues, so I urge everyone to take the time to register to vote and to cast your ballots!
Unifor 2002 uses an electronic election process. It is fast, safe, and accurate. Once you are registered to vote, you will receive a link to an electronic ballot. This can only be done using a personal email address, as the Union will never use your company email address for Union elections.
If you are not registered to vote, or you are unsure, please use the link to below to register:
https://www.unifor2002.org/Services-Departments/Elections/Update-Your-Voter-Profile
YTO-RES “AP MED(A)”
YTO-RES members are still eligible for what was formally called “Medical R/O”. It is important that you try to shift trade first, and as a last resort request via email (cc Union), AP MED(A) from your local manager. The company has committed to trying to help you as a last resort, but it is still subject to operation requirements.
On recent changes to our leave provisions
With the new leave provisions in place, Family Care is no longer a type of leave, and instead we have ten paid sick days along with 48 hours of Family Responsibility (FR) leave. With these changes, you are also required to substantiate leave requests, as appropriate. This is a change in some circumstances, where previously you were not required to substantiate a Family Care leave to look after parents, dependent children, etc.
Be sure to provide information when it is requested by management so that the company does not enter your leave as AU (Unpaid).
Attendance line for Contact Centers
When leaving a voicemail, try to provide the pertinent details in your message so that your leave is entered correctly by the company. For example, if you are calling in ill for your shift, it’s important to specify the absence is due to yourself being ill. If you are reporting an absence for family responsibility, you also need to clarify that, for example, you are not reporting to work because your mother is ill.
AIRPORTS & CJM sick days VS Family Responsibility
To take a sick day, you would report to the sick line, and if you need to use leave for FR, you must fill out the FR DAY-ONLINE form. The link to the Form can be found here: https://yyzd301.com/family-responsibility-day-fr-day/
Remember you must be signed into Aeronet to access the FR-DAY Form and it can be filled out up to 29 days in advance.
If the company requests for substantiation of your leave, and you are unable to provide the requested information, you will need to email YULER to explain why you are unable to provide the requested information, to avoid having your leave coded as AU(unpaid).
Any questions about leave provisions, please reach out to your District Union Office
Assigned seating at CJM
Thank you to everyone at CJM for your participation in the survey on recent changes in your workplace. With your support, D304 District Chair David was able to have the company reverse the practice of assigned seating.
YOW-ARPT and Streamline Concerns
YOW District Chair Tracy N and I met with local management and Labour relations to discuss the concerns brought forward with Streamline. The company has agreed to review and work on more training with the coordinators of Streamline.
