Meeting Minutes:  Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 — 10:00 AM-6:00 PM

Location: via Google Hangout

Present: Lynne Chichakian, Matt Guerin, Naomi Robinson, Lorne Szatmary, Wendy Walker, Ines Calabrese, Joe Fiorino, Natasha MacDonald-Dupuis, Olena Sullivan, Vish Gajadhar, Krista Jolliffe. 

Regrets: Julian Uzielli

Late: Lorne Szatmary, Wendy Walker, Ines Calabrese.

Meeting begins at time 10:10 AM with quorum

A motion to adopt agenda — moved by Lynne, seconded by Matt, passed unanimously.

A motion to adopt July 23, 2020 minutes — moved by Matt, second by Krista, passed unanimously.

10:30am switched from Hangouts to phone

NEW BUSINESS

+13 Week Temp Ends

• Discussed building-wide problem with temps and reassignments, backfills and non-renewals of contracts.

Holiday Party

• Due to Covid second wave and social distancing measures, there will not be a holiday party at the Pint House this year.
• We will be setting up a committee to work on alternate holiday plans, a website posting, and options for the contract with the Pint House.

CMG Diversity Survey

• A link to the survey, designed by the JEDI committee, was sent out to all CMG members via email yesterday. It is on until October.
• It is an opportunity to look for issues from individual members, get statistics as well as comments.
• We are working on finding out which CMG members’ emails are still missing from the database to ensure that they receive these emails.

CBC  Complaint

• There was a complaint from management and an LEC member was asked to complete an apology. 
• They are awaiting more details from the national office and will work to keep the CMG- mgmt relationship and trust intact.

11:30-11:50 am – joined by Carrie Bradshaw

Questions for Carrie

• Discussed the 2-page medical form for health issues relating to Covid required by the CBC: submit the fee through MySource then through your manager with an explanation email to be reimbursed.
• Continued follow-up with individual Toronto members about equipment requests denials.

ON-GOING BUSINESS

PDD Online Workshop

• We are creating the Workshop as a virtual offering to be more accessible to our isolated workforce. 
• Instead of focusing just on the new PDD cycle  start in September, the workshop will be a long-term offering aiming to start roll out in November for Toronto.

LEC Fall Elections

• Election dates to know:
  • October 5-30: Call for nominations
  • November: 4 weeks for election campaign
  • November 27-December 1: Voting
  • January: Handover to the new committee members
• As we have an isolated workforce, we are looking into options for the nomination signatures
• The Local Election Committee stands, with one vacancy to be replaced.    

1:43pm-2:18 – Terri joined for questions

Questions for Terri

• Discussed contract renewals/renegotiations and overtime buyouts.
• Discussed staff working in the building: all departments must get approval to come in to keep everyone safe. 
• Discussed working from home and surveillance of staff work output.

Anti-Racism Activism

• Some departments were quite active and had a lot of dialogue back and forth with leaders.

Ice Cream Day

• Too chilly for ice cream day in September so will focus on holiday handout instead

REPORTS & QUESTIONS

1. President’s Report – sent in via email
2. VP Report – sent in via email
3. Director’s Report – sent in via email
4. Health & Safety Report – sent via email
5. SRC Report – sent in via email
6. Ines Report – sent in via email
7. Treasurer’s Report – sent in via email
8. Secretary’s Report – sent in via email
9. Chief Steward – sent in via email

2020 LEC Dates

• October 21 (Wednesday)
• November 17 (Tuesday)
• December 3 (Thursday)

Motion to adjourn – moved by Lorne, seconded by Ines, passed unanimously.