It should be no surprise to the membership that with the recent closure of Kitimat’s second largest employer, Eurocan, that the District of Kitimat will be faced with a corporate tax revenue shortfall of approximately $4.7 million beginning in 2011.
For over 40 years, the CAW has offered a two-week family education program for members and their families. If selected by the local/national union to attend, the member agrees to give up his/her vacation time and the national union covers all costs of the program including travel and accommodation.
There are still tickets available for the Christams Dances. Please call or come by the hall. Tickets are $25 each. Please remember we can only accept cash or cheque. These dances are always a good time!
The Union Executive is encouraging all our members to attend this meeting and voice their concerns about the future of Kitimat General Hospital as a fully functioning hospital.
KITIMAT HEALTH CARE
This is your chance to discuss the
future of basic health services in our community.
Friday, November 6th, 2009
7:00 p.m. start
Tamitik Jubilee Sports Complex
Meeting Room
(Next to the main entrance)
The Union has one opening for a full time EFAP coordinator. The position is open to all active members of CAW Local 2301 who will be available to meet with employees and members of their immediate family on a confidential basis to assist them with their concerns in a wide range of personal problems.
The Union has requested that the Company start booking the 2010 vacation scheduling as per the current CLA Article 13-LU-#1.
1. The normal vacation scheduling period will be the two (2) months prior to the start of the calendar year (November 1st).
The following are a number of questions and answers, which frequently come up as per vacation scheduling.
Question #1 – When is preferred period for scheduling vacation?
On Friday September 11th, 2009 the Union Executive held a strategy session in order to address specific challenges facing the Union. As a result of members’ questions and the ongoing debacle at city council, one of the topics on the agenda was the Union’s position on power sales and the Kitimat Modernization Project (KMP).
On Monday, July 27th City Council passed a motion which reads:
The Shop Steward Meeting set for August 20, 2009 has been cancelled due to members being away on vacation. The next scheduled Shop Steward Meeting will be held on October 15, 2009.
Eligibility Award to be open in competition to any student proceeding from Grade 12 to a post-secondary institute. The recipient of this award must be the son, daughter or legal ward of a CAW Local 2301 member in good standing. Application Deadline: Tuesday, June 16th @ 12 noon. click on the link below for the pdf file
Local elected CAW leadership from both the CAW Rio Tinto Alcan local and the CAW District of Kitimat local met with British Columbia Labour Minister Iain Black and Skeena Liberal candidate Donny van Dyk this week.
During this meeting, CAW reps outlined their dissatisfaction about the Gordon Campbell Liberal track record in the Northwest.
“We requested meetings with the Provincial Government when they were involved in discussions surrounding the BC Hydro and Alcan power sales agreements,” said CAW 2301 President Rick Belmont.
