Sisters and Brothers

All Members

Have you just received your 2018  T4 Tax slip from the employer through E-Pay, Canada post or both?

It has been brought to our attention that Box 85 for –Employee-paid premiums for private health services plans may not have been reported. Please be advised to review your T4 tax slip

Further information can be acquired by contacting Employee Services  1.888.729.8626. They will provide detailed information regarding the 2018 Tax slip.

You may also visit the link below for The Government of Canada website – T4 Statement of Remuneration paid, For detailed information on the amounts shown in the boxes of your T4 slip and to find related information to what the impact may or may not be when filing your 2018 Tax return.

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/tax-slips/understand-your-tax-slips/t4-slips/t4-statement-remuneration-paid.html

 

Update as of  4:12pm March 7, 2019 – Communication from Employee Services below:

“Following an error when printing the T4, box 85 was missing.   Note that this box is optional so no negative impact for you. Even if you have already made your tax returns this has no impact for you.

We still thought it necessary to reprint and to send a new T4 slip with box 85 added.

Please note the new version will be available on Epay soon.”

 

 

 

In Solidarity,

Local 1996-O Executive

Lee, Brian, Chris

 

 

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In Solidarity,

Local 1996-O Executive,

Lee, Brian, Chris

Does Performance management help you perform your job better?

 

March 5, 2019

 

To:       All Telecommunications Locals across Canada

 

Re:       Final Report: Survey on Performance Management

 

Members,

 

We are happy to share the final report from our monumental members’ survey on stacked ranking and performance management.

 

Thank you for all of the hard work that each of you put into promoting participation in the survey. Your emails, leafletting, postering, meetings and social media posts helped ensure that wide varieties of members’ experiences are reflected in the survey results.

 

With a large membership base filling out the survey, the results provided some useful insight on how performance management and stacked ranking impacts members in their workplace. From October 22 to November 19, 2018, thousands of members responded to the survey.

 

Their comments and experiences painted a clear picture of the ineffective and unfair treatment that employees face as a result of stacked ranking and other performance management techniques.

 

We have attached the final report from the survey to this email, which you are encouraged to share with your members.

 

This is not the last that you will hear about stacked ranking, but it is an important turning point.

 

As we solidify the removal of stacked ranking for Bell Sales members and push to enforce that change across the sector, our campaign will grow as required to achieve the desired changes for all those affected.

 

We are looking forward to getting that work done with all of you.

 

In solidarity,

Chris MacDonald                                                        John Caluori

Assistant to the National President                            Assistant to the Quebec Director

 

 

Tyson Siddall

Telecommunications Director

 

Read the report here…..2019.02-FINAL-Report on Stack Ranking and Performance Management

@ Work Centres near you.

Greetings,

This morning we officially launched our “Pay Fair Chartwell” campaign to uncover realities of the working conditions at Chartwell Retirement Homes.

Health care locals across the province organized actions this morning in Chartwell Retirement Home communities to inform residents, families and community members about the shamefully low wages being paid by Chartwell Retirement Homes in seven locations across the province.

Chartwell Retirement Homes pay many of their staff minimum wage. In fact, most of their employees do not receive a living wage. To make matters worse, Chartwell has proposed all minimum wage employees have their wages frozen until 2020. These workers provide care and compassion to residents, work that is so important that the Ontario Labour Relations Board has consistently denied them the right to strike, putting them under the same legislation as other essential service providers, such as hospital workers.

Meanwhile the Chair of the Chartwell Board, former Premier Mike Harris earns $237,000.00 annually – for a part-time job. This is unfair and insulting to Chartwell workers and residents who trust them to deliver the best care.

The Pay Fair Chartwell campaign also features billboard advertisements in all Chartwell Retirement Home communities, a petition calling on Chartwell CEO Brent Binions and Chair of the Board Mike Harris to pay workers a decent, living wage and the “Ask Hilda” video series, providing the union its own take on Chartwell’s “Ask Edna” videos.

Please take two minutes and sign the petition and demand our members be paid a fair wage. Together, we can show Chartwell management that Unifor members are united, and that poverty wages are unacceptable.

Chartwell Retirement can afford to pay fair. These caregivers need your support.

 

Thank you in advance for your efforts!

In solidarity,

Naureen Rizvi
Ontario Regional Director