January first will be the start date for the new rates for on-call employees. Pursuant to the agreement reached between the Corporation and APS, the on-call maximum will be raised from 7000,00$ to 9000,00$ on January 1, 2012.

A reminder about a previous communication on our site: work objectives negotiated between employees and supervisors are still going on. APS posted its recommendation to support the exercise last summer (7/18/’11) and we are continuing to do so.

To answer questions related to APS’s position regarding working objectives for 2011-2012 period, we wish to remind our members about our action undertaken last spring. APS had asked its members to refrain from participating in the annual performance evaluation review covering the 2010-2011; we are referring, of course, to the meeting with the immediate supervisor. There was never a call to abstain from fixing working objectives for the year 2011-2012.

CBC/Radio-Canada advises us that effective May 19, 2011, online pay stubs will officially replace paper ones at CBC/Radio-Canada. This initiative, aimed at reducing our environmental footprint, will affect all employees. Online pay stubs can already be accessed on HR @ my fingertips.

Switching to an exclusively online pay notification system is not only a green way to go, but it is also a convenient and secure way of communicating total compensation information to all employees. An official communique will be sent to employees in the week of March 22nd.

Following a modification to the collective agreement, our “On-Call” maximum has been increased to reach $7000.00 starting January 1, 2011. Through the National Joint Committee both parties agreed to raise the previous ceiling which had been set at $5000.00. A further increase will be implemented January I, 2012 to fix the maximum amount allotted to employees at $9000.00. A letter of agreement was ratified accordingly to replace the last paragraph of art. 18.2.1 of the APS collective agreement.

You have received early this week an e-mail from Towers Watson inviting you to participate to the survey Dialogue : let's talk. APS National Executive strongly recommends your answering this survey. You may be assured of its confidentiality and of the good faith and seriousness of the Corporation. It certainly represents a fantastic way of changing things. Driving Towards 2015!

The only Call for Candidacies forms received by the deadline date of September 3rd, were those from the Executive members already in place. Thus, we are pleased to inform you that they are all re-elected without any opposition.

President: Mario Poudrier
National Secretary General: Emilio D’Orazio
National Treasurer: Hervé Lamarre
Eastern Region Director: Donald LeBlanc
Western Region Director: Michael Ho