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March 2010 IMPACT

Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all
In this issue:
  • Risk is everywhere; but is the consequence of that risk just partof the job?
  • Economic crisis taking toll on worker health
  • New CEU Stewards ready to take action
  • Have you changed your address or name lately
  • Know your Collective Agreement
  • BC Labour Movement News
November 2009

Epic failure on horizon
In this issue:
  • Prevention Officer training in dire straights
  • Shop Stewards call for solidarity
  • Union recognizes long-standing activists
  • The problem with our $100 million dollar "Bob"
  • Know your Collective Agreement
  • Rumour Hotline
  • Liberal Government budget cuts signal tough round of Public Sector Bargaining
October 2009

Coaching: A workplace panacea or headache?
In this issue:
  • CEU files grievance over mean spirited Labour Relations
  • creating health and safety awareness
  • News from our CEU committee members
  • The perils of unpaid overtime
  • Changing the face of mental illness is important for everyone
  • Changing the workplace culture
  • Look who's counting
July 2009

Steward recognition an important step toward building the union
In this issue:
  • Vehicle safety standards get a facelift
  • Court of Appeal finds changes to the WCB legislation discriminatory
  • Joint health and safety conference builds strong connections
  • Speaker's Corner
  • Know your Collective Agreement
  • News from our CEU Committee Members
  • Conference builds solidarity amongst Canadian Unions
April 2009 IMPACT

CEU develops its 2009 strategic plan
In this issue:
  • CEU is turning green
  • The anatomy of an award
  • CEU encourages its members to vote
  • Union thanks Jane Player
  • Benefit improvements take effect
  • Oh what a tangles WEB
November 2008 Impact

Take action on workload and volume
In this issue:
  • Alternative media tells WCB TELUS story
  • CMA Still pushing privatization
  • Finding out why you didn't pass the KSAs
  • Just the facts
September 2008 Impact

New business agent joins CEU staff
In this issue:
  • Update on CMS redundancies
  • Support for the PCC is growing
  • Leaves you might not know about
  • Fed gets failing grade on child care
July 2008 Impact

Are we ready for CMS?
In this issue:
  • CMS redundancies: vacancy placement is underway
  • Reasonableness should prevail when flexing
  • Crushing workloads exist across Canada


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    April 2008 Impact

    Not now not in 2010
    In this issue:
  • "Mourn for the dead, fight for the living"
  • R-type - fact of fiction?
  • What you should know about ETO's
  • Ten things that happened in 1974


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    February 2008 Impact

    Setting the record straight on the EO arbitration
    In this issue:
  • CEU earns carbon credits
  • Kit helps drivers evaluate road maintenance
  • Celebrate International Womens' day on March 8
  • "Please sir, I want some more"
  • What you should know about overtime
  • Climate change - a global change for the future


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    December 2007 IMPACT

    Why are there so many RLTT positions?
    In this issue:
  • High praise given to union education
  • labour rights are human rights
  • you may be entitled to claim full costs of your eye exams
  • Some employees qualify for "computer" glasses


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    October 2007 - Impact Newsletter

    How can you get the most from your union?
    In this issue:
  • Honest mistake leads to five-day suspension
  • Health & Safety Committee has new member
  • What's happening with the volume survey?
  • Is it worth using your car for WCB business?
  • PCC responds to Vancouver Sun Editorial
  • Why did the chicken cross the road?
  • What you should know about sick leave


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    July 2007 - Impact Newsletter
    July 2007
    BC eliminates mandatory retirement
    In this issue:
    • NUPGE endorses PCC principles
    • What has the PCC been doing?
    • Labour leaders join PCC steering committee
    • Become a PCC Campaigner
    • Five things you should know about your personnel file
    May 2007 - Impact Newsletter
    May 2007
    In this issue:
    • Stewards focus on mental illness & conflict resolution skills
    • Historic conference rated highly by participants
    • "B" type employees may flex time for personal reasons
    March 2007 - Impact Newsletter
    March 2007 Impact
    In this issue:
    • Pay equity progress continues
    • Campaign seeks to restore benefits
    • New initiatives will improve the safety of staff
    • What to do if the employer sends you a letter about discipline
    January 2007 - Impact Newsletter
    January 2007 IMPACT
    Inside this issue...
    • Looking Back and Looking Forward
    • Where will change at the WCB take us?
    • Policy and training priiorities of Harassment committee
    • Compassionate Care Leave allows you to care for relatives
    November 2006 - Impact Newsletter
    November 2006
    In This Issue:
    • Unionized Canadian compensation employees “compare notes”
    • Agreement improves access to temporary positions
    • Alcohol and drug policy makes peer support available to CEU members
    September 2006 - Impact Newsletter
    September 2006
    In This Issue:
    • Ending gender-based pay inequities
    • Joint corporate safety committee returns
    • Bereavement leave is not just for attending funerals
    • What’s in a name? Thoughts on “WorkSafeBC”
    July 2006 - Impact Newsletter
    July 2006
    In This Issue:
    • Bargaining is an ongoing process
    • CEU expresses pride in the Joint Return to Work Program
    • CEU members' comments on the RTW Program
    • Moving around in your job classification
    April 2006 - Impact Newsletter
    April 2006
    In This Issue:
    • CEU campaign supports the historic compromise
    • Stewards learn about CEU campaign
    • Policy shifts weaken worker protections
    • Shop stewards are the backbone of the union
    February 2006 - Impact Newsletter
    February 2006
    In This Issue:
    • New business agent brings public and private sector experience to the CEU
    • CEU supports labour’s demands for action on logger deaths
    • Making a difference
    November 2005 - Impact Newsletter
    November 2005
    In This Issue:
    • "Climate of Fear"?
    • Is Big Brother watching?
    July 2005 - Impact Newsletter
    July 2005
    In This Issue:
    • A closer look at the Board's employee survey
    • Outsourcing not good business
    • Labour Day was a Canadian invention
    March 2005 - Impact Newsletter
    March 2005

    Survey says members are satisfied with CEU's performance

    "Are we representing the views of the majority of members?" That's a question we regularly ask ourselves - and it's a difficult one for the CEU Executive to answer

    February 2005 - Impact Newsletter
    February 2005

    What is going on? I thought things had gotten better...

    We saw 2004 as the year of opportunity for our employer to make real change. Despite our scepticism, the CEU made a decision to give the new CEO a chance to show that his commitment to improve the workplace was sincere, that labour relations would be conducted differently, and that you, the employee, would be treated better.



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