Shelter Cost Differential for CUPE 104 members working and living in the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

Attention CUPE 104 members working and living in the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

 

Recently, the employer announced that they would be discontinuing the Shelter Cost Differential (SCD) for employees who own their homes. If you are affected by this decision, we recommend that you file an individual grievance, following the steps below, as soon as possible. You have 25 weekdays from the date of notification to file your individual grievance.

 

Steps to present an individual grievance:

 

Step 1. Download the pre-filled individual grievance template here: https://104.cupe.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/820/2023/10/Individual-Grievance-Presentation-340-55-nf-fillable.pdf

Step 2. Fill in Section 1, Part A with your personal details.

Step 3. In Section 1, Part B, insert the date you received notification from the employer that your SCD payments would be discontinued.

Step 4. In Section 1, Part C, insert the same date as Step 3.

Step 5. Review Section 1, Part D, sign and date.

Step 6. Sent the completed and signed individual grievance form along with a copy of the notification you received from the employer and any relevant notes, files, and emails to your CUPE Local 104 Regional Chairperson:

          For Telecommunication Operators the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories, your Regional Chairperson’s email address is westto@cupe104.ca .

          For Telecommunication Operators in Nunavut, your Regional Chairperson’s email address is eastto@cupe104.ca .

Step 7. Your Regional Chairperson will review and sign the grievance form and return it to you.

Step 8. Present the signed grievance form to your immediate supervisor or manager. Once this is completed, advise your Regional Chairperson.

 

In Solidarity,

Your CUPE 104 Executive

Issue With Premiums

2023-09-30

We are aware of various messages coming from the employer about the prospective elements of our new collective agreement (e.g. weekend premium, language allowance, etc.). We have been working on this and we will let you know as soon as we have more information to share.

 

In Solidarity,

Your CUPE 104 Executive
Kathleen, Robbin, Myles, Robb, Cyrus, Marc-Étienne, Alex, Brandon, Randy and Ron.

Executive e-mail addresses: https://104.cupe.ca/contacts/
Main page: https://104.cupe.ca/
Membership Form: https://104.cupe.ca/membership/

 

Signed Collective Agreement

2023-07-19

 

Congratulations everyone on this historical day! It was a very long journey, but we finally got here!

Our first collective agreement has been signed today. 

You can download our first collective agreement here
<link collective agreement>.

Timelines in the Collective Agreement

It is now in effect and the clock has started today on the timelines in the collective. RCMP management will be communicating with you about any changes to be made to their processes in order to implement the agreement. If you have any questions about that, please ask your manager.

Questions

For questions not related to the employer processes, you can contact your regional chair. You can find their emails here:
<contacts page>

 

 

In Solidarity,

Your CUPE 104 Executive
Kathleen, Robbin, Myles, Robb, Cyrus, Marc-Étienne, Alex, Brandon, Randy and Ron.

Executive e-mail addresses: https://104.cupe.ca/contacts/
Main page: https://104.cupe.ca/
Membership Form: https://104.cupe.ca/membership/

Reduction of tax withholding on lump-sum employment income payments

In certain cases, the Income Tax Act allows lump-sum payments to be issued without tax withheld, or with a reduced amount of tax withheld. To take advantage of this, an employee must send a request to Revenue Canada to obtain a Letter of Authority. This letter will specify the maximum amount of the payment on which tax is not to be withheld.

 

Employees who want a reduced amount of tax withheld on a payment must submit a written request to Revenue Canada, or complete a request for reduction of tax deductions at source form. These forms are available from local tax services offices. Once completed an employee’s written request or completed form is to be sent to the employee’s local tax services office for processing. These offices will ordinarily process the request within 4 to 6 weeks of receiving it. Employees should expect this timeframe to be longer if the request is made during a peak income tax period. After Revenue Canada processes the request, the employee will be issued a Letter of Authority or a refusal letter that explains why the request was denied.

 

If an employee receives a Letter of Authority from Revenue Canada, the employee must then submit it to their pay office.

 

It is then the employee’s responsibility to make the RRSP contribution, or other expenditure upon which the Letter of Authority was issued.

 

The Letter of Authority is only valid for the calendar year for which it is issued. The letter must be received before departmental compensation specialists request a payment. A Letter of Authority cannot be applied retroactively to a payment that has already been issued with tax withheld. In addition, under no circumstances will a request for reduced tax withholding be processed without Revenue Canada’s Letter of Authority.

 

If you who work and reside in the Province of Québec you must obtain or provide two waiver letters. For a reduction of federal income tax, you must provide your compensation specialist with either a Letter of Authority issued by Revenue Canada or an approval letter as detailed below. For a reduction to your provincial income tax, you must obtain approval from Revenu Québec.

 

You can find the forms and instructions at the following links:

 

T1213 – Request to Reduce Tax Deductions at Source (link = https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/forms/t1213.html)

 

TP-1016-V – Application for a Reduction in Source Deductions of Income Tax (link = https://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/businesses/source-deductions-and-employer-contributions/calculating-source-deductions-and-employer-contributions/source-deductions-of-quebec-income-tax/change-in-income-tax-deductions-requested-by-individuals/application-for-a-reduction-in-source-deductions-of-income-tax/)

 

For more information on purchasing RSP’s, their deadlines and impacts to your taxes, please contact your financial advisor.

Tentative Agreement Ratified

2023-06-15

 

Congratulations! You have voted and the results are in.

CUPE 104 has ratified our very first collective agreement!

 

Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to attend the town hall presentations and who voted on this historic agreement.

The next step is for Treasury Board to complete their approval process and then we will sign the agreement. It will come into effect on the date of signing.

We will keep you updated! Keep watching for our emails.

 

In Solidarity,

Your CUPE 104 Executive
Kathleen, Robbin, Myles, Robb, Cyrus, Marc-Étienne, Alex, Brandon, Randy and Ron.

Executive e-mail addresses: https://104.cupe.ca/contacts/
Main page: https://104.cupe.ca/
Membership Form: https://104.cupe.ca/membership/

 

The VOTE on the Tentative Agreement has now started.

2023-06-13

 

The VOTE on the Tentative Agreement has now started.

Voting is open until June 14th 2023 at 23:59 EDT.

 

Active members should have received an email with YOUR VOTING INFORMATION. If you haven’t, please contact us at Secretary@cupe104.ca

The vote is only one question and will only take a moment of your time, so please vote now. Your CUPE 104 executive is unanimously recommending that you vote YES to ratify this Tentative Agreement. Every vote is important.

 

In Solidarity,

Your CUPE 104 Executive
Kathleen, Robbin, Myles, Robb, Cyrus, Marc-Étienne, Alex, Brandon, Randy and Ron.

Executive e-mail addresses: https://104.cupe.ca/contacts/
Main page: https://104.cupe.ca/
Membership Form: https://104.cupe.ca/membership/

 

Tentative Agreement L104 book of documents

2023-04-24

 

Hello everyone,

As promised, here is the Tentative Agreement L104 book of documents (the full tentative agreement).

However, we are waiting on some French articles that we are currently working with TBS to translate. They will be made available ASAP.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Town Halls.

 

In Solidarity,

Your CUPE 104 Executive
Kathleen, Robbin, Myles, Robb, Cyrus, Marc-Étienne, Alex, Brandon, Randy and Ron.

Executive e-mail addresses: https://104.cupe.ca/contacts/
Main page: https://104.cupe.ca/
Membership Form: https://104.cupe.ca/membership/

 

Tentative Agreement – Summary

2023-05-23

We have completed a summary document of the Tentative Agreement. This document is meant to generally outline the terms and conditions contained in the tentative agreement. The intent is for it to be easier to read and more to-the-point then the full text of the tentative agreement. The full tentative agreement book of documents will be available soon.

Please note that due to time constraints, the summary document is available in English only.

You can download the summary document here: TA-SUMMARY

Tentative Agreement Town Halls

2023-05-20

 

It has been a busy couple of weeks working on a full version of the draft tentative agreement to share and planning the town halls. The full text version of the tentative agreement is almost ready, there are just some translations being finalized. It will be ready in time for the first town hall this coming week. In the meantime, we’re working on a more comprehensive highlights document to send out. We hope to have this done this weekend.

 

After the town halls, it will be time for the ratification vote. This is when you get to vote on the ratification of the tentative agreement. The vote will take place electronically so now is the time to make sure we have your email. If you received this message directly from us, we have your email. If someone forwarded you this email, you need to go to our website and sign up – https://104.cupe.ca/contact-us/membership/ . The ratification vote will be approximately June 13-15 and will only be open for a day or two. We will update you with the exact dates and times in a separate email bulletin.

 

The full town hall schedule was sent by email to members earlier today. Please check your personal email and spam folders.  We are trying to visit as many locations as possible in a very short period. It is extremely important to attend an in-person town hall so we can have face-to-face, open discussions about the tentative agreement. This is your opportunity to talk to the people who were at the bargaining table, negotiating this agreement firsthand, so that you have all the information to make an informed vote.

 

Unfortunately, due to the travel time and logistics, it is not possible for us to visit every site in person in time for the ratification vote. If we are not able to make it to your city for an in-person town hall, please sign up for one of the virtual town halls. The virtual town halls are meant specifically for those members who we are unable to see in person. This is so that we can keep the virtual town halls to a smaller size and provide the same opportunity at a virtual “face-to-face” gathering to those who we are not able to visit in person. Registration links for the virtual sessions will be sent out in a few days.

 

We’re looking forward to seeing you all soon!

 

In Solidarity,

Your CUPE 104 Executive
Kathleen, Robbin, Myles, Robb, Cyrus, Marc-Étienne, Alex, Brandon, Randy and Ron.

Executive e-mail addresses: https://104.cupe.ca/contacts/
Main page: https://104.cupe.ca/
Membership Form: https://104.cupe.ca/membership/