July 4, 2023
STRIKE NOTIFICATION - Tuesday July 4th, 2023
Please be advised that the IBEW member employees (in Red) below, unless indicated as exceptions, shall be on strike as indicated:
Specific Areas (SCC, All Generation and Converter Stations):
- Northern Generation – Kettle, Limestone, Long Spruce, Gillam Services, Keeyask
- Radisson/Henday/Keewatinook,
- Riel/Dorsey Converter Stations
- SCC
- Western Generation – Grand Rapids, Brandon Thermal
- North Central Generation – Jenpeg, Kelsey, Laurie River, Wuskwatim, Missi Falls, Churchill River Diversion
- Eastern Generation/Winnipeg River System-Pointe, Slave, Great, Seven Sisters, Pine Falls, McArthur Falls.
Will immediately implement the following:
- No Standby
- No Callouts or Unscheduled OT as per the CA
- Scheduled OT up to a Max of 3 hours on a normal workday. (beyond current Guaranteed OT arrangements in LOU’s or LOC’s)
- Scheduled OT up to a Max of 6 hours on a NON workday.
- Right of each individual to refuse any and all OT
All other Areas and Business Units:
Will immediately implement the following:
- No Standby.
- No Overtime - Unscheduled or scheduled (beyond current Guaranteed OT arrangements in LOU’s or LOC’s).
Exceptions: Staff Living and working in Isolated Communities (see Corporation definition as Isolated), may work unscheduled OT (beyond current Guaranteed OT arrangements in LOU’s or LOC’s) to a maximum of 3 hrs. on a normal workday or non-workday. The corporation can only notify the staff in these areas 3 hrs. after the original call.
- Definition: Isolated [ J2.1.2]: •Northern location not connected to the southern system by an all-weather road or highway (Oxford House Area, Gods Lake Area, Island Lake Area,
Churchill, Lynn Lake).
Exceptions: Members currently in a classroom or at the training Centre. Ex: pre-placement staff taking upgrading or classes, staff in schools at the training center or currently attending Red River College/University College of the North. New summer student hires taking training and orientation.
Strike Parameters: (Normal start/end times including guaranteed OT for those shifts shall apply.)
Start date: July 4, 2023 Start time: 8:00 PM
End date: TBD End time: TBD
This withdrawal of services will be in place unless notified otherwise by IBEW 2034.
NOTE: Should management transfer non-striking members into “strike zones”, those transferred employees are immediately on strike.
Below, please find the link to an interactive map that indicates both picket locations and identifies picket captains. If you use this link on a smart phone you will need to tap the particular location you may desire on the map, wait for it to load, and then you may have to drag up or tap the location bar on the bottom, depending on the phone. For best results, copy and paste into a google address bar.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1CSBNasRhVln03pQ-_e1ZVPGkMO8xrts&usp=sharing
Thank you for support.
In solidarity,
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