UCTE

February 19, 2013

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Coast Guard is closing the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station immediately - effective today, the union representing the Station crew has just been informed.

Deputy Coast Guard Commissioner Jody Thomas informed the national office of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees by telephone a short while ago.

This session, directed towards Private Sector Employer Locals, is scheduled for May 24 - 26, 2012 in Cornwall, ON at the Nav Center.  Deadline for registration is April 1, 2013.

The 2013 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference, will be held April 12 to 14, 2013 at the Sheraton Hotel in Montréal, Québec under the theme “Mental Health at Work – We Are All Affected.”

Please find attached the call-out as well as the link to complete the registration form on-line on our website.

The deadline for applications and resolutions is January 31. 2013.  

The attached Mission Statement was drafted by the PSAC National Board of Directors following its retreat in October 2012.  It has been endorsed and duly signed by all members of the Board. 

January 9, 2013  Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) announcement today to replace Search and Rescue personnel with Auxilliary volunteers is a direct insult to mariners in Vancouver according to Christine Collins, National President of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees.