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AESES Celebrates International Women’s Day
Friday, March 8th, 2024
March 8, the world is celebrating International Women’s Day. This day showcases women, girls, and female-identifying persons’ contributions and highlights the progress toward gender equality.
AESES celebrates and supports the contributions of women and female-identifying persons’ in our membership, the workforce and ongoing labour movements. They are standing up for improved working conditions, equal pay, increased gender equality, and making their voices heard! Separately, we are strong, but together we are stronger.
Thanks to You, We Raised $1,800 for St. Boniface Street Links!
Monday, February 26th, 2024
Thank you!
Team AESES, a strong group of seven, took part in the February 24th fundraising walk and thanks to all of the supporters, raised $1,800 for St. Boniface Street Links. This eclipsed our 2023 total of $1,200. The “Coldest Night of the Year” was unseasonably warm, so the 5km walk around St. Boniface was delightful! We’ll see you next year, February 22, 2025!
The Coldest Night of the Year has raised over $13.4 Million Canada-wide!
Upcoming Brown Bag Sessions
Monday, February 26th, 2024
Join us for a general discussion on issues and concerns faced by members, including clarification of collective agreement articles, your rights and the responsibilities of your employer. This is your opportunity to meet the AESES Labour Team and your Board Reps, and to have your union-related questions answered. Feel free to bring your lunch. Registration is required.
February is here and so is the newest issue of insideAESES!
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
Welcome to February, and Happy Groundhog Day! Oak Hammock Marsh’s Manitoba Merv emerged from his suitcase this morning and saw his shadow, meaning we won’t see an early spring but six more weeks of winter.
While we wait for spring (even though it feels like spring!), take a few minutes and read through the newest issue of insideAESES. Inside, read about:
- A Message from AESES President Chris McCann
- What is Interpersonal Violence Leave?
- Upcoming Brown Bag Sessions and New Members’ Meetings
- The Coldest Night Fundraising Walk
- The AESES-UM Canada Life Survey Results
- Nominations for AESES Board of Representatives
- The Upcoming AGM
- A Call for Volunteers – Committees
New Member of Board of Representatives representing District 36
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
The Electoral and Districting Committee wishes to announce that, since the recent call for nominations, Danielle Saj (UM, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy) has been elected by acclamation to the position of Member of the Board of Representatives representing District 36.
Congratulations, Danielle and welcome to the AESES Board of Representatives!
Call for Nominations to the AESES Board of Representatives – District 36
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
District 36 | Brodie Centre – Floors 4 to 8
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
The Electoral and Districting Committee (EDC) is pleased to announce a member has recently expressed a desire to serve on the Board in this district. Therefore, the EDC is holding a by-election in District 36 (Brodie Centre – Floors 4 to 8) for the position of a Member of the Board of Representatives.
If you work in District 36, you should have received an email with this information and the nomination form. The deadline for submitting nominations is Wednesday, January 31, 2024.
If you are a member of District 36 and have not yet received this email, please contact Judy Archibald at the AESES Business Office at jarchibald@aeses.ca for help.
Email to AESES-UM Members – UM Pension Plan Change
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
November 14, 2023
To: All AESES-UM Members
By now, you should have received an email from the University advising of an upcoming change to the UM Pension Plan (1993), if you did not see it in your email Friday, check your Junk Mail folder. The email laid out the reason why this necessary change is required and advised employees that there will be no diminishment of their pension entitlement. AESES has been directly involved in the discussions and wants to assure our members that this is indeed the case.
In 2019, the University notified AESES and the other union and retiree stakeholders at the UM Staff Benefits Committee that it was necessary to make changes to the “1993 Pension Plan” to ensure it remained compliant with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) rules, and to ensure that retirement annuities could continue to be funded on a long-term basis. This “1993 Pension Plan” is the one that all current members participate in, even if you were just hired. After several special meetings of the Staff Benefits Committee in 2019 and 2020, AESES partnered with UMFA. Together we retained our own external legal and actuarial professionals to ensure the CRA required changes were necessary and implemented properly. While we recognized to come into compliance with CRA rules that changes were necessary, we wanted to ensure the preservation of our members’ existing pension benefits. The counsel we retained engaged with the University’s pension plan administrators and not only protected our interests but was integral to devising a solution that maintained the flexibility and benefits of our pension with guarantees members would see no diminishment of benefit.
Following our recent Staff Benefits Committee meeting on Monday, November 6, the committee has now recommended that the proposed changes we helped craft be accepted and they have now been referred to the Board of Governors for approval. The plan amendments are expected to be implemented in 2024.
The University has provided contact information for the Pension Office should you have any questions about the plan change. However, if you would like to speak with someone from the AESES Business Office regarding this, contact our Labour Relations Officer, Lorne Hilton (lhilton@aeses.ca), who has been central to this process.
Thank you,
Chris McCann
AESES President
Contract Admin
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
Here are the updates on active Association cases with each employer:
October 2026
University of Manitoba
- The grievance filed on behalf of a member who was dismissed for alleged unacceptable behaviour has been settled at the Second Stage.
- The grievance filed on behalf of a member for improper application of discipline was settled at the First Stage.
- A grievance was filed on behalf of a member who was deemed to have failed their probation period. Grievance is at the Second Stage.
- A vacancy selection grievance was filed for a member who was not selected for a vacancy that was similar to their former position. More specifically, they had performed a substantial portion of the duties and responsibilities contained within the position were carried previously by the grievor. Grievance is at the First Stage.
- An Association grievance has been filed concerning the University’s misapplication of Article 10.22. The department required a departing employee to work the resignation notice period in lieu of remaining on previously approved vacation while serving the notice period.
The University of Winnipeg
- A grievance was filed on behalf of a member who requires accommodation but the University has determined that the current position can no longer support the necessary accommodations and has been referred to First Stage.
Extra, Extra: insideAESES Newsletter (June 2023)
Monday, June 5th, 2023
Welcome to June! Just like the blazing heat, another issue of insideAESES is coming at you!
Grab a nice cold beverage and take a few moments to cool down and read about:
- A message from AESES president Chris McCann
- AGM, Volunteers’ Appreciation Banquet, and Members’ Day Lunches recap
- Questions about break entitlements
- June 50 for 50 Contest
- New AESES appointments
- Ongoing union and member grievances
View the June issue and previous ones here.
Don’t forget the AESES 50th anniversary social is this Saturday, June 10. We only have a small number of tickets left available to purchase. Learn more at https://aeses.ca/social. Visit and follow our new Instagram account to see some of the silent auction prizes up for grabs!
International Women’s Day – March 8, 2023, Embracing Equity
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Today is a worldwide day to recognize and celebrate women’s and girls’ social, economic, cultural and political achievements, but it is also a time to raise awareness of the progress made toward achieving equality and the work that still needs to be done.
Did you know that International Women’s Day (IWD) dates back to the early 20th century?
The first IWD took place on March 19, 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland when over a million men and women attended public events to show their support for women’s equal participation in society. Other countries joined in the following years.
The United Nations declared March 8, 1975, as International Women’s Day and it has been celebrated that day since.
AESES has participated in many different events over the years including dinners with the University of Manitoba’s President’s Office and guest speakers, trivia day and our last event held on March 8, 2020, with Leanne Shumka’s presentation on the topic of “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Female Canadian Labour Organizers.”
Celebrate today with your co-workers, mothers, daughters, and friends as we continue to embrace equity.
In Solidarity,
Gloria Saindon
Executive VP AESES
