As of tonight I will be the new Local 592 Recording Secretary. I look forward to serving the local and seeing you at the meeting tonight at 7pm.

In Solidarity
Garry Wells
Recording Secretary
CEP Local 592

New Forward Look

The new Forward Look is now online. View it by clicking here.

In Solidarity

Garry Wells
Recording Secretary

Meeting Tomorrow!

Just a reminder that at the meeting tomorrow we will be nominating for executive positions for 2012. President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Trustee/Safety Officer and Trustee are all up for grabs. Also, we will be handing out remittances for strike dues.

In Solidarity

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

Special Office Dates

Andy Bos, our Financial Secretary, will be opening the hall on four days for anyone who is unable to make the dates previously listed below to pick up their strike fund cheques. He will be there Friday the 16th, Monday the 19th, Wednesday the 21st and possibly Friday the 23rd. He'll be closing the office from noon to 1 for lunch on those days.

Please Note!

The previous post had a mistake that I have since corrected. The annual retirees get together is on NOVEMBER 16.

Thanks

Upcoming meeting.

We will have some important things happening at the at the next general meeting on November 19th.

We will be voting on whether to start a trial for 10 hour shifts for some day shift workers. The details will be posted at the two 592 notice boards at the mill and will most likely be distributed by Jim's email list.

We will be refunding the strike funds to those that paid into it over the last several years. The local has done an excellent job of keeping track of how much each member gave. Linda and Jim are in the process of contacting retirees and those no longer with the local to let them know that the money is available.

If you are still a member of the local you can pick up your cheque at the next general meeting. Retirees can pick up theirs at the NOVEMBER 16th retirees gettogether. There will also be some days that Andy will be at the hall during business hours, I will post when those days will be as soon as possible. It is very important that everyone cash their cheques as soon as possible.

The last day to pick up your cheque will be December 17th, the last general meeting of the year.

In Solidarity

Adam Currey

Back to Business this Week

Hi everyone.

We will be having our first general meeting since June on Monday, 7:00pm.

The most important business at hand is nominations for Wage Delegate and Recording Secretary. If you have any interest in these positions please let your name stand. If you cannot attend, make sure I receive a letter stating your intention to run before Monday evening.

See you then.

In Solidarity,

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

Special Meeting and Change of General Meeting

As was discussed at the previous general meeting, we will be voting on offering the contract to the 2016s in the event of a successful credit bid at special meetings at 2pm and 7pm on June 11th. Following the 7pm meeting we will have our regular June general meeting.

In Solidarity

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

May Forward Look

May's Forward Look is now online. View it by clicking here. Also, please note that this month's general meeting has been rescheduled to May 28th.

In Solidarity,

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

Rescheduling of the General Meeting

Next week the wage delegates will be attending an update meeting in Vancouver on the 22nd, which was to be the night of our regularly scheduled general meeting.With this in mind we will be moving our meeting to Monday the 28th at 7:00 pm. This will allow us to give a more updated report on the CCAA proceedings as well as allowing more members of the executive to attend.

As you may have heard, Dan Rogers has stepped down as Safety Officer/Trustee. Anyone who may be interested in the position should attend the general meeting. If you cannot make it then make sure that I receive a letter of you intent to allow your name to stand in the event that you are nominated. There are also several motions on the books and two potential by-law changes to debate. It is an important meeting so please make an effort to attend.

In Solidarity

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

Update on last week`s conference call.

The following is Travis` update on what was said during the conference call with Kevin Clarke:

What was approved by the judge was:

1.A plan of arrangement for claims that are able to be put to creditors.
2.The Sip (Sales Investors Solicitation).

There will be a Creditors Meeting and vote on April 23rd.

May 15th is the projected emergence from CCAA.

The bondholders are planning to tour Crofton and Powell River on April 15th and 16th. Kevin Clarke is in Port Alberni on April 5th for a meeting with the city in morning and mill in the afternoon.

Ben Duster resigned from board last weekend. Transition to the new board will be Kevin Clarke and six others.

Kevin Clarke visited all CEO’s of our customers in the last 10 days and said the meetings went well.

In 10 days or so a profit sharing incentive plan will be showing up in the mills.

Kevin Clark will announce if the 2016s and 2014s come to a deal.

New debt will be 325 million of first lean notes and a 43 million dollar coupon note for interest. There will be a non recourse debt of 115 million and on top of that a 300 million dollar debt associated with all employees debts (bridging, top up, unfunded liabilities in other pension plans) to be paid over contract. In addition the DIP financing will be replaced by the Asset Based Loan which is quite often called the revolver.

They will not pay interest unless they have liquidity in the company of 95 to 100 million.

The 2016 and 2014/2016 crossovers are on board. Currently the 2014 are at about 25% approval of the new deal.

There was another fire in Powell River on March 22nd. They are expected to start up on the 24th.

If the SIP process goes through it will take approximately 73 days to emerge from CCAA.

If anymore wants clarification of this report contact Travis Goodyear at 724-5353.

Results of the Vote

Hi all

Voting is complete and ballots are counted.

Local 592 voted in favour of the Collective Agreement.

All the locals, including PPWC have voted in favour of the agreement

Thank you all for coming out to vote

Jim

Change in Meeting Time

Due to a scheduling conflict at the hall please note the change in time of the early Friday meeting:

The meetings on Friday will be at 12 NOON and 7pm.

Thanks,

Adam Currey

Tentative deal reached.

Last night the Catalyst CEP local wage delegates reached a tentative agreement with the company. We will have special meetings FOR INFORMATION AND TO VOTE on Wednesday, March 14 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm and Friday, March 16 at 2:00 and 7:00 pm.If you wish to have time to think over the proposal you can attend one of the Wednesday meetings and vote on Friday.

As per current bylaws a paper copy of the proposal will be given to members at the meetings.

In Solidarity,

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

Question and Answers on CCAA

Our lawyers have prepared a number of answers to questions they have been asked about the legal issues involving CCAA. View is by clicking here.

Also, you can keep up with the latest on the court proceedings by reading the monitor's report. It has updates, longer reports and court documents.

The address is: http://www.pwc.com/ca/en/car/catalyst-paper-corporation

In Solidarity

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

Meeting Notice

Just a reminder that there will be a general meeting tomorrow at 7:00 pm.

We will be voting on several important notions.

In Solidarity

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

New Forward Look

The February Forward Look is now online. View it by clicking here.
In solidarity

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

CEP National Scholarships

The CEP is accepting applications for the 3 $2000 memorial scholarships for our region for 2012. They are available to members in good standing, their children or the children of retired or deceased members.

There is also a $2000 scholarship promoting equality in recognition of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Details are posted on the Local 592 notice boards. Contact me for an application form.



Adam Currey
Recording Secretary

No Forward Look for January

The executive has voted to not publish a Forward Look for January. Although this has been a very eventful month for the local, virtually everything that we have been working on has been relayed to the local at special meetings, the email list and the blog.

Everyone is waiting to hear both from the company and other locals. When we have information to give you we will pass it on either here or through the email list.

Adam Currey
Recording Secretary