ConceRNSRNS 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS

President’s Report...... 1-7 Executive Director’s Report...... 8-10 Cross Country Checkup Report...... 11-12 CIHI Report...... 12 Public Relations Committee Report...... 12 PEINU Betty MacFadyen Recognition Award...... 13 P.E.I. Nurses’ Union Bursary...... 13 Education Fund Committee Report...... 14 Public Sector Group Insurance Plan Benefits Report...... 15-16 Pension Fund Report...... 16-17 Master Trust Investment Advisory Committee...... 18 The Black Band Nurses Ring...... 19 Recipient of International Solidarity Fund Report...... 19-20 Election of Committees...... 20 2010 AGM Photos...... 21 2010 Event Photos...... 22-24 Vice President Candidate...... 25 Secretary Candidate...... 25 Nominations Committee Report...... 25 2010 Charitable Donations...... 26 Constitution and Resolution Committee Report...... 27 Resolutions and Proposed Changes to the Constitution and By-Laws...... 27-28 Finance Committee Report...... 29 2011 PEINU Budget Explanation...... 29-31 PEI Nurses’ Union Meeting Charter...... 31 2011 PEINU Budget...... 32 Auditor’s Report...... 33-43 Prince Edward Island Nurses’ Union Education Day...... 44 AGM Registration Form...... 45 ConceRNSRNS 2011 President’s Report - 2010/2011 every day. To do this, we have partnered with Mark’s Work Wearhouse in PEI. The coupon on the bottom It is difficult to believe that it of the next page may be cut out and presented at has been almost a year since either the Charlottetown or Summerside Mark’s I was elected President of the Work Wearhouse stores and will entitle the presenter Prince Edward Island Nurses’ to have the “RN” logo embroidered on the new Union. There has been very clothing article purchase of your choosing. We are little time for reflection as encouraging members to have the logo embroidered we have been very busy on a solid colored garment – that could be scrubs, meeting with members all lab coats or, if you do not wear uniforms in your daily across the province and work, on a golf shirt or jacket that you could wear dealing with the employer during work hours. on the significant changes that they are implementing in the provincial health We believe it is important for Islanders who use care system. The year has been both rewarding and any aspect of the health care system to know when challenging, particularly I hear first hand about the they are being cared for by an RN. We know we are work pressures being faced by front line nurses and invaluable to the continued successful health care the concerns they have for the nursing profession in delivery in this province. For the continued safety our province. of our patients and clients, we need to make sure they can identify us easily. This “RN” logo is readily During my travels from facility to facility across this identifiable and is proudly displayed by Registered province, I have had the opportunity to meet with Nurses. Just look at Wayne, Mary Beth and Julia many Registered Nurses. There is one consistent, - No one could mistake them for anyone but the common concern being expressed by our members, professional and proud RNs they are! namely, that the RN is losing her/his identity as a unique and invaluable health care provider in the Nurses Week is May 9th-13th. Unfortunately, as I health system. You have no doubt noted that on will be attending the Canadian Labor Congress the front cover of this annual news letter, there are Convention that same week, I will be unable to attend three PEINU members pictured with me. Some of the many nursing functions that are planned across you may recognize them as your co-workers. Wayne the province. But I do want to sincerely wish all RN’s Gillespie, RN, has been a Nurse for over 32 years and a very very special Nurses Week and hope that you works in the ER at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. enjoy the week that recognizes Registered Nurses for Mary Beth MacDonald is a Public Health Nurse in all you do. Summerside and Julia Nadeau works in Montague at the Kings County Memorial Hospital and casual at Overview of 2010 Activities: the QEH. You will also note that we are all wearing scrubs and lab coats in solid white with an “RN” First on my agenda as the newly elected President embroidered and clearly visible for all to see. was attending Eastern Labour School at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, June 7th-9th, 2010. As Union president, I have heard many times over PEINU was able to sponsor, locally and provincially, the past year how it is often impossible for patients, a total of 10 RNs to attend. All the Atlantic Provinces clients or members of the public to identify which participated and by all evaluations, it was a successful health care providers are the RNs in the various event. health care facilities. In recent years, PEINU has provided members with “RN” pins that I see many of The 2012 Eastern Labor School is slated to be held you proudly wearing during my visits. The Union’s here on PEI. We last hosted this event in 2004. The P.R. Committee wants to further help our members event, in all likelihood, will be held at UPEI in early identify themselves to their patients and clients and June (dates not yet confirmed). PEINU will be actively as you provide expert care to Islanders every hour of 1 ConceRNSRNS 2011 seeking volunteers to help with the planning of Appendix “P”. It is accessible on the PEINU website this event and will hopefully make it the best ever! and explains our only contribution to Model of Care We ask that if you are at all interested in helping (MOC). organize or in attending, to contact the office either by phone or email and Lorna will take your There has been talk across the province that PEINU information. is somehow “supporting” or “partnering” with the employer in the implementation of the new “MOC”. I Model of Care want to be clear, in saying, that this is not true. Our stand is, has been, time and time again, that there As the Government began to role out its new Model can be NO positive outcome by the deletion of RNs of Care in the Spring of 2010, it was immediately from anywhere in the system. The Appendix ”P” apparent that the Union would need to create its document was negotiated between the Union and own committee to deal with the numerous issues the employer solely to try and provide our members and problems that were arising and that would with a detailed process that they could refer to when no doubt continue to occur throughout this large the employer initiated the MOC at their worksites. If in scale change in the delivery of health care services. the unfortunate event an RN was identified as surplus The Union’s MOC committee is composed of Gloria with the implementation of the new staffing model Walsh, Vice President and Doreen Wyand, local they would refer to this document. president of Queens Region local and myself. Kendra Gunn, Executive Director with the Union, Since the commencement of the introduction of the also sits on the committee as an advisor. Model of Care Initiatives, the PEINU has witnessed significant cuts to RN positions and, for the first time, Gloria has had a long standing involvement in the the introduction of new allied health care workers union and has been involved in many different into acute care settings. Once again, we would like to committees at many different levels, especially reiterate that there is room and a need for all workers involving acute care. Doreen, like Gloria, has also in our health care settings, however, not at the had significant involvement with the union, with expense of RN jobs or the safety of our patients. experience both in the provincial office and in the long term care setting. They are a great fit Based upon continued information we receive for this committee and have been instrumental directly from the MOC showcase unit RNs, it is in helping negotiate Appendix”P” Memorandum obvious to the Union that the practice changes are Of Understanding ”MOU”, re: Staffing Reduction not working well. Yet the employer is continuing Process. Please take the time to review this ahead with their plan. In spite of the obvious

This coupon entitles the bearer to the embroidery of “RN” on one Healthwear top at Mark’s Work Wearhouse. Name Actual size of embroidery (2” x 1”) Telephone Date Expires December 31, 2011 Coupon valid only at Charlottetown and Summerside locations. One (1) coupon per customer per transaction 2 ConceRNSRNS 2011 problems with the roll out process on the initial care areas and PEINU members wishing to access showcase units and the ongoing issues still being the course would no longer be required to travel off experienced there, we have been told that phase Island. The current course is only offered through the 2 of MOC will role out in June. Meanwhile, RNs Registered Nurses Professional Development Centre throughout the system who have not yet had the (RNPDC), provided in Halifax, N.S. We anticipate misfortune of having their staffing numbers reduced significant interest from the PEINU membership under MOC are telling us they are struggling with should this program receive a green light. unacceptable workloads, unsupportive or ineffective management and excessive overtime. In March, I, along with three (3) stakeholders, and both Clinical Instructors, for the course, travelled We continue to strive to maintain effective to Ottawa for the communication and relationship with the Employer presentations and Government officials – telling them about the and wrap-up of hardships the members are facing and urging them all 10 provincial at every chance to make changes or modify their RTA pilot projects. practices in such a way that things can improve. Congratulations to While we do believe many employer representatives Mike MacDonald often respect our input, we too are often frustrated and Tanya Matthews with their apparent lack of action. for their excellent presentation on PEI’s I commend members who continue to speak out RTA project. Mike MacDonald, Linda Silas (CFNU President), about unsafe situations, lack of education and poor and Tanya Matthews communication to the RNs. I encourage members to continue this practice of speaking about the Attending this RTA meeting were other provincial problems with MOC. Your voice IS being heard and nursing Union leaders, Government and CNA the issues continue to be raised to the employer. I representatives. We (the Canadian Federation of also would encourage you to fill out Work Situation Nurses Unions) are hopeful about the possibility Reports according to article 37.4 of the Collective of beginning a new project that builds on the Agreement. While these reports may be viewed momentum of RTA and that it will soon be given as time consuming after a hectic and stressful day, the go ahead. This new project will be called the they are an essential record that identifies to the RTA 2 Project. More details will follow as they employer unsafe working conditions – when you become known. and your co-workers believe you have been unable to adequately and safely care for patients due to ARNPEI MOC: workload issues. A new committee was formed as a result of a Research to Action: resolution at ARNPEI’s annual meeting in the spring of 2010. The resolution stated: That ARNPEI strike a PEI’s RTA project was very successful in our province, committee with registered nurses from a variety of seeing 17 RNs obtain their certification in Critical nursing practice areas to develop a strategy to assist Care and Emergency Care Nursing in 2010 year. We in the implementation of the model of care initiative are very hopeful this Critical Care and Emergency to ensure quality patient care. Nursing Education Program will continue here on PEI. The proposal for continuation of the RTA project As PEINU president, I was invited to sit on this was completed and presented to Government committee as the Union representative to provide officials in early November. If they agree with the the Union’s perspective on the implementation proposal, this will see PEI having a Critical Care and of MOC. It has been quite challenging for me to Emergency Care Nursing Program using an 80/20 participate in these meetings when I have heard model. This program would be an asset to our critical directly the front line RN perspective and when most 3 ConceRNSRNS 2011 of those in attendance at the meetings are often The current staff of three (3) and the EAP office on far removed from the actual impact of the changes Burns Avenue will continue to provide their usual in the showcase units. Nonetheless, I do feel it services without interruption. I was pleased to attend is imperative to continue to have a voice on this the EAP 20th anniversary in January and the Advisory committee and to hear the various perspectives. An Committee is hopeful that their beneficial service will update of the committee’s work will be presented on continue for many years to come. April 29th at ARNPEI’s 2011 AGM. Provincial Nursing Advisory Committee: Employee Assistance Program: This long standing, but recently inactive committee This past November, Aiden Sheridan, CEO of Public has taken on a new life since Brenda Payne, acting Service Commission, indicated to the EAP Advisory CNO/Director of Clinical Practices has taken the committee that our current EAP service was going initiative to get it up and functioning again. There to be enhanced. This enhancement to service will have been new Terms of Reference developed with be provided by LifeWorks, a branch of Ceridian. many objectives and parameters for committee work. The enhanced service that Mr. Sheridan refers to is The committee reports to Health PEI by way of the a 24/7 telephone support service. All government CNO and to the Department of Health and Wellness employees, including all PEINU members, would have through the Nursing Policy Analyst. The membership received the official notice of this implementation in of this committee is comprised of representatives early spring. The details are below: from; Educational Institutions – Holland College LPN program, UPEI School of Nursing program, the RN and Announcing LifeWorks – An Enhancement to our LPN Association, PEI Nurses Union, Associate Director PEI Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Our EAP of Nursing, Recruitment and Retention Secretariat, and LifeWorks service can assist with a variety of Health and Wellness, Nursing Home Association, issues: Front line nurses(4-RN, 2-LPN), and others. We are an ambitious group with a lot of work ahead of us. - Parenting and Child Care - Work-life stress - Couple/Relationship Stress - Grief and Loss UPEI Bachelor of Nursing and Accelerated - Addictions and Recovery - Financial Stress - Midlife and Retirement Issues - Legal Issues Nursing Programs: - Emotional Well Being - Older Parents UPEI currently graduates a maximum of 65 Nursing students annually. This year there are presently 56 How to reach EAP or LifeWorks students in the 4th year class. I had the opportunity to speak with the class in January and although Local EAP Office: most plan on staying here, one must wonder as 40-B Burns Ave, Charlottetown, PE the Model of Care roles out across the Island what Telephone: (902) 368-5738 the job opportunities will be like. We have not seen Toll Free: 1(800) 239-3826 any new focus from government put on retention Website: www.gov.pe.ca/EAP and recruitment of RNs. They have reinstated the recruitment office and there is a “Health” recruiter LifeWorks: assisting with filling the many vacancies however, Toll Free: 1(877) 418-1535 many of the current vacancies are posted as Website: www.lifeworks.com temporary positions only. This will not be enough to User ID: PEI keep our new graduates here. Password: EAP (English) PAE (French) 24/7 Service

4 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Union Growth: Most recently, CFNU have been busy preparing for the launching of a new web component, “Thriving As we move forward and continue to increase our in the Workplace” and planning for the Biennium visibility as a Nurses’ Union, we need to look at our Convention, June 13th-17th in Winnipeg. PEINU capacity within the office. It is often frustrating had several members submit their names for a when we do not have the time to respond quickly draw to attend the Biennium. The lucky winners to concerns identified by our members. We try to were, Stephanie Gaudet and Darlene Gaudet. prioritize member concerns and current issues but, Congratulations ladies! it is apparent to me that a review of the organization is needed and there definitely may be a need for an As I have previously noted, in May, I will travel with increase to our staff complement. CFNU to the Canadian Labor Congress National Conference in Vancouver. This will be my first The Provincial Office is in need of assistance to experience attending such a large conference. address the increasing needs of the membership. They are expecting over 1000 delegates to be in Presently Kendra and I wear all the “hats” that are attendance. I am very pleased to be attending and normally worn by many different employees in larger representing PEINU Nurses’ voices through our unions. Areas such as research, communication and national organization. public relations are usually pushed aside during busy times or outsourced at a high cost. Additional The International Council of Nurses is meeting in resources to assist in these areas would be invaluable Malta from May 2-8th, 2011 and several members of to the office and the membership. In the past, the the national organization will be attending. issue around hiring an extra staff member has always been around limited space. This no longer is an issue International Solidarity Fund Committee meets and I am of the view that the hiring of another staff twice a year in conjunction with the CFNU NEB person would be beneficial to the membership. There meetings in October and February. In addition, is no time like the present to pursue this need and we teleconferences and/or e-mail decision making has will be having further discussion around this issue at occurred to approve funding for Worker Exchanges the AGM. quarterly. I sit on this committee and the 2010 report is found below. Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU): The International Solidarity Fund is supporting two of The National Executive Board (NEB) of CFNU meets our provincial presidents to travel to Lusaka, Zambia at least twice yearly, once in the spring and again in March to do needs analysis for their Nurses’ Union. in fall. CFNU represents approximately 158,000 This mission will see our representatives help them Nurses from across Canada, excluding Quebec. Our develop their educational needs and where to start. president, Linda Silas, does an excellent job keeping CFNU and CNA have had a Leadership project with health issues a top priority on the federal front and Southern Africa Network of Nurses and Midwives continues to be our national “voice” in Canada and which we (CFNU) are funding partners. internationally. a) Growth of the International Solidarity Fund: It is through PEINU’s affiliation with CFNU that we One of our goals is to grow the fund so we are able to are kept involved with such projects and research support international work in a more sustainable way. initiatives as Research to Action, Research to To date we have been able to support individuals and Action 2, the paper on Long-Term Care in Canada: make donations towards the work of others. If you are Status Quo No Option, and the Experts to Evidence interested in applying for this fund please send a brief paper. Both the previously noted papers have description of your mission work, with all necessary been published and contain invaluable information. applicant information to; CFNU International Solidarity Copies can be picked up at the PEINU office. Fund, 2841 Prom. Riverside Dr. Ottawa Ontario. K1V 8X7. As members become more aware of the funding 5 ConceRNSRNS 2011 assistance available, applicants have increased As President of the PEI Nurses’ Union I would like to substantially. We have not been able to fund assure you that the PEI Nurses’ Union will take every everyone who applies but have attempted to fairly opportunity to improve the daily working lives of apply the guidelines that were updated in 2010. you, our members and the nursing environments you work in as you care for islanders. You are a wonderful, b)Capacity Building: In the near future we hope dedicated group of RN’s who are committed to to partner with an organization and make a multi providing high quality care to patients and clients year commitment to support the organization. through the evolving changes we are being face Representatives from CFNU will visit Zambia in with. I look forward to my first AGM as your President March to explore opportunities with the South and I want to ask each of you, as PEINU members, African Network of Nurse and Midwives. For the to remain loyal, be vocal, and stay involved with past three years we have supported the Hong Kong supporting your Union, whether that be on a local or Project through the CLC. provincial level.

We also contribute through the CFNU General funds I would like to take this opportunity to thank the to the CLC HIV/AIDS work. This year we also funded Board of Directors, Executive, and Staff of PEINU. I am the Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue. extremely grateful for your commitment to your work within the Union. c) Humanitarian Assistance: Unfortunately there have been many countries in need of The PEINU Board of Directors representing each of humanitarian assistance. CFNU is proud to report the eight (8) locals across the province, as well as that we supported the following countries, South three (3) members on the Executive and the Executive Africa, Geneva, Haiti,and Uganda through specific Director are as follows: organizations involved in relief efforts.

You can see that CFNU is making a difference through individuals, through support for other organizations providing humanitarian assistance and through our support to build capacity within international organizations.

Looking Forward

The past year has been one of concern and anxiety PEINU Board of Directors, February 2011 for those of us in the nursing profession. With everything that is happening to health care and Locals: President: subsequently to health care providers, it is difficult to give a clear picture of where we are, or even West Prince Co-Presidents - where we are heading when events that occur are Robin Dunn/ unexpected and without warning. Peggy Buote East Prince Kim Jay As your elected leader, I am committed to Prince County Hospital Gaylene Albert representing your views with employers, media, Queens Region Doreen Wyand politicians, other nursing groups and the public. Queens Local 10 Blair MacDonald Your voice is important to the organization and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Tara Ferguson I encourage you to continue making the Union Southern Kings Fran Galczynski aware of issues you face in your daily practice and to Eastern Kings Dianne Kickham bring forth ideas you have to improve your working conditions. 6 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Executive: Position: 2011 will no doubt bring additional challenges to our profession as the system continues to go through Gloria Walsh Vice-President significant changes. I can honestly say the PEI Patsy MacAusland Treasurer Nurses’ Union has never been more active or more Zellah Johnston Secretary productive as we deal with the many challenges that have been forced upon the membership by this Kendra Gunn Executive Director government.

The Board usually meets monthly, excluding July The PEI Nurses’ Union continues to face these many and August. They continue to be faced with difficult challenges with integrity and professionalism. I decisions requiring much discussion and ultimately, am confident that by working together, supporting timely responses. The Board and Executive are each other and using our talents in a responsible committed to work for you, the members. and productive way, we can meet the challenges we will face. We can accomplish much that will lead to To Kendra Gunn, Executive Director, a heartfelt improving the work lives of nurses and ensuring that thanks as well. Your extensive work experience in we are able to maintain a high quality of health care labor relations as well as your intense commitment delivery. I am confident that with our knowledge, to improving work conditions for our nurses while dedication and commitment to work together, we vigilantly policing the collective agreement is will rise to the challenges and surpass even our own evident to those around you. expectations.

To Lorna Donovan, our Secretary-Bookkeeper – Respectfully submitted, thank you. Your organization expertise combined Mona O’Shea, RN President with your positive approach to mounting workload in the office makes you a wonderful team player.

Has Your Contact Information Changed?

To all PEINU Members:

If your contact information (name and/or address) has changed, we would like to know. Please call the PEINU Office at (902) 892-7152 or send an email to Lorna at [email protected]. Please be sure to include your 6 digit PEINU Executive in front of PEINU Office, June 2010 employee number (required), name, address, phone number, email (if applicable) and your place of work.

If you are no longer a PEINU member and receiving this newsletter in error, please contact the PEINU office so as we can update our records. Thank you!

7 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Executive Director’s Report concerns or issues are recognized and addressed in a positive fashion. In some instances, the employer Changes to Health Care is obliged to “consult” with the union over large scale changes that will impact the majority of the The Canadian Public Health Care system is one of bargaining unit employees. In these rare instances, the cornerstones of our country that Canadians have the Union has what can only loosely be called come to rely upon - much like a dependable security the “benefit” of finding out in advance what the blanket, or safety net. In actuality, the people employer’s plans for change are. who work at delivering health care services have a very different vantage point and recognize what it This has been the case regarding the employer’s actually takes to provide the reassuring comfort that new Model of Care. The process commenced is associated with the words “Health Care”. with the employer giving the Union a snapshot of the new staffing model for the first showcase The recent introduction of changes to the delivery units. It became quickly apparent to the union of health care services in PEI presents particularly that the employer planned to significantly reduce challenging obstacles for both those directing the the number of RNs throughout the system and to changes and those implementing the directions. increase the number of other allied health care While there are some people who thrive on the workers such as LPNs and RCWs (now called PCWs stimulation of new and different variables being in acute care). The union had NO direct input into added to their daily work lives, most people tend to the new model. The Union has clearly voiced its be creatures of habit. We take comfort in our daily objection to the reduction of RN positions. This has routines, knowing generally what to expect from been done through letters to the Minister of Health the patterns of work that we have been conditioned and the Premier, letters to the editor of the major to expect and manage. The introduction of change provincial newspapers, a paper and t.v. ad campaign into these routines, no matter how insignificant, and through update letters to the membership. has a tendency to cause a great deal of anxiety. The Union has attempted to educate both the Providing employees with the necessary supports membership and the general public about the to cope with change are not only essential for obvious shortcomings of the new Model. maintaining uninterrupted and safe health care service delivery, it is a stop gap for preventing The ONLY direct input the Union has had into serious and even life-threatening errors. anything pertaining to the MOC issue has been in the negotiation of an agreement that addresses Those individuals whose job function is to manage how RNs are to be transferred to vacant positions if people recognize that change implementation they are identified as surplus. This agreement is set can throw entire workforces for a loop. The ability out in a document identified as Appendix “P” and to “manage” the anxiety levels of workforces who can be found on the PEINU website. are obliged to adapt to change is a skill that often seems not only to be in short supply, but tends to Over the past year, PEINU has heard from many be overlooked or is not assigned enough resources of its members who have been part of the first to be effective. From the vantage point of the PEI showcase units to experience the changes under Nurses’ Union, this appears to be what is happening MOC. The communications have been extremely with the implementation of the employer’s new concerning, especially those related to the surgical Model of Care throughout the province. unit at the Prince County Hospital and Unit 3 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. RNs are extremely A union is an organization that, by its very nature, frustrated and disheartened over how their roles exists to help voice its members’ concerns and within their units have significantly changed and issues to the employer in relation to employment yet the employer has provided little or no concrete conditions, with the ideal goal being that the direction or support relating to the changes they are to implement in their actual day to day nursing 8 ConceRNSRNS 2011 practice. The employer has focused primarily on identified many areas for contract improvements, the education of the LPNs in bringing them up to the issue that members identified as their number full-scope. Sadly, the employer is only now taking one concern requiring attention involved workload an initiative to develop educational modules for the issues – working short staffed, or with inappropriate RNs to assist them through these changes. staff, working excessive overtime, and increased client caseloads. Members also identified the need It is incumbent upon employers to ensure they have for improvements to benefits, and in particular, appropriate staffing levels to provide safe care for benefits that would continue to be cost shared into patients. It is extremely disheartening that while retirement. Vacation issues are also on the minds the complexity and intensity of nursing continues of members, specifically the ability to reach higher to increase, nurses are being cut by the employer accumulation rates at faster intervals of time and in what appears to be an apparent effort to balance the need to find out whether vacation has been budgets, leading to fewer RNs for the same number approved or denied sooner. of patients. This, in turn, adds to the workloads of the RNs who are left behind and who are now Proposals have been drafted and the committee supervising greater numbers of staff, both regulated is proceeding into negotiations in April. We will and unregulated. update the members as the process proceeds.

The Union will continue to speak out on behalf of Jurisdictional Transfer Arbitration its members. Change of this magnitude can only succeed with a great deal of support from the In 2010, the Provincial Government created a new employer. If they truly believe these changes are Crown corporation - Health PEI – to necessary and will benefit the patients who access take over management of the delivery of health the services, they must learn from their mistakes and services in the Province. Government do a better job of supporting the 1200 plus front representatives communicated to PEINU their plan line RNs who help keep the system running. to transfer most departmental employees to the new employer, Health PEI, 2011 Negotiations effective January 1st, 2011. The Union was also advised that there would likely be a A recent arbitration in December of 2010 resulted in handful of RNs who would not be PEINU members receiving a 2.5% wage increase for transferred – rather, they would remain under the the 2010-11 contract year. The current contract will Department of Health and Wellness. have expired by the time this newsletter reaches the membership. The PEINU Negotiations Committee At the same time, the Union was advised that while was selected last Fall and the members of the the new employer, Health PEI, would be identified committee are as follows: as an employer under the provincial Labour Act, the Department of Health and Wellness would, Mona O, President and Chair Fran Galczynski through the repeal of existing legislation, revert Zellah Johnston Gloria Walsh to the domain of the provincial Civil Service Act. Doreen Wyand Blair MacDonald This Act actually identifies the Union of Public Tara Ferguson Elaine Betts Sector Employees (UPSE) as THE Union that Gaylene Albert represents non-excluded government departmental Barbara Brookins, Alternate employees. This is significant in that the six (6) Susan Marchbank, Observer RNs/RN positions that were identified as remaining with the Department of Health and Wellness would The committee met in the Fall of 2010 and created a apparently lose their ability to be members of survey which was distributed and completed by the PEINU, as they would, under the Civil Service Act, membership in December. The results of the survey come under UPSE’s exclusive jurisdiction. have been tabulated and while the membership 9 ConceRNSRNS 2011 PEINU requested that the employer reconsider its President O’Shea and the PEINU Board of Directors decision to transfer the identified employees or that work very hard on your behalf to attempt to the legislation be amended to permit the continued address your concerns and to improve your working representation of these RNs by PEINU. The Employer conditions. It is my continued pleasure to work on denied this request. As a result, the Union initiated their behalf to support you in doing what you do a grievance in accordance with the applicable best – and that is providing high quality care to provisions of the current Collective Agreement. The Islanders. grievance proceeded to arbitration before Arbitrator Bruce Outhouse in February, 2011. President O’Shea hit the ground running at full speed in the first year of her new role. I want to Arbitrator Outhouse determined that because of the thank her for consistently bringing her “half glass full” existing legislative provisions, he could not order attitude to her work with the Union and on behalf of the employer to permit the RN positions to remain the members. I am also indebted to our incredibly in PEINU. He was instrumental in ordering some efficient administrative assistant extraordinaire, protection of the benefits and pay provisions for the Lorna Donovan, for her ability to calmly “sweat the five (5) RNs who were being transferred to UPSE. The small stuff” so that we don’t have to. Union is sad to have them leave and we wish them well. Respectfully submitted Promote your Profession Kendra Gunn Executive Director As a “non-nurse” working with RNs every day, I have been well educated by your colleagues about the realities of nursing in 2011. I have come to appreciate what you already know and experience - that the nursing profession is often taken for granted by the general public – until they or their loved ones need to access health care services. It is only then that they realize who is providing the majority of 24/7 essential health care services or the primary health care services that help keep them out of doctors offices.

I am often amazed at the compassion the nurses in our health system display in the face of almost constant adversity. I commend you for your continued professionalism and I want you to know that I take every possible opportunity to commend your profession. I want to encourage you to take the time and opportunity to identify yourselves to the public you care for on a daily basis. They need to know that a “Registered Nurse” is looking after them, so they recognize the work you do and benefits they receive from your expertise.

Please take advantage of the Union’s attempt to help you promote your profession and have “RN” embroidered on your scrubs, lab coats or work clothes through the Union’s partnership with Mark’s Work Wearhouse. The coupon can be found at the bottom of Union President, Mona O’Shea’s report. Kendra and Mona following a meeting in the Senate in Ottawa, ON, October 2010 10 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Cross Country Checkup of the workforce has been subjected to harassment or bullying, in health care this percentage is much greater. BCNU (British Columbia) – The Vancouver Island Health Authority is prepared to let beds sit empty Just what the Nurse prescribed – The Manitoba in long term care homes, rather than allocate them government is working with registered nurses on a to seniors who are lined up and waiting urgently for plan that would allow them to prescribe medications. those beds in the community. The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba has toured England and Ireland where RNs write UNA (Alberta) – Long waiting times in Emergency prescriptions and is now developing guidelines and departments blew up into a full political crisis on additional training for the drugs that nurses in this health care in Alberta in November and December province should be allowed to prescribe. of 2010. A report from ER doctors on waits of eight hours or more and of imminent collapse of the ONA (Ontario) – The focus for the Ontario Nurses’ Emergency system provoked a flurry of debate. Association (ONA) as we begin 2011 is on bargaining. ONA is entering one of the most challenging UNA is busy responding to a new provide-wide sessions of negotiations in its history. The provincial “push protocol” that uses over-capacity beds to take government has asked for a voluntary wage freeze the very political pressure off over-crowded ERs. from all public-sector unions, including registered Over 250 “over-capacity” beds are steadily occupied, nurses. ONA’s position has been that if accepting a even though they are jammed in three-to-a-room in wage freeze would mean improvements to patient corridors, in family lounges and even in tub rooms. care, RNs would likely consider it. The contract for our 53,000 hospital members expires in March. The province-wide hiring freeze of nurses ended Other unions have ended up in arbitration and have last year, and UNA is working now to put in place received small wage increases. two innovative new plans negotiated in the 2010 Collective Agreement. One is to hire at least 70% of nursing graduates in the province, and another is NBNU (New Brunswick) –Meetings with Premier “regularization” – turning costly overtime and extra and Minister of Health –As part of the consultation nursing hours into regular nursing jobs. process prior to tabling the budget on March 22, NB Premier David Alward, met with public sector unions, UNA is wrapping up contract negotiations and including NBNU, to give an overview of the difficult settlements are reaching parity with the Alberta financial situation the province is in. In order to provincial agreement increases in salaries: 0% for reduce the deficit, Premier Alward asked all provincial 2010, 2% for 2011 and 4% for 2012. government departments to immediately slash their budgets by one percent (1%) and will be proposing further two percent (2%) cut in the upcoming budget. SUN (Saskatchewan) – On December 17, 2010 the Negotiations Committee for the Regina Public Negotiations – The contract for the New Brunswick School Board completed bargaining and reached Nurses Union part III bargaining unit, which a tentative settlement. Voting to ratify the contract represents hospital and community care nurses, will be forthcoming. expired December 31, 2010 and preliminary work for negotiating a new contract has begun. It is expected MNU (Manitoba) – Province bolsters bullying bill that negotiations will being in earnest in April of – The Manitoba government announced changes 2011. to the Workplace, Safety and Health Regulation that seeks to protect workers from psychological NSNU (Nova Scotia) – The NSNU Provincial harassment in the workplace. The new regulations Negotiating Committee (PNC) met in September put the onus on employers to protect employees 2010 with the both the Acute Care employers and from various types of harassment such as the Long Term Care employers who are represented humiliation, threats and intimidation, personal by the Health Association of Nova Scotia to exchange ridicule, yelling and abusive language, malicious bargaining proposals. The employers have indicated gossip, intrusion of personal property and sexual that their mandate is to save money wherever harassment. Recent studies show that 40 percent possible and have informed the NSNU not to expect

11 ConceRNSRNS 2011 wage increases similar to what we have received Public Relations in the last collective agreements. That said the negotiating team is committed to improving Committee Report language and achieving a wage settlement that is competitive with the other nurses in Atlantic Over this previous year, we have faced many Canada. The PNC is also focused on improving challenges. Yet, the goal of the Public Relations language around issues with the aim of improving Committee has remained the same...to keep our the work life of our nurses. nurses informed about the compromises in the health care delivery system with the continuation of NLNU (Newfoundland and Labrador) – Debbie reduction in professional nursing services. Forward, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union, is participating on a We take pride in our professionalism. We clearly provincial advisory committee tasked with identify ourselves as Registered Nurses and Team conducting a review of nursing staff mix ratios, hours of care and scope of practice in long term care leaders to our patients, clients, and residents. We facilities/units within Newfoundland and Labrador. support our colleagues who are required to move The review will also identify concerns related to about the system as part of the restructuring. We quality care for residents and quality of work life for take advantage of every opportunity to take the registered nurses. high road when feeling downtrodden and keep our disappointments between ourselves, not in the public eye. If we have something to say we say it with clarity and professionalism. There is so very much more to what we do. We save lives. We help bring new life into the world. We educate and support those suffering from addictions to enable The latest facts and figures from the Canadian Institute for Health Information are out, and here are some highlights from two of their the possibility of recovery. We provide home care most recent reports released in December 2010: and long term care for our infirmed and elderly. Regulated Nurses: Canadian Trends, 2005 to 2009 We assist those who have life limiting illness to live each day to the fullest. We continue to educate • The regulated nursing workforce continues to grow with an average annual growth rate of 2%. There were 348,499 regulated ourselves and those for whom we serve to ensure nurses working in nursing in Canada in 2009, 76.4% of whom were the care delivered is outcome based and according RNs, 22.1% of whom were LPNs and 1.5% of whom were RPNs. to best practice guidelines, and oh so much more! • The age of entry into workforce is increasing and regulated We donate funds to worthy causes across the Island. nurses are now often age 30 or older when they graduate and begin their nursing careers. We acknowledge and support the work ethic of our peers. Our multimedia campaigns focuses as well on Issues on the Horizon: recognition of our RN branding and the role of the In 2014, the 10 year Plan to improve Health Care will have expired RN as a professional, educated health care provider and a new health accord will be negotiated. The provisions of a new who leads the team because of these factors. accord may have significant impact on the future direction of health care in Canada. Again we ask you all to become involved in any way Full reports can be downloaded from www.cihi.ca you can. Join a committee. Ask your local President how you can get involved in your local, maybe as a Who We Are site representative. Make efforts to attend offerings Established in 1994, we are an independent, not-for-profit corporation that provides essential information on Canada’s health system and the such as Labour School to find out how things work health of Canadians. We’re funded by federal, provincial and territorial behind the scenes. WE are PEINU! We as a union governments, and guided by a board of directors made up of health leaders from across the country. have more strength and credibility and a stronger voice to be heard. So let our actions speak. Our Vision To help improve Canada’s health system and the well-being of Canadians by being a leading source of unbiased, credible and comparable information that will enable health leaders to make Respectfully submitted better-informed decisions. Frances B Galczynski RN www.cihi.ca outgoing PR Committee Chair

12 ConceRNSRNS 2011 PEINU Betty MacFadyen Recognition Award In 2005, PEINU presented the first recognition award to a member for their contribution to the Union. This award is now presented annually to a PEINU member who has been recognized as a champion of nursing issues through their involvement in the Union.

In 2007, the Union chose to rename the award in honor of Betty MacFadyen, RN, the retired Executive Director of PEINU. Betty was a nurse for over 40 years. She also dedicated more than 30 years to her role with the Nurses’ Union since it’s inception in 1974. Her professionalism and her ability to effectively champion nursing issues gained her the respect of her colleagues both in PEINU and in other Nurses’ Unions across Canada.

Nurses who have received this recognition previously are:

2005 Bill Essery 2006 Margaret Duffy 2007 Patsy MacAusland 2008 Gloria Walsh 2009 Doreen Wyand 2010 Michelle Payne

The Union is requesting that nominations come forward for the 2011 AGM for this award. Please call 892-7152 or toll free 1-866-892-7152 or email the PEINU office at [email protected] with your nominee. Applications are available from the Provincial Office and deadline for submission is April 30, 2011. Barbara Brookins (past president), Michelle Payne (recipient), and Betty MacFadyen Presentation of the Award will occur at this year’s AGM on May 18, 2011.

P.E.I. Nurses’ Union Bursary

All PEINU members are eligible to apply for a PEINU bursary of $ 500.00. There will be eight (8) awarded. Guidelines and applications may be obtained on the PEINU website (www.peinu.com).

Deadline for application is May 1, 2011. Late application will not be considered.

2010 Bursary Recipients:

Antonela Bujenita Susan Clory Jennifer Buchanan Zellah Johnston Janet Webster Keri Driscoll Georgie Silliker Kirsten Mallard

13 ConceRNSRNS 2011 EDUCATION FUND COMMITTEE REPORT Membership The committee is looking for ways to improve the Education Union Employer Fund for the members.

Blair MacDonald, Chair Heather Rix Some suggestions are: Mona O’Shea, President June Shanahan 1. increased allotment for direct costs; Gloria Walsh Kathy King 2. changes to what can be included to direct costs; Gaylene Albert Cathy DesRoches 3. ability to access the Ed Fund during probationary period; Kendra Gunn, Executive Director 4. allowing time for home study for distance education courses/university; Administrator: Lloyd Adams 5. purchase of subscription for magazines; Contact Info: 902-569-2611 (Tel) 6. other. 902-569-3522 (Fax) Please email suggestions /concerns directly to Email: [email protected] Blair MacDonald, Chair at [email protected] by no later than Friday, May 27th, 2011. EDUCATION FUND COMMITTEE EDUCATION FUND COMMITTEE Comparison of Expenditures RespectfullyComparison submitted, of Expenditures 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 (July to February)Blair MacDonald, Chair (July to February) 2010-2011 2009-2010 EDUCATION FUND COMMITTEE 2010-2011 2009-2010 Allocation 300,000$ 300,000$ Allocation 300,000$ 300,000$ Comparison of Expenditures Total approved to February 28 259,119 224,011 Total approved to February 28 259,119 224,011 2009-20010 and 2010-2011 Balance 40,881$ 75,989$ Balance 40,881$ 75,989$ (July to February) Unclaimed Direct Costs 1,850$ N/A Unclaimed Direct Costs 1,850$ N/A Unclaimed Salary Replacement 80,745 59,243 Unclaimed Salary Replacement 80,745 59,243 Administration costs & fees 10,120 9,411 Administration costs & fees 10,120 9,411 Balance available to June 30 113,356$ 125,821$ Balance available to June 30 113,356$ 125,821$ for Direct Costs for Salary Replacement for Direct Costs for Salary Replacement July 2010-Feb 2011 July 2009-Feb 2010 July 2010-Feb 2011 July 2009-Feb 2010 July 2010-Feb 2011 July 2009-Feb 2010 July 2010-Feb 2011 July 2009-Feb 2010 Quantity % Quantity % Quantity % Quantity % Quantity % Quantity % Quantity % Quantity % Dollar value of approvals 87,665$ 69,022$ 171,454$ 154,989$ Dollar value of approvals 87,665$ 69,022$ 171,454$ 154,989$ Number of applications approved 390 279 314 280 Number of applications approved 390 279 314 280 Number of unclaimed approvals N/A N/A 95 Number of unclaimed approvals N/A N/A 95 Dollar value of unclaimed approvals N/A N/A N/A N/A $58,211 Dollar value of unclaimed approvals N/A N/A N/A N/A $58,211 Average dollar value per approval $225 $247 $546 $554 Average dollar value per approval $225 $247 $546 $554 Percentage of total $ approved 34% 31% 66% 69% Percentage of total $ approved 34% 31% 66% 69% Approvals between $01-$100 127 33% 66 24% 1 0% 0 0% Approvals between $01-$100 127 33% 66 24% 1 0% 0 0% Approvals between $101-$200 110 28% 86 31% 8 3% 8 3% Approvals between $101-$200 110 28% 86 31% 8 3% 8 3% Approvals between $201-$300 58 15% 37 13% 38 12% 27 10% Approvals between $201-$300 58 15% 37 13% 38 12% 27 10% Approvalsl betweenb t $301-$40$301 $4000 154% 17 6% 91 29% 81 29% Approvalsl betweenb t $301-$40$301 $4000 154% 17 6% 91 29% 81 29% Approvals between $401-$500 80 21% 73 26% 23 7% 11 4% Approvals between $401-$500 80 21% 73 26% 23 7% 11 4% Approvals between $501-$600 37 12% 38 14% Approvals between $501-$600 37 12% 38 14% Approvals between $601-$700 43 14% 57 20% Approvals between $601-$700 43 14% 57 20% Approvals between $701-$800 8 3% 7 3% Approvals between $701-$800 8 3% 7 3% Approvals between $801-$900 25 8% 14 5% Approvals between $801-$900 25 8% 14 5% Approvals between $901-$1,000 10 3% 5 2% Approvals between $901-$1,000 10 3% 5 2% Approvals over $1,001 31 10% 32 11% Approvals over $1,001 31 10% 32 11% 1. There haveNotes been a total of 467 applications approved since July 2010 6. $ value for Salary Replacement approvals increased by11%. Notes compared1) with There 375 ahave year been ago. a total of 467 applications approved since July 2010 compared7. Applications with 375 a year for Salary ago. Replacement increased by 12%. 1) There have been a total of 467 applications approved since July 2010 compared with 375 a year ago. 2. Maximum2) amount Maximum for Direct amount Costs for Directis $500 Costs and is22.5 $500 hours and Salary22.5 hours Salary Replacement,8. Approximately unchanged from 34% last of year the approvals are Direct Costs and 2) Maximum amount for Direct Costs is $500 and 22.5 hours Salary Replacement, unchanged from last year Replacement,3) unchanged $ value of approvals from last are year up by 16% over last year, and applications are up by 24%66%. for Salary Replacement. 3) $ value of approvals are up by 16% over last year, and applications are up by 24%. 3. $ value of4) approvals $ value are of Directup by Cost16% approvalsover last year,increased and applicationsby 27%. 9. Unclaimed Salary Replacement continues to rise; 135 claims vs 95 last year. 4) $ value of Direct Cost approvals increased by 27%. are up by5) 24%.Applications for Direct Costs increased by 40%. 10. Claims for direct costs must be submitted no later than 60 days following 5) Applications for Direct Costs increased by 40%. 6) $ value for Salary Replacement approvals increased by11%. 4. $ value of Direct Cost approvals increased6) $ value by 27%. for Salary Replacement approvals increasedcompletion by11%. of the workshop. This is a new requirement for 2010-2011. 13 7) Applications for Salary Replacement increased by 12%. 5. Applications for Direct Costs increased7) Abypplications 40%. for Salary Replacement increased by 12%.claims have passed beyond the deadline as at February 28. 8) Approximately 34% of the approvals are Direct Costs and 66% for Salary Replacement. 8) Approximately 34% of the approvals are Direct Costs and 66% for Salary Replacement. 9) Unclaimed Salary Replacement continues to rise; 135 claims vs 95 last year. 14 9) Unclaimed Salary Replacement continues to rise; 135 claims vs 95 last year. 10) Claims for direct costs must be submitted no later than 60 days following completion of the workshop. 10) Claims for direct costs must be submitted no later than 60 days following completion of the workshop. This is a new requirement for 2010-2011. 13 claims have passed beyond the deadline as at February 28. This is a new requirement for 2010-2011. 13 claims have passed beyond the deadline as at February 28. ConceRNSRNS 2011 Public Sector Group Insurance Plan Great West Life Health, Dental and Travel Benefits Report claims payer, Insures Basic Life, Dependent Life, Optional Life, Dianne Kickham, RN, is the PEINU representative on Spousal Optional Life, Optional the Board of Trustees for the Public Sector Insurance Dependent Life and LTD benefits. Plan (PSGIP). The PSGIP provides services to more than 7,900 participants, including civil service and ACE IA Insures Basic and Voluntary health sector employees, some smaller bargaining Accidental Death and units and retirees. Dismemberment benefits

You may find out details about the PSGIP by Mercer (Canada) Provides consulting services on contacting Human Resources staff within Limited all benefit plans Health PEI, by contacting Johnson Incorporated at 902-628-3537, toll free at 1-800-371-9516 or on line HRA Trustee Co-ordinator at www.johnson.ca or by logging on to the PSGIP website at www.mybenefitplan.ca. Review of 2010 2010 PSGIP Trustees BENEFIT/RATE CHANGES The PSGIP trustees held formal meetings on six occasions during 2010. Trustees are as follows: Basic, Dependent and Optional Life

Karen Fraser, Chair, Health PEI Effective April 1, 2010 the Life Insurance rates Wanda Livingston, Vice-Chair, CUPE decreased 0.5%. There were no plan design changes Crystal Burrows, Province of PEI in 2010 for the Life Insurance benefits. Luanne Gallant, Department of Social Services and Seniors Long-term Disability Kirk Morrison, UPSE – Civil Service Valerie Robinson, IUOE Effective April 1, 2010 the LTD rate increased 7.7% Kellie Hawes, Health PEI based on claims experience. There were no plan Craig MacKenzie, UPSE – Health Sector design changes in 2010. Pamela Trainor, Health PEI Dianne Kickham, PEINU Health Benefit

2010 SERVICE PROVIDERS Effective April 1, 2010, the Health Benefit rates for active employees increased 3.1%. The following Provider Service active Health Plan amendments were made:

Johnson Inc. General Administration – collects • Effective January 2010 provide reasonable and premiums from payroll sources, customary coverage, at 80% reimbursement, for maintains eligibility records, hair prosthesis as a result of cancer treatment. handles administration inquiries • Effective May 2010 remove the master from employers and employees. degree requirement for a social worker to be considered a covered paramedical service under the health plan.

15 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Eff ective April 1, 2010 the Health Premium increased Pension Fund Report 5.9% for retirees under age 65 and increased 11% for retirees over 65. There were no plan design changes What is the CSSF? in 2010 for the retiree Health plans. The Civil Service Superannuation Fund (CSSF) is Dental Benefi t a contributory defi ned benefi t pension plan. It is fi nanced by contributions from participating Eff ective April 1, 2010 the active Basic Services rates employers, employees and by investment earnings increased 4.3% and the Basic and Major Services from the Master Trust Investment Fund. The Civil rates increased 3.7%. There were no plan design Service Superannuation Fund and the Canada changes in 2010 for the active Dental plans. Pension Plan are integrated when a retiree is 65. Contributions Eff ective April 1, 2010, the retiree Basic Services rates Fiscal Year 2011 increased 2.4% and the Basic and Major Services rates increased 0.4%. There were no plan design 7.09% on earnings up to $47,200 and 8.75% on changes in 2010 for the retiree Dental plans. earnings from $47,201 and upward. Travel Benefi t Both employer and employee make contributions based on these amounts. Eff ective April 1, 2010 the active and retiree Travel rates decreased 0.5% and there were no changes in The dollar amounts change slightly each year. 2010 to the Travel benefi ts. Normal Retirement Pension A monthly pension is payable for life to a member who has attained the age of 60 with fi ve (5) or Tips for Staying Active more pensionable years of service. The benefi t is calculated as 2% for each pensionable year of service, • Set specifi c goals that you know you can times the average of the three (3) highest years of achieve; pensionable earnings. There is no maximum number of pensionable years. • Keep track of what you have done, and Premiums are not included in the calculation of reward yourself when you reach a goal; pensionable earnings, overtime is not included in the calculation of pensionable earnings. • Exercise with a friend; Simplifi ed, the 2% benefi t is comprised of : • Expect to be thrown off schedule 1) 1.3% lifetime benefi t and sometimes. Get back on track as soon 2) a bridge benefi t of 0.7% from date of retirement as you can. to age 65. Early Retirement • Pick an activity you enjoy. Eligible members can opt for early retirement pension • Schedule activity at a regular time of benefi t at age 55. In this case, the pension amount is day and one that works for you. reduced by the lesser of:

16 ConceRNSRNS 2011 1) 3% for each year prior to the age of 60 (1/4 of a No. of Members Member percent per month = 3 percent per year) 1 Chairperson – Deputy Minister of OR Finance and Municipal Affairs 2) 3% for each year prior to attaining thirty (30) Doug Clow pensionable years ((1/4 of a percent per month) 1 IUOE Bill Bylhouwer 1 PEINU Blair MacDonald OR 1 CUPE Lane MacLaren 3) if you are a minimum age of 55 and have at 2 UPSE Shelley Ward / Jim Beaton least thirty (30) years of pensionable service, the 1 Dept of Finance and Municipal Affairs above penalty is waived. Scott Stevens 2 Dept of Health and Wellness Vested Muriel MacLeod/ Denise Lewis-Fleming 1 PEI Public Service Commission A member is vested after two (2) years. This means Allan O’Keefe the pension monies are held in trust if the employee leaves the employment of the employer until Highlights for 2009-2010 employee reaches retirement age or transfers the money to another pension plan. Act/Regulations If a member terminates before the two (2) years During the fiscal year 2009-2010, staff of Pensions threshold is reached, they would receive a refund and Benefits, in co-ordination with Legal and Judicial of their contributions plus interest but not of the Services, Office of the Attorney General, received assent employers’ contribution. on the following amendments to the Act: Inflation Protection Equalizing treatment among the membership Pensions are increased by the percentage increase of Effective January 1, 2010, the contributions and benefits the consumer price index (CPI) to a maximum of 6% for members whose employment is excluded from April 1 of each year. the Canada Pension Plan Act have been aligned with those of members whose employment is subject to the Death Benefit Canada Pension Plan Act. Payable to family 60% of pension. Indexed to Administration Initiatives inflation up to 6%. Work continues on collecting and verifying historical Reciprocal Transfers data for the employees of crown corporations, agencies, boards, and commissions who participate in the CSSF. A member who has previous employment with When this data is complete, it will allow annual pension another employer, with whom the CSSF has a statements to be produced for these employees. transfer agreement may be eligible to transfer his/ her service and benefits to the CSSF and vice versa. Employees and Total Members Employer Total Employer Total Administrative Advisory Committee members members Province of PEI Departments 6097 Innovation PEI 90 The Administrative Advisory Committee provides Grain Elevators 10 Health Association 3 a forum for the purposes of reviewing issues which IRAC 22 IWMC 43 may arise in the administration of the plan and Lending Agency 11 PEI School Boards 13 Potato Board 9 Status of Women 2 providing advice to the Provincial Treasurer on such UPSE 10 WCB 72 issues. As of March 31, 2010, the committee had ten Great West Life 57 Manulife Ltd 112 members as follows: Sunlife Ltd 7

Members 6558

Respectfully submitted, Blair MacDonald, RN 17 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Master Trust Investment Advisory Committee

The Master Trust Investment Committee provides advice to the Minister of Finance and Municipal Aff airs in order to protect the principal assets of the Master Trust, monitor costs, make recommendations on investment fund asset mix, review performance standards of the investment fund and their respective fund managers and to ensure compliance with both Federal and Provincial requirements related to ownership of foreign equities. Employer Representatives: AGM Doug Clow, Chair Terry Hogan Scott Stevens Gordon MacFadyen

Employee Representatives: Bill Bylhouwer, IUOE Donalda Docherty,UPSE Buck Watts, MLA Leonard Gallant, CUPE Shelley Ward. UPSE Susan Marchbank, PEINU

Investment Consultants: ere will be PRIZES AWARDED to two (2) mem- Tony Malizia, Aon Hewitt bers who attend the AGM and who can answer the Steven Goth, Aon Hewitt following questions:

Fund Managers responsible for Master Trust QUESTION #1 CSSF Investments as of January, 1 2011 of What was the Return for the Master Trust in 2010? (www.gov.pe.ca/pensions) approx 1.4 billion dollars: 1. Buetel Goodman and Co LTD QUESTION #2 2. Maclean Budden LTD Which Fund Manager(s) of the Master Trust 3. Templeton Management LTD pension Fund are mainly Bond Managers? 4. Ballie Gilford 5. Lazard LTD QUESTION #3 6. Burgandy Asset Management On average - how much of their after tax income are Canadians spending? Presently the Master Trust is in the process of QUESTION #4 adding two more asset classes to the fund for more What is the interest rate on your Mortgage? diversifi cation. Thank you for allowing me to represent PEINU.

Respectfully submitted, Prince Edward Island Nurses’ Union Susan Marchbank, RN

18 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Recipient of the 2010 International Solidarity Fund The Black Band (CFNU)

Our team of twenty (20) left November 10th, 2010 from the Charlottetown, PEI airport and arrived in Pemba, Mozambique on November 13th. The population of Mozambique is 21 million, and 3 million are orphans from civil war and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The national language is Portuguese, but many of the northern people speak their tribal language of Makua - making the language barrier very signifi cant. The The Nurses “BLACK BAND” children’s center (www.irismin.com), where we stayed, Professional Nurses Ring is located in Pemba (the capital of the Mozambiquan province of Cabo Delgado), but most of our time was Designed by a Nurse for Nurses spent in Mieze village, a 20 minute drive away. Our PEI church (www.peichurch.ca) family has provided Practically the ring was designed for: funding for an orphanage in this village, and will sponsor approximately 35 orphans each month, A) Safety in any working environment, no sharp edges to providing enough money for food, shelter, clothing, injure a client, no large open gaps to allow debris to collect. and schooling. Our PE church family members who B) Gender neutral. support these children packed a shoe box full of items C) Comfort. for their sponsor child and our team of 20 brought D) Designed to be worn in any professional setting. the 35 shoeboxes with us. The boxes were so full that E) Realistically worn from the workplace to dinner at eight. we were able to divide the items by 50 percent and The Nurses “Black Band” was designed by: Margaret save some items for Christmas time. The joy in the Armitage, a native of Louisbourg, Cape Breton, children’s faces when we gave them their boxes was Nova Scotia. She graduated from the Victoria amazing! General Hospital School of Nursing in 1977. She Some of the projects our team accomplished were: practiced full time in critical care until 1999 at 1. Deworming of approximately 400 Miezi villagers; which time she accepted a position coordinating 2. Replacing screens in the Miezi orphan homes; provincial medical death investigation at the 3. Visit to “God’s Farm” – a 20+ acre farm that was Medical Examiners Service, Halifax, NS. purchased in Mieze by Summerside, PEI’s Rotary Club two years ago; Visit the Black Band website to find out more about Margaret Armitage and her Black Band jewelry at www.blackbanddesigns.com

Margaret has graciously and generously donated one of her RN Black Band rings to be presented to a front line RN dedicated to maintaining high quality patient care. The ring will be presented during Nurses Week – May 9-13th. Nominations for this award may be submitted to your local president by no later than April 29th and should include a short written profile of the nominee and why she/he is deserving of this recognition. Lisa Gaudet (recipient) in Mozambique 19 ConceRNSRNS 2011 4. Teaching English; 5. Delivery of 400 pairs of glasses, 35 shoe boxes, Seven (7) tips to help you and numerous medical supplies; 6. Delivery of toys and clothing, including 2 non- cope with change*: motorized go carts; 1. Take care of yourself mentally, physically and 7. Face painting and games; spiritually; 8. And fi nally, one of the most important things, 2. Ask yourself, am I part of the problem or part of was spending time with the beautiful people of the solution? Mozambique. 3. Learn what you can infl uence, what you can People often wonder why I wouldn’t just take control and what you can neither infl uence or control; my $4000.00 cost of a mission and send it to Mozambique to support many children, but when 4. Knowledge is power – fi nd out as much as you you are there and are able to put your arms around can about what is really going on. Don’t trust a crying child and comfort them, there is no amount the grapevine! of money that can compare. 5. Maintain your professionalism at all times; 6. If a situation seems negative, look for the This was my fourth mission to Mozambique positive; since 2006 and the highlight for me this year was developing a deeper, family-like relationship 7. Respect yourself, your patients, your co-workers with the people of Mieze. I also very much and your organization. enjoyed watching my fi fteen year old son explore * Canadian Nurse Magazine January 2011 Mozambique and its people for the fi rst time. “Workplace Change – The good, the bad and the A very big thank you to everyone who helped ugly” by Barb Fry, BN, M.Ad.Ed. support me in this endeavor, including the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union (www.nursesunions.ca) Election of Finance through their International Solidarity Fund. Committee Member I look forward to returning to Mozambique in 2012. Nominations will be accepted from the fl oor of the Lisa Gaudet, RN. AGM to fi ll the following: PEINU member • One (1) position on the Finance Committee; Minute of Silence (Article 15.08 of the By-laws) 2011 Canadian Labour Congress Convention Any member planning to attend the AGM who are interested in becoming involved in the Finance During the 2011 Canadian Labour Congress Convention being held in Vancouver in May, Committee are encouraged to come prepared to delegates will honor those who have passed seek the nomination or to nominate interested and away. PEINU members who passed in 2010 committed individuals for this position. Should are named below. PEINU President, Mona you intend to nominate a member who will not be O’Shea, will be attending this conference. in attendance at the meeting, please confi rm the individuals’ willingness to accept the nomination 2010 before doing so, by having them complete an Margaret Baglole “Expression of Interest” Form available from the Lorna Muzzerall PEINU website or through the Provincial Union offi ce.

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2010 AGM

Prince County Local RNs

Queens Homecare RNs

Queens Local RNs West Prince Local RNs

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Lisa Gaudet (recipient) in Mozambique

Mona O’Shea, President and Lorna Donovan, Administrative Assistant, PEINU

2010 CFNU Bursary Award (Carolyn MacLeod)

2010 Survey Winner - Shawna MacDonald and PEINU President, Mona O’Shea 22 ConceRNSRNS 2011

Tara, Mona, Rhonda, and Barb Volunteers at 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Lori Ann and Tara, Medical Staff at 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

RN Volunteers at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Carol hanging around the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts!

RN volunteers mother and daughter team at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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Marcella Drake RN recovery room nurse and also NBNU AGM Provincial Presidents with Linda Silas Lieut. (N) with Naval Reserves 2010, shown here at (CFNU President), October 2010 the Remembrance Day Ceremonies, November 2010

Donna May’s retirement

NEB Meeting Ottawa 6 Provincial Presidents run into Michael Ignatieff on the streets of Ottawa, October 2010

24 ConceRNSRNS 2011 POSITION: VICE-PRESIDENT POSITION: SECRETARY CANDIDATE: GLORIA WALSH CANDIDATE: ZELLAH JOHNSTON (Appointed – only candidate for this position) (Appointed – only candidate for this position) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: Gloria is currently serving this term as Vice-President Zellah has had an active interest in her profession and of the P.E.I. Nurses’ Union. She is a 1972 graduate in the PEI Nurses’ Union, since she graduated from the of the Prince Edward Island School of Nursing. She PEI School of Nursing in 1977. In 2010, Zellah received began her nursing career in Nanaimo, B.C. After her Bachelor of Nursing from UNB. returning to the Island, she worked at the Eric Found Centre and in Pediatrics at the Charlottetown • Zellah currently works in a full time position as CIS Hospital. From 1975-1982, she worked in medical Training Lead as QEH/Hillsborough Hospital. nursing and from 1982-1999 on Unit 1 at the Queen • She has worked as a staff nurse on Unit 2 (Surgical Elizabeth Hospital. She is currently employed in the Nursing Unit) QEH for twenty (20) years, worked Pre-Surgery Clinic at the QEH. on Unit 7 for five (5) years and also Long term care for five (5) years. In the past, Gloria has served as Vice-President • Zellah has served for six (6) years as Unit Rep for and President of Queens Local #1, 2nd Vice Unit 2 at the QEH. She has been a member of the President of P.E.I.N.U. and is currently serving her Negotiating Committee from 2008-2011 and is on second term as Vice President of P.E.I.N.U. and is a the current Negotiating Committee. member of member of the Board of Directors of • She is a member of the current Finance P.E.I.N.U. She has also been a member of several Committee (2009-2010). major committees including: Pay Equity Steering committee, Pay Equity Job Evaluation committee, Zellah is the current Secretary on the PEINU Board of Provincial Workforce Adjustment committee, Directors (2009-2011). QEH Local Workforce Adjustment committee, Classification committee and the Classification Job She and her husband Stewart are the parents of three Evaluation committee. She also sits on several adult children and live in Cornwall. workplace committees at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. She has participated in previous Nominations Committee Report negotiations and is a member of the current Negotiating committee. Gloria is also a member Committee Members: of the provincial Grievance, Education Fund, Robin Dunn, Chair Health and the Model of Care Committees. She has Pam Baglole Kathleen MacDonald attended courses at Eastern Labour School and has participated in two CFNU Biennium conferences. This winter, the Nominations Committee accepted nominations for the positions of Vice- President and Gloria is married with four children and resides in Secretary. Only one name was submitted for each position. Ten Mile House. For Secretary, a nomination was received from Zellah I have a great interest in the future of our union Johnston and for Vice-President, a nomination was and the issues that affect our members. With your received from Gloria Walsh. Zellah and Gloria currently support, I will continue to work on your behalf. hold these positions and as only one nomination was received for each, they will be acclaimed to their Gloria Walsh positions at the 2011 AGM.

Respectfully submitted Robin Dunn, Chairperson 25 ConceRNSRNS 2011

2010 Charitable Donations

2010 Be a Santa to a Senior Program The Prince Edward Island Nurses’ Union seeks to recognize organizations that promote the health and welfare of all Islanders.

In 2010 donations were made to the below organizations on behalf of the P.E.I. Nurses’ Union.

Child Find PEI

Delivering 27 turkeys to the Donation to the Kidney Foundation, Royal Canadian Legion CBC Turkey Drive, December 2010 December 2010

UPEI School of Nursing

IWK Foundation

Canadian Paraplegic Association

Esthers Bosom Buddies, PEI Crimestoppers CIBC Run for the Cure PEI Nurses’ Union Gift Basket CIBC Run for the Cure

PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women

Kidney Foundation

PEI Police Association Christine L Bambrick, RN and PEINU President, Mona O’Shea at the 2010 Remembrance Day Service Be A Santa to a Senior Program

CBC Turkey Drive Mona with Kathy Elliot, RN, at the Remembrance Day Ceremony, November 2010

26 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Constitution and Resolution Rationale: The proposed change recognizes Committee Report that when there is only one (1) candidate for any Executive position, they are acclaimed, not elected.

Members of committee: Submitted By: Constitution and Resolutions Doreen Wyand, Chairperson Committee Susan Clory Debbie Steele Proposed Change #3 Mona O’Shea (ex-officio) Kendra Gunn (non voting member) 4.05 The Chairperson of the Nominations Committee shall declare elected to each office The Committee, along with Gloria Walsh (Vice- the candidate receiving the largest number President) sitting in for Mona O’Shea (President), of ballots. Whenever there is but one (1) met on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011. candidate for any of these offices, the ballots shall be dispensed with and the Chairperson The committee met to review, edit and compile of the Nominations Committee at the AGM shall declare those candidates elected recommendations for constitutional and/or by-law acclaimed. amendments and the resolutions received from the membership. Rationale: One (1) candidate is acclaimed and does not go through an election process. Recommendations for constitutional and/or by-law amendments and the resolutions are outlined in this Submitted By: Constitution and Resolutions copy of the “ConceRNs”. Committee Respectfully submitted, Proposed Change #4 Doreen Wyand, RN Chairperson 12.06 A quorum for the transaction of business at Proposed Changes to the an AGM or Special Meeting shall be twenty Constitution and By-Laws (20) voting members.

Please note that all following proposed changes Rationale: Quorum in this article refers only to an relate only to the By-Laws AGM or Special Meeting.

Proposed Change #1 Submitted By: Constitution and Resolutions Committee 1.01 e) “AGM” shall mean Annual General Meeting. Proposed Change #5 Rationale: Defines the term AGM 15.06 c) circulate the recommendations for Submitted By: Constitution and Resolutions constitutional and/or by-law amendments Committee and the resolutions to the membership prior to the AGM; Proposed Change #2 Rationale: Administrative change of a “.” at the end of 3.04 The officers shall be deemed to assume their the phrase to a “;”. term immediately following the AGM at which they are elected or acclaimed. The Submitted By: Constitution and Resolutions transfer of officers shall be completed within Committee thirty (30) working days of the AGM. 27 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Proposed Change #6 The historical practice of the Union has been that the negotiating committee assesses the final offer of 15.14 b) determine, based on its review, whether or the employer and determines whether it is suitable not to advance the grievance to arbitration; to accept and take to the Board and then to the c) review all grievances filed within the year. membership for ratification or whether it is not suitable and therefore they follow the processes set Rationale: Administrative change of a “.” at the end of out in labour legislation and collective agreement the phrase in 15.14 b) to a “;” and the addition of a “.” at provisions. the end of the phrase in 15.14 c). The proposed changes set out to clarify the Submitted By: Constitution and Resolutions historical practice within the body of the Committee Constitution.

Proposed Change #7 Submitted By: PEINU Executive

15.19 The Negotiating Committee shall: Proposed Change #8

a) negotiate the Collective Agreement with 18.01 b) unless otherwise determined pursuant the Employer using, as a basis for bargaining, to Article 9.05, the Union shall remit to information and proposals submitted by the each local such per capita amount as is membership and drafted by the Negotiating determined at an AGM of the Union; Committee; Rationale: administrative change only – adds the b) determine the best settlement which word “to” so that section reads properly. the Employer is prepared to offer; and subsequently: Submitted By: Constitution and Resolutions Committee c) i) present the settlement offered by the Employer to the Board of Directors before and then referring the settlement to the Does membership of the bargaining unit for final acceptance or rejection; and/or PEINU have ii) refer some or all the outstanding your Email issues to conciliation, mediation and/or arbitration in accordance with the Collective address? Agreement provisions and provincial labour legislation. To allow for improved communication with members in relation to Union activities/issue such Rationale: Currently, the constitution provides for the as meeting information, contract interpretation, creation of a negotiations committee that is tasked press releases, etc., we would like to create a list with negotiating the collective agreement; of emails for “group mail-outs” via e-mail. The constitution sets out provisions for obtaining If you are interested in receiving more direct and the necessary information to proceed through the negotiations process but it does not offer clear direction current Union information, please send your email to the committee regarding their duties when an address, along with your 6 digit employee ID, to agreement cannot be reached with the employer; Lorna at [email protected]. Thank you!

28 ConceRNSRNS 2011 Finance Committee Report 3. $ 40,000.00 to be used for temporary office staffing focusing on communication/PR. Members: Patsy MacAusland (Chair) Susan Marchbank Thank you to the office staff and committee members Tara Ferguson Mona O’Shea for their ongoing work and support. Kendra Gunn Respectfully submitted, The Finance Committee met twice since the May Patsy MacAusland, Chair 2010 AGM. The committee is pleased to be able to report that PEINU continues to be in a positive financial situation. 2011 PEINU BUDGET EXPLANATION

The construction of the office building was Operating Income: completed and we were able to move into the Membership Fees for 2011 building in March 2010. The landscaping and $27.18 per member per pay period pavement were completed in the Fall and the At an estimated membership of 1125, the total mortgage was finalized in November for a total income is $ 795,015.00 ($27.18 x 1125 x 26). amount of $ 113,262.00. As a result of direction and approval given by the membership at the 2010 The standard membership payments from our dues AGM, there was a repayment of $70,000.00 of the $ are as follows: Defense Fund - $3.00/member/ 200,000.00 approved for transfer from the Defense month; Public Relations - $3.25/member/month; Fund. This leaves a balance of $130,000.00 still to be CFNU - $2.00/member/month; Local Rebates - $2.54/ repaid in future years. member/month.

At the 2010 year end, the following balances for Expenditures: each Fund were: 1) CFNU Affiliation Fees: $2.00 per member per Defense Fund: $ 172,457.00 month remitted to CFNU. The amount includes Public Relations Fund: $ 157,796.00 the Canadian Labour Congress affiliation fee. Office Accommodation Fund: $ 20,114.00 2) Bank Charges: Usual transaction fees for bank Reserve Fund: $ 34,337.00 services and ordering of cheques. Total: $ 384,704.00 3) Benefits: The premiums for pension and Mortgage: $ 112,622.00 applicable PSGIP benefits for the two office staff Interest Paid on Mortgage: $ 1,555.13 and president. Also includes the monthly car Interest Earned for the Year: $ 2,120.00 allowance allotted to the Secretary-Bookkeeper. Surplus for the Year: $ 77,829.00 4) Bursaries: Eight (8) bursaries, each in the amount The committee recommends the following be done of $500.00, are made available, upon application, regarding the 2010 surplus: to PEINU members pursuing a post-basic degree in nursing. 1. $ 10,000.00 be used for anniversary lump sum mortgage payment (maximum amount allowed 5) Canada Pension Plan and Employment is 10% of existing principle). Insurance: Employer costs for the Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance 2. $ 27,829.00 as an additional repayment to premiums required by federal legislation for the the Defense Fund (2011 Budget currently has two office staff and president. allotted a $ 10,000.00 repayment).

29 ConceRNSRNS 2011 6) Defense Fund: The $3.00 per member per Out-of-Province: The President, Executive month deposited in this fund is primarily to be Director or designate’s travel, accommodations, used for grievances, arbitrations, other tribunals meals, incidentals and registration fees for (Human Rights Panels, Labour Relations Board, attendance at CFNU meetings, annual Meetings etc), court proceedings, and any related legal in other provinces, seminars, and other such fees. Any portion of the fund not utilized for meetings. those purposes will remain in savings and term deposits and will be added to throughout the 11) Membership Supplies – Funds allocated for budget year. calendars, pens, promotional materials for PEINU, and other related items. Repayment – lump sum annual repayment to Defense Fund. 12) Negotiations: Includes all salary, travel, meals, accommodations, and other incidental expenses 7) Education/Labour Education/AGM: Monies incurred during the pre-negotiation process. used to enable Union members, the President During contract negotiations, the Employer and Executive Director to participate in the covers only salary expenses – all other expenses Nurses’ Eastern Labour School (even-numbered continue to be covered by the Provincial Union. years), the Biennium (odd-numbered years), workshops and seminars on union and labour 13) Office Supplies, Equipment and Insurance: related topics. This line includes the AGM and Cost of equipment, materials and services Education Day. essential to operating the office.

8) Honoraria: Given to the elected officers 14) Postage: Cost of mailing letters, memos, (excluding the President), as well as the local newsletters to members, and other Presidents, in recognition of the time and effort organizations. devoted to the Union: 15) Printing: Costs for printing constitutions, Treasurer $400.00 newsletters, forms, letter head, and cost share for Vice-President $400.00 printing collective agreements, etc. Secretary $400.00 Local Presidents equivalent to annual dues of 16) Professional fees: Costs for an annual financial current fiscal year paid once audit by an Accountant, other consultative annually. The Local Presidents’ accounting services, legal fees to cover the cost dues refund will increase of legal opinions on matters other than those accordingly as dues increase. pertaining to arbitration(s), and consultants hired for specific Board approved purposes. 9) Local Refunds: $2.54 per member per month is Also included in this line will be the Executive returned to the Local for their use. Director’s Law Society dues and the President’s Nurses’ Association Fees. 10) Meetings: In-Province: For Staff and Members - Travel, 17) Publications: Funds allocated to the purchase meals, salary replacement and incidentals, as of books and other reference materials. applicable, for attending Executive, Board and Committee Meetings and other such meeting(s) 18) Public Relations Deposit – Targeted monies as may be required, within the province. directed towards increasing awareness of PEINU issues in relation to negotiations and/ or promotion of PEINU issues. Each member contributes $3.25 from their monthly dues.

30 ConceRNSRNS 2011 19) Public Relations (General): Costs involved for public awareness of health care and labour relations issues.

20) Mortgage: Annualized mortgage for office.

21) Salaries: Executive Director - Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) President - Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) Secretary-Bookkeeper - Full-time Prince Edward Island (37.5 hours/week) Casual assistance Nurses’ Union

22) Sundry: Flowers, cards, gifts to members and Meeting Charter guests of the Union on various occasions. The goal of the PEI Nurses’ Union (PEINU) 23) Telephone: Regular monthly service is to promote and advance its members’ charges, long distance, cell phones, and other well being. Each member of the Board / telecommunications requirements. Also includes website, internet and IT support fees. Executive brings an important and unique perspective to the achievement of this goal. 24) Workers’ Compensation: Workers’ The following key beliefs/behaviors have Compensation premiums for coverage for two been identified as central to the way we will office Staff and president. do work for and on behalf of nurses in the Province of Prince Edward Island. 25) Union Donations a) Bereavement –donations to: 1) members and staff who xperiencee death of a spouse or child; As a group, we will foster: 2) the spouse or child(ren) upon death of a member or staff. A Creative Environment b) Special Donations – Made to members Full Participation experiencing undue financial stress due to an emergency event. The Honoring of Group Decisions/Rules

26) Charitable Donations: Up to $5,000 directed As Individuals, we will: to organizations that promote the health and welfare of P.E.I. local communities. Adopt Shared Responsibility Endorse Confidentiality 27) Reserve Fund: Funds reserved for payment of Retirement Allowance or payout of vacation Foster a Provincial Approach benefits for staff. Portray a Positive Outlook Portray Humility Possess Tolerance and a Non-Judgmental Attitude Promote a Win-Win Approach

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2011 PEINU BUDGET

2010 Budget 2010 Actual 2011 Budget 56.87 X 1080 X 12 as of December 31, 2010 27.18 X 1125 X 26 Income - Member Dues $737,035.20 $808,680.00 $795,015.00 Account Name Affiliation Fees 25,920.00 27,698.00 27,000.00 Bank Charges 800.00 676.41 800.00 Benefits Staff + President 36,500.00 35,791.28 28,500.00 Bursary 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 CPP & EI 8,300.00 7,178.01 8,390.00 Defense Fund deposit 38,880.00 41,547.00 40,500.00 Defense Fund (Repayment) 10,000.00 *10,000.00 10,000.00 Educ. Courses (Labour Educ) 75,700.00 39,506.62 89,000.00 Honorarium 6,660.00 6,660.00 6,853.00 Local Refund of Fees 32,920.00 32,249.82 34,290.00 Meetings - In-Province 69,000.00 68,559.19 70,300.00 Meetings - Out-of-province 26,000.00 20,699.46 26,500.00 Membership Supplies 9,000.00 9,698.68 9,000.00 Negotiations 20,000.00 8,793.21 52,000.00 Office & Equipment 40,390.00 33,097.00 37,000.00 Postage 5, 000.00 3,936.20 5,000.00 Printing 7, 000.00 7,219.04 10,000.00 Prof. Fees (Legal & Acting) 7,500.00 7,652.12 7,500.00 Public Relations 5,000.00 **5,018.70 5,000.00 Public Relations deposit 42,120.00 45,009.00 43,875.00 Publication 7,000.00 4,433.64 5,000.00 Mortgage (prev. Rent) 11,000.00 2,205.11 9,000.00 Salaries Ex.Dir, Sec, Pr. Cas 226,845.00 228,720.06 241,007.00 Sundry 1,000.00 1,203.80 2,000.00 Telephone/communication 9,000.00 10,396.53 9,000.00 Union Donations 5,000.00 7,025.00 7,000.00 Charitable Donations 5,000.00 4,960.01 5,000.00 WCB 500.00 422.11 500.00 Reserve - accruals 1,000.00 1,000.08 1,000.00

737,035.00 660,337.38 795,015.00

* repaid $10,000.00 budgeted plus additional $60,000.00 at direction of membership at last AGM for a total of $70,000.00. Balance to be repaid is $130,000.00.

**Re: P.R. Expense Line - an additional $44,416.00 was paid directly out of the P.R. Fund in accordance with a membership resolution permitting access to fund for P.R. uses outside of bargaining when Fund exceeds $100,000

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March 7, 2011 Auditor's Report

To the Members of the P.E.I. Nurses' Union

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of P.E.I. Nurses' Union, which comprise the balance sheet as at December 31, 2010, and the statement of operations, statement of changes in net assets and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2010, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor's Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audit is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of P.E.I. Nurses' Union as at December 31, 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.

Chartered Accountants

(1) 33 2011 ConceRNSP.E.I. Nurses' UnionRNS Statement of Financial Position P.E.I.As at December Nurses' 31, 2010Union Statement of Financial Position As at December 31, 2010 2010 2009 Operating Appropriated 2010 2009 Fund Funds Total Total $ $ $ $ Operating Appropriated Assets Fund Funds Total Total $ $ $ $ Current assets CashAssets 30,565 5,788 36,353 139,260 Short-termCurrent assets deposits - 401,170 401,170 501,610 Accounts receivable 77,643 - 77,643 59,193 Cash 30,565 5,788 36,353 139,260 Due between funds 22,254 (22,254) - - Short-term deposits - 401,170 401,170 501,610 Accounts receivable 77,643 - 77,643 59,193 130,462 384,704 515,166 700,063 Due between funds 22,254 (22,254) - - Capital assets (notes 3 and 4) 556,079 - 556,079 205,995 130,462 384,704 515,166 700,063 686,541 384,704 1,071,245 906,058 Capital assets (notes 3 and 4) 556,079 - 556,079 205,995

Liabilities 686,541 384,704 1,071,245 906,058 Current liabilities AccountsLiabilities payable and accrued Currentliabilities liabilities 52,633 - 52,633 144,882 Demand promissory note (note 4) 112,622 - 112,622 - Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 52,633 - 52,633 144,882 165,255 - 165,255 144,882 Demand promissory note (note 4) 112,622 - 112,622 -

Net Assets (Liabilities) 165,255 - 165,255 144,882 Invested in capital assets 443,457 - 443,457 205,995 Net Assets (Liabilities) Internally restricted Invested in capital assets 443,457 - 443,457 205,995 Appropriated funds - 384,704 384,704 557,767 Internally restricted Unrestricted Appropriated funds - 384,704 384,704 557,767 Operating fund 77,829 - 77,829 (2,586) Unrestricted 521,286 384,704 905,990 761,176 Operating fund 77,829 - 77,829 (2,586) 686,541 384,704 1,071,245 906,058 521,286 384,704 905,990 761,176

686,541 384,704 1,071,245 906,058

Approved by the Board of Directors

______Director ______Director Approved by the Board of Directors (2) 34 ______Director ______Director

(2) ConceRNSRNS 2011

P.E.I. Nurses' Union Statement of Changes in Net Assets For the year ended December 31, 2010

2010 2009

Operating Appropriated Fund Funds Total Total $ $ $ $

Net assets - Beginning of year 203,409 557,767 761,176 648,843

Excess revenue (expenses) for the year 193,746 (48,932) 144,814 112,333 Inter-fund transfers Specified portion of membership fees (86,556) 86,556 - - Transfers from operating fund (note 5) (91,000) 91,000 - - Transfer to operating fund (note 5) 301,687 (301,687) - -

Net assets - End of year 521,286 384,704 905,990 761,176

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Statement of Operations For the year ended December 31, 2010

2010 2009 Budget (Unaudited) $ $ $ Revenue Membership fees 737,035 808,680 733,361

Expenses Affiliation fees 25,920 27,698 24,417 Amortization - 12,740 - Bank charges 800 676 564 Benefits - staff and president 36,500 35,445 36,378 Bursaries 4,000 4,000 4,000 Canada Pension and Employment Insurance 8,300 7,178 7,052 Donations - union 5,000 7,025 5,250 - charitable 5,000 4,960 4,944 Education courses - labour school 75,700 39,507 68,898 Heat and electricity 7,500 5,388 - Honorarium 6,660 6,660 5,991 Interest on long term debt 11,000 1,555 - Local refunds 32,920 35,176 33,130 Meetings - in province 69,000 83,492 59,248 - out of province 26,000 21,049 24,938 Negotiations 20,000 9,557 15,738 Office 15,130 19,617 17,132 Postage 5,000 3,936 3,083 Printing 7,000 7,219 6,890 Professional fees 7,500 7,652 9,397 Property taxes 10,000 5,639 - Publications - supplies 16,000 14,133 11,983 Public relations 5,000 5,019 6,505 Repairs and maintenance 7,760 2,453 - Rent - 650 7,667 Salaries 226,845 234,447 235,737 Sundry 1,000 1,244 855 Telephone 9,000 10,397 5,554 Workers compensation insurance 500 422 410

645,035 614,934 595,761

Excess revenue for the year 92,000 193,746 137,600

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Statement of Appropriated Funds For the year ended December 31, 2010

Public Defence Office Retirement 2010 Relations Fund Fund Accomm. Reserve Total (note 5) $ $ $ $ $ Revenue Interest income 84 1,780 208 48 2,120

Expenses (44,416) (6,636) - - (51,052)

Excess revenue (expenses) for the year (44,332) (4,856) 208 48 (48,932) Appropriated Equity - Beginning of year 157,119 265,766 101,593 33,289 557,767 Transfers from (to) operating fund Portion of membership fees 45,009 41,547 - - 86,556 To operating fund (note 5) - (200,000) (101,687) - (301,687) From operating fund (note 5) - 70,000 20,000 - 90,000 Monthly transfers from operating fund - - - 1,000 1,000

Appropriated Equity - End of year 157,796 172,457 20,114 34,337 384,704

Year ended December 31, 2009 Public Defence Office Retirement 2009 Relations Fund Fund Accomm. Reserve Total $ $ $ $ $ Revenue Interest income 63 3,356 4,746 126 8,291 Expenses (6,757) (26,801) - - (33,558)

Excess revenue (expenses) for the year (6,694) (23,445) 4,746 126 (25,267) Appropriated equity - Beginning of year 117,962 220,801 104,389 7,163 450,315 Transfers from operating fund Portion of membership fees 45,851 43,410 - - 89,261 To operating fund (note 5) - - (107,542) - (107,542) From operating fund (note 5) - 25,000 100,000 25,000 150,000 Monthly transfers from operating fund - - - 1,000 1,000

Appropriated Equity - End of year 157,119 265,766 101,593 33,289 557,767

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended December 31, 2010

2010 2009

Operating Appropriated Funds Funds Total Total $ $ $ $

Cash provided by (used in)

Operating activities Excess revenue (expenses) for the year 193,746 (48,932) 144,814 112,333 Items not affecting cash Amortization 12,740 - 12,740 -

206,486 (48,932) 157,554 112,333 Net change in non-cash working capital items (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable (18,450) - (18,450) (6,880) Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities (92,248) - (92,248) 93,442 Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses - - - 7,111

95,788 (48,932) 46,856 206,006

Financing activities Proceeds on demand note 113,262 - 113,262 - Payments on demand note (640) - (640) -

112,622 - 112,622 -

Investing activities Purchase of capital assets (362,825) - (362,825) (205,995) Transfer to appropriated funds - net 88,302 (88,302) - -

(274,523) (88,302) (362,825) (205,995)

Increase (decrease) in net cash (66,113) (137,234) (203,347) 11

Net cash - Beginning of year 96,678 544,192 640,870 640,859

Net cash - End of year 30,565 406,958 437,523 640,870

Net cash consists of Cash 30,565 5,788 36,353 139,260 Short-term deposits - 401,170 401,170 501,610

30,565 406,958 437,523 640,870

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2010

1 Purpose of the organization

P.E.I. Nurses' Union has been established for the advancement of the social, economic and general welfare of its members. The Union is a non-profit organization and is exempt from income tax under Section 149(1)(l) of the Income Tax Act.

2 Summary of significant accounting policies

Fund accounting

The organization follows the restricted fund method of accounting for contributions.

 Operating fund

The operating fund accounts for the Union's service delivery and administrative activities. Capital assets owned by the Union are also included in this fund.

Internally restricted funds are as follows:

 Public relations fund

The public relations fund has been established to increase the awareness of the Union's issues in relation to negotiations and the promotion of the Union. $3.25 (2009 - $3.25) of each member's monthly dues are directed to this fund.

 Defence fund

The defence fund has been established to cover the costs of grievances, arbitrations, other tribunals, court proceedings and any related legal fees. $3.00 (2009 - $3.00) of each member's monthly dues are directed to this fund.

 Office accommodation fund

The office accommodation fund has been established to cover future expenditures in the area of office accommodation and/or major equipment purchases.

 Retirement reserve fund

The retirement reserve fund has been established to pay future retirement allowances or vacation benefits for staff. The Board has directed that every month $83 be transferred into this fund from operations.

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2010

Amortization

Amortization is calculated using the declining balance method at the annual rates as disclosed in note 3. In the year of acquisition, amortization is calculated using one-half of the normal annual rates. No amortization is recorded in the year of disposal.

Revenue recognition

Unrestricted contributions and other revenue are recognized in the Operating Fund in the year in which the transactions or events that give rise to the revenues occur. Interest on appropriated funds was recorded in the particular fund until March 2010 when the Board approved all interest would go to the Defence Fund. Interest in all funds is recorded when earned.

Short-term deposits

Short-term deposits are recorded at cost.

Management estimates

The presentation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenditures during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those reported.

Financial instruments

Financial instruments are comprised of cash, short-term deposits, accounts receivable and accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

Due to their short-term nature, all financial instruments are carried at amounts which are considered to approximate their fair market value. The Union does not enter into hedging activities and does not engage in derivative transactions.

Financial risk management objectives and policies

Consistent with similar not-for-profit organizations, the Union's risk management policies are part of the overall management of the entity's operations. Management's direct involvement in day-to-day operations identifies risks and variations from expectations leading to changes in risk management activities, requirements and actions. As part of the overall management of the entity's operations, management considers avoidance of undue concentrations of risk, and employs appropriate investment and credit management policies to manage the Union's exposure.

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2010

Capital disclosures

P.E.I. Nurses' Union considers its capital to be its net assets. The entity's objectives when managing its capital are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide services to carry out its mandate. Capital is under the direction of the Board of Directors with the objective of minimizing risk and ensuring adequate liquid investments on hand for current cash flow requirements.

3 Capital assets 2010 2009

Amortization Accumulated rate Cost amortization Net Net % $ $ $ $

Land - 107,542 - 107,542 107,542 Building 4 417,343 8,347 408,996 98,453 Furniture and fixtures 20 43,935 4,394 39,541 -

568,820 12,741 556,079 205,995

4 Demand promissory note

2010 2009 $ $ 4.75% demand promissory note, payable in bi-weekly instalments of $366 including principal and interest, due November 2015 112,622 -

Assuming the lender will not make demand, the aggregate amount of principal payments estimated to be required in each of the next five years to meet retirement provisions is as follows: $

Year ending December 31, 2011 4,268 2012 4,475 2013 4,692 2014 4,920 2015 5,159

A first mortgage over land and building and an assignment of fire insurance has been pledged as security for the note.

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2010

5 Fund transfers

During the year, the Board of Directors approved the special transfer of funds out of the Operating Fund as follows:

2010 2009 $ $

To defence fund 70,000 25,000 To office accommodation fund 20,000 100,000 To retirement reserve fund - 25,000

90,000 150,000

During the year, the Board of Directors approved the special transfer of funds into the Operating Fund as follows:

2010 2009 $ $

From defence fund 200,000 - From office accommodation fund 101,687 107,542

301,687 107,542

In October 2009, the Board of Directors authorized that $200,000 be transferred from the Defence Fund to the Operating Fund to partially finance the construction of a building. However, it is intended that this amount will be repaid back to the Defence Fund when excess cash is available from the Operating Fund. During the year, $70,000 was repaid and the balance remaining at December 31, 2010 is $130,000 (2009 - nil).

42 (10) March 7, 2011 Auditor's Report

To the Members of the P.E.I. Nurses' Union

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of P.E.I. Nurses' Union, which comprise the balance sheet as at December 31, 2010, and the statement of operations, statement of changes in net assets and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2010, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor's Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audit is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of P.E.I. Nurses' Union as at December 31, 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.

Chartered Accountants

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2010

6 Related party transactions

P.E.I. Nurses' Union and the Prince Edward Island Department of Health jointly administer the P.E.I. Nurses' Union Education Fund. The Fund is utilized by the Union's membership of registered nurses to fund their continuing education.

The accounts of the Education Fund are not included in the P.E.I. Nurses' Union financial statements. The Education Fund has a fiscal year-end of June 30 and audited financial statements were prepared for the year ended June 30, 2010. Condensed financial information of the P.E.I. Nurses' Union Education Fund at June 30, 2010 is as follows:

2010 2009 $ $

Statement of Financial Position Asset Cash 313,106 607,775

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 14,056 34,645 Deferred revenue - 300,000

14,056 334,645 Net Assets 299,050 273,130

313,106 607,775

Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Revenue 302,339 253,111 Expenses 276,419 266,177

Excess revenue (expenses) for the year 25,920 (13,066) Net assets - Beginning of year 273,130 286,196

Net assets - End of year 299,050 273,130

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Prince Edward Island Nurses’ Union

Thursday, May 19, 2011

“Learning Styles – How Do I Work With YOU?” and “The Change Cycle – Exploring Strategies to Build Change Resilience”

Presenter: Gerard Murphy

Gerard Murphy is a seasoned educator, facilitator, program developer and leader within the health system and voluntary sector. He has worked provincially and regionally with public health, primary health care, continuing care and volunteer services.

In 2008, Gerard founded Barefoot Facilitation and Development (www.trybarefoot.com). His primary business goal is to use creative facilitation to support the development of individuals, teams, organizations and communities.

Mr. Murphy will present a two-part education session custom designed for PEINU members.

Part 1 - Learning Styles – How Do I Work With YOU?

Participants will learn about the diff erent components of individuals’ learning styles, how to assess their learning style preferences, how to recognize the dominant characteristics of individuals’ learning styles and how to identify strategies for adapting and working with diff erent learning styles in the workplace.

Part 2 - The Change Cycle – Exploring Strategies to Build Change Resilience

Participants will learn about the change cycle framework, to understand typical responses to change and the physiology of change, to distinguish the stages, feelings and behaviors that individuals move through during change and how to identify strategies for supporting themselves and others experiencing change.

44 REGISTRATION FORM – Prince Edward Island Nurses’ Union 24th AGM & EDUCATION DAY – May 18th and 19th, 2011 Rodd Brudenell Resort, Brudenell, PE

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION – Friday, April 29, 2011

Name______Employee Number ______

Address______

______City, Town Province Postal Code Phone #

Name of Worksite ______

Are you attending the:

Business Day (Wednesday, May 18, 2011 – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm) Yes ( ) No ( ) No charge for registration (includes lunch and coffee break)

Banquet (Wednesday, May 18, 2011 – 7:00 pm) Yes ( ) No ( ) Cost: $ 25.00

Education Session (Thursday, May 19, 2011 – 9:00 am - 4:00 pm) Yes ( ) No ( ) Cost: $ 40.00 (includes lunch and coffee break)

If Yes to attending the Education Day, are you applying to the Education Fund? ______*Please note if you are applying to the Education Fund for registration, you will need to submit a cheque to PEINU and a receipt will be issued to you.

Salary replacement is the responsibility of the individual member for either day – please check with your local President.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rodd Brudenell Resort. Members are requested to make their own reservations by calling Rodd Brudenell at 1-800-565-7633. Please indicate when booking your room that you are with PEINU. Rates: $ 130.00 (plus taxes) Single or Double Deadline for booking: Monday, May 2, 2011

Return the completed registration form with cheque, if applicable, by April 29, 2011 to: P.E.I. Nurses’ Union 10 Paramount Drive, Charlottetown, PE C1E 0C7 Telephone: (902) 892-7152 Fax: (902) 892-9324 Email: [email protected]