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The Continuing Education department is offering a CPR Level C course, which includes adult/child/infant CPR, choking plus AED training on October 11th at John Taylor Collegiate from 9am to 4pm. There are also several training dates available through Canadian First-Aid Training. I know many MANTE members like to keep their first aid and CPR training current and there are only so many spots available through Division training. If you are interested in these courses, please apply through the MANTE PD fund.

I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back. I hope you all had a chance to rest and recharge and are ready to tackle a new year. A frequent question I have been asked is when will we see our retro pay. I have not been given a timeline for this however, your new rate of pay is in effect. More information regarding some important changes to the new Collective Agreement will be explored in the September newsletter which will be out later next week. I remind everyone to check the website often and to review the newsletters as there is useful and helpful information provided here. As always, I can be reached through division email or the MANTE email at mante@mante.ca You can also call the MANTE office at 204-831-2397

The new Collective Agreement has been signed and is now available to view through the collective agreement tab at the top of the page. It was signed on August 21st, 2024. For those that are no longer employees of the division, you have 45 days from the time of signing to request your retro pay for the 23/24 school year. The request can be made by sending an email to the divisions payroll department no later then October 5th, 2024.

I have received many emails asking questions regarding retro pay for the 2023/2024 school year. Once the Collective Agreement has been officially signed by all parties, the payroll department will start working on the calculations. This will take some time to complete. For those members that have resigned or retired in the past year, or for those on a term that are not returning to the Division next year, you have 45 days from the time of signing to request the retro pay. You can do this by emailing the MANTE payroll officer, Navdeep Kaler and Cc’ing the Supervisor of Payroll, Brenda Ullmann. Once the document has officially been signed, I will post an update on the webpage. There is no reason to email the payroll department regarding this until I have posted the official Collective Agreement signing date. Keep checking the website for those details.

Just a reminder to check the Division News tile in portal. Often there is information posted in there regarding special offers for all St James-Assiniboia staff members. There is also a link posted there to important information regarding EI.

Thank you to everyone that came out for the vote tonight. The results are: 164 YES (Accept) 33 NO (Reject)

Attached is a copy of the Memorandum of Settlement that was voted on tonight. I will leave this up to be viewed until the new Collective Agreement is ready to post.

The Association is happy to report that we have reached a tentative agreement with the division and are ready to present this agreement to our membership. We will be holding a ratification vote on June 19^th, 2024 at 5pm in the Sturgeon Heights Collegiate Theatre. Our lawyer, Adrian Frost, from Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP will be on hand to go through the package and answer any questions. Once the information has been presented, the ratification vote will take place. You must be in attendance, hearing the information firsthand, to take part in the vote. We encourage all members to be in attendance if possible. We look forward to seeing you all.

The June newsletter has been posted under the Newsletter tab. In this months addition you will find important EI information as well as a list of all our retirees for the year.

The Professional Development Committee has an opening for a secretarial representative. All PD applications are discussed and voted on by the PD committee. As part of this committee your input will be valued and respected. The committee has an annual meeting which you would also be part of. If you would like to put your name forth for this committee, please email myself at mante@mante.ca by June 11th, 2024.

Thank you to all who attended the AGM on May 22^nd. It was great to see so many familiar faces as well as so many new faces. I know that it can be tough to make it to the meeting as many of us have evening commitments that take priority. The minutes for a general meeting are always open to the membership. Once the minutes have been accepted and passed at our next Executive meeting (June 11^th) they will be available to view if you wish. Please send me an email if you would like to read the minutes. Several motions were voted on by the 60 members that were present. The results of those votes are as follows:

Motion 1 – Presidents time commitment: Part Time – 9 votes, Full time – 51 votes. President will remain at a full-time position for the 2024/2025 school year

Motion 2 – Dissolve Information Officer and one EA rep: Yes – 57 votes, No – 3 votes Both positions will be removed from the Constitution

Motion 3 – Updates to the Constitution: Yes – 58 votes, No – 2 votes All updates to the Constitution will be made

Motion 4 – Updates to the Standing Rules: Yes – 57 votes, No – 3 votes All updates to the Standing Rules will be made

Motion 5 – Decrease to the President and Vice President’s stipend: Yes – 43 votes, No – 17 votes Stipends will be reduced for those two positions

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the membership for your support throughout this past year. It has been a learning curve and I have been trying my best to ensure that the membership has been heard and represented. I look forward to continuing in this role next school year.