Jérôme Martel
First of all, I'd like to thank my committee for all their hard work.
The Political Action Committee has been very busy of late, with a number of issues assigned to us. We met several times virtually and once in person at the beginning of August.
Non-renewal of 2000 call center agents' contracts: we contacted local presidents who said they'd like the national office to take high-level action, mainly because they weren't sure their members would get involved in local actions. July had been suggested for potential action because there are a large number of calls during that month. The committee drafted letters at its early August meeting, which will be sent to various people of interest shortly.
We also want to assess the knowledge and eventually provide our delegates with the necessary political action tools to participate in political action campaigns of various scales, whether national or local.
We are currently evaluating the PSAC's actions to see whether we should develop our own campaign or add to the PSAC's million-dollar campaign that was voted on at the last convention. The difficulty with the increased office presence initiative (ROOP) is that not all offices are at the same stage of returning to the office, which makes concerted action involving all parties more difficult. The national office has provided wording for a grievance and a grievance for those wishing to launch local initiatives based on their stage of progress.
With elections looming, there is still much to be done, from trying to bring CRA out from under the trusteeship of the Treasury Board, to informing our members of the vision of the various political parties and their potential impact on our us and the workers in general.
Respectfully submitted,
Jérôme Martel
Chair of the Committee