MRT
Team responsible to lead Ministry in responding to Job Action
Who is Ministry Response Team
JARC stands for
What Job Action Response Centre
Agreement between AUPE and GoA that addresses the provision and staffing of essential services in each department.
What is the ESA?
A requirement following the 14-day cooling off period to determine a strike or lockout if mediation breaks down
What is application by either party to the LR Board for a supervised strike or lockout vote.
once the 14 day cooling off period ends
Managers must report serious incidents to this role
Who is both Local Response Team Lead for information and the MRT Job Action Coordinator for action. They must complete the Job Action Activity form. The Job Action Coordinator will work with the picket line monitors to observe the specific picket locations. They will notify MRT of the incident and submit the Job Action Forms to the JARC.
Leader with overall responsibility for contingency planning for the department
Who is Ministry Executive Lead
The centralized incident response team which provides leadership and direction to the APS in the event of job action.
What is the role of the JARC
What is an essential service?
Essential services are defined as services which, if interrupted, would:
a) Endanger the life, personal safety or health of the public; or
b) Are necessary to the maintenance and the administration of the rule of law or public security
Conducted by the union and the results are based on the number of participants, not the total number of BU employees. A majority must be in favour.
What is A strike vote ?
Managers role during Job Action
What is management oversite; being aware of what services have been deemed essential and critical for their worksites, take attendance/mange schedule. OR
Essential worker DESW OR
PLM: Picket Line monitor
Lead for ministry to collect attendance logs and submit the ministry log to pay and benefits
Who is Attendance Coordinator
Responsible for the government's response to Job Action and activates the JARC. Ultimate decision maker related to declaring the level of threat/response, authorizing building closures and engages with AUPE.
What is the role of the Incident Response Leader (IRL)
A DESW is an Designated Essential Services
Worker. When an ESA is in effect (legal job action) DESWs can not participate in legal job action and cannot be locked out by the employer. They must perform the duties they have been scheduled to do by the employer.
The period of time a strike can occur lawfully, after a successful strike vote
What is 72 hours notice
of the date, time and initial location of the strike Before a legal strike can occur by the union. If the strike does not start on the date and at the time and location identified the notice becomes ineffective and another notice must be served.
Managers role on the picket line
What is assigned Picket Line Monitor.
Management must support the employers stance during job action and cannot participate as a picketer.
Person who collects information through videos, photos and written form (when necessary) to document job action
Who is picket line monitor.
All government. JARC activated, all MRTs activated.
What is 4th level of MRT/JARC activation
4 levels.
1. No incident occurred. Managing issues at the dept level. No JARC and MRT are not activated at this level.
2. Single department MRT and JARC activated. Single department event occured.
3. Single department with high ESA services, multiple departments, multiple events. JARC activated. MRT for each department activated.
4. All government. JARC activated, all MRTs activated
The GoA's use of replacement workers during legal Job Action
What is violation of the ESA.
No, the GoA can only use DESWs during legal job action
DESWs, Opted out and management employees
Who must report to work during a strike?
The assignment of a BU employee in a temp assignment to an OOE/Mgmt position
What is their choice to return to their base position in the BU.
Decisions must be documented.
Lead who identifies surplus or deficit resources during Job Action
Who is the redeployment coordinator.
The role of Public Service Commissioner, Heather Caltagirone in Job Action
Who is the incident response leader for JARC?
If the parties can not reach a settlement they must work with a mediator. Once the mediator has assessed the situation and issued a report, the parties must enter into a period before they can request a strike or lock out.
What is the 14 day cooling off period?
Can employees choose to cross the picket line?
Picketer access to GOA building washrooms, refreshments and meals.
What is the responsibility of the picketer/union not managers supporting the employer.
managers must support the employer's position and not provide meals, refreshments or special facility to access to picketers.