April 2025 – Chalk River Professional Employees Group (CRPEG)

CRPEG Conciliation Update

The union and company met over the course of three days (April 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd) with the Company. With the aid of a conciliator appointed by the Minister of Labour, the parties reached some very basic resolutions.

We reinforced that you deserve reasonable and fair compensation given the increased cost of living. We asked the company to come back with a deal that you have told us that you deserve.

The union and the company have agreed to extend conciliation by one week. However, we won’t meet again with the company until we are a week away from a potential strike. We are meeting company from May 20^thto May 22^nd, 2025.

We will continue to provide frequent communication as we approach a legal strike position on May 25^th.

If you have questions or concerns regarding bargaining please email us at crpeg_negotiations@pipsc.ca or crpeg_barg@pipsc.ca.

CRPEG T-Shirt Distribution On site

If you didn’t have an opportunity to come to the hand-out sessions, our volunteers have offered to house the extra shirts. Please contact one of them if you can stop by one of the locations: WMA B, the Chalk River controlled area, or the JL Gray building.

B145 Rm 101, starting Monday April 21
Contact: Noel Harrison (noel.harrison@cnl.ca)

B887 Rm 431
Contact: Cliff Dugal (cliff.dugal@cnl.ca)

B596A Rm 122
Contact: Johnathan Fitzpatrick (jonathan.fitzpatrick@cnl.ca)

B596A Rm 101G
Contact: Kamil Malek (kamil.malek@cnl.ca)

Please send a Teams message or e-mail to the contact person in advance to confirm their availability (or maybe even your size availability) for your desired pick-up time.

CRB/CRPEG Sponsors Deep River Museum Days ( April 19 and 26,2025)

Your union, PIPSC, Chalk River Branch is inviting members and the community to visit two wonderful museums located in Deep River: The Canadian Clock Museum and The Canadian Nuclear Heritage Museum. There is no entry fee, and we will have free coffee and Timbits™ .

Both museums are unique and are being run by great volunteers. The Canadian Clock Museum has antique clocks and period artifacts including some old record players that work without electricity! It also has sundials for a great photo opportunity. The Canadian Nuclear Heritage Museum has reactor models, fuel and tools, radiation detectors, early computers, scientific equipment, and memorabilia.

Please visit with family and friends and spread the news. If you have any questions, please reach out to any CRB executives listed below.

CRB Executive

President Kamil Malek

Vice President David Pilgrim

Secretary Cliff Dugal

Treasurer Aleck Charkavi

Member-at-Large Noel Harrison

Member-at-Large Bob Radenovic

Member-at-Large Rob DeAbreu

Member-at-Large Jacques Vincelette

Member-at-Large Svetlana Selivanova

Member-at-Large Jeff Armstrong

Renfrew County Science Fair CRPEG Awards

CRPEG Sponsors Renfrew County Science Fair ( https://region.youthscience.ca/renfrew-county/) (https://www.facebook.com/RCRSTFair/) every year. This year Noel Harrison was present and gave awards to many deserving participants. CRPEG provided monetary awards to first three winners in Engineering and Computer Science group . Below are the winners.

Engineering and Computer Science Divisional Awards:

Sponsor: Chalk River Professional Employees Group (CRPEG)

Presented by: Noel Harrisson, CRPEG

Grades 5 and 6:

1st Place: “Stored Energy Catapulting Us Into The Future” by Anna Phillion (Mackenzie Community School)

2nd Place: “The Secret of Morse Code” by Kalina Mitov (Holy Name School)

3rd Place: “Infinity Mirrors” by Thea Corrigan and Piper Resmer (Highview Public School)

Junior:

1st Place: “MathVenture” by Anastacia Ziegler (Highview Public School)

2nd Place: “How you can make an Electric Motor” by Andrew Lundie (Mackenzie Community School)

Intermediate:

1st Place: “Run the Numbers: Indie Code vs. AI Code” by Mark Wendland (Mackenzie Community School)

Senior:

1st Place: “Watt’s the Wind? Optimizing Hybrid Offshore VAWTs!” by Jiya Savsani (West Ferris Secondary School)

2nd Place: “Exploring Bioplastics: Non-Toxic and Eco-Friendly Alternatives” by Isabella Johnson and Azaria Doucette (St. Joseph – Scollard Hall Secondary School)