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News, 2006-7

Society Newscasts and NewsFLASHes, 2006-2007

2006:07, March, 2007

  • A new day for New Horizon System Solutions (NHSS)
  • Vertex bargaining report
  • OPG locals merge
  • At the OEB
  • OPA
  • Special meeting of Society Council in April ‘07
  • Strategic priority framework for 2007-2008
  • Goodbye Annelise…
  • Hello Joan
  • Hydro One to the rescue

2006:02, December 8, 2006

  • Parkinson gone

2006:01, December 5, 2006

  • Incumbents victorious in election

2006:06, November 21, 2006

  • Council greets new audit plan facilitator
  • Tentative Settlement at Safety Authority
  • Many candidates vie for Principal Officer positions
  • Inergi delegate LaFramboise challenges Müller for president
  • Habayeb, Totton challenge Jones for money chief
  • Sheppard, Rungta vie for Membership Services
  • Ja'afar, Lohse after Forge's policy position
  • Special panel to review Ontario pensions
  • Board highlights, October 3rd and 17th, 2006
  • Society: Bill 14 fundamentally flawed
  • Society, staff sign new collective agreement

2006:05, September 25, 2006

  • Massive complaint against Hydro One
  • Board highlights, August 1st and September 6th, 2006
  • Society gets back Hydro One release time
  • Weaver elected NSS Local Head
  • Principal Officer Elections this fall
  • Bruce Power, OPG seek permission to prepare for new nuclear
  • Duelling arbitration decisions for commuted-value pensioners
  • Kinectrics bought by Vision Capital
  • Society gets $15k to participate in IPSP
  • Bruce Power, UWO in hydrogen study
  • Proud to be an Energy Professional? Why not put it in the mail?
  • IFPTE intervenes to secure passage of U.S. pension reform bill
  • Society staff officer/author book launch set for October 11th

2006:04, July 21, 2006

  • SPEA says "yes" to Society
  • Manitoba telecom professionals join IFPTE
  • Society hosts IFPTE convention
  • Shearon acclaimed Secretary-Treasurer; Junemann continues as President
  • Hydro One management well "beyond the pale"
  • Waterloo study: Coal, natural gas, not much difference
  • Bajwa wins Unit 5 election
  • Bruce Power joins Hydrogen Association
  • Society: the rewards of membership
  • American unions protest loss of representation rights
  • Tabuns: Toronto Hydro great, Liberal government not

2006:03, July 14, 2006

  • Müller: Energy Minister beginning to see the light
  • Society and energy minister: back on track?
  • Board highlights, June and July, 2006
  • Society helps buy MRI equipment for Bruce area
  • UD election results: Fossil unit director unseated
  • Long-service employee reinstated after termination for absences
  • EFN-Canada branch formed
  • McGuinty govt: wants high-paying jobs?
  • Society daughter wins scholarship

2006:02, May 19, 2006

  • Five-year SPEA settlement approved
  • Board highlights, May 2, 2006
  • Sarnia says keep Lambton open
  • Society expert: Smart meters the provincial liberals' gun registry
  • CIC: UD candidates must work in unit to be represented
  • OPGN Local: Guard your personal medical information
  • Pensioners' Chapter holds second annual general meeting
  • CLC: Federal budget a disappointment for ordinary working families
  • CLC: child care system needed
  • IFPTE fights Bush Administration plan to contract out dam operation
  • Meet Elizabeth Traicus

2006:01, April 28, 2006

  • Society Council approves plan for changes
  • Council expresses confidence in Executive Committee
  • Council approves "non-dues" income policy
  • Council steps in, passes Constitutional changes
  • Council changes strike policy, but not number of Principal Officers