Allstream
Pensioners’ Association
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Please be advised there are a number of golf
tournaments over the summer. Check your region in this newsletter to determine
if there is a golf tournament in your area. Also our Annual General Meeting in
Annual
General Meeting
Arrangements for
the 18th Annual General Meeting of the Allstream Pensioners'
Association are as follows:
Time:
Date:
Location: Fraternal Order of the Eagles Club 2.0
-Approval of Draft Agenda
4.0 -Presentation of Reports
The principal
item of business at this meeting will be
4.1 - President's Report
the election of five Directors to serve on the Board
for 4.2 - Membership Report
the next two
years. The five Directors who were elected 4.3 -
Auditor's Report
for two-year
terms at the last AGM (Wayne Boyle, 5.0 -Election of Directors
Vic Johnson, Andy
Kruk, Jacques Rochefort,
will continue in
office for the coming year.. 7.0
-Other Business
Directors whose
terms of office expire this year are: 8.0
-Adjournment
Bob Clarke, Norm
Czepiela, Len Ferguson, Norm Hobbs,
9.0 -Luncheon and Social Hour
John Thomas.
Norm Czepiela,
Len Ferguson, Norm Hobbs and John Thomas have indicated they will stand for
office in the coming term.
Regular members
of the Association have the right to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.
If you do not
plan to attend this meeting you may nominate another person to vote on your
behalf.
Directors and
Officers of the Corporation will be in attendance at the meeting. Members may
assign their voting rights to one of the persons listed on the attached Form of
Proxy OR to another person by indicating one of the persons listed or entering
the name of another person in the space provided and returning the form to the
Association in the enclosed envelope.
Non Members are invited to attend this meeting. Non
members attending would not be able to vote, of course, but we believe you
would find the meeting informative, most enjoyable, and we would be very
pleased to see you. This would be an opportunity to socialize with many of your
former co-workers, and get a first hand view of what the Association is all
about.
Please note the changed location for the Annual
General Meeting this year. It will be
held on
President’s Message
Well another General Meeting
coming up. It seems the older one gets the faster the years
go by.
This is a big year for our parent company, MTS; it is their 100th anniversary
and they plan
several events to celebrate. We in Grand Trunk, CNT, CPT,
CNCP, Unitel, AT&T, know that
we have been around for more than a hundred years but let's not spoil the
party.
I have been contacted by Angela from the Information Technology Group. The
Group is seeking
input from retirees into a project they are planning for the 100th, tracing the
evolution of
communications. They are interested in personal accounts and pictures from
past years, I have
invited one of their group to attend our General Meeting on
along whatever you feel is useful. If you cannot attend they would like to hear
from you anyway at
angelamoise @mtsallstream.com or by telephone at 416-345-2749.
Benefit Council
There were no outstanding issues at this time so the quarterly meeting with
Great West Life was
not held. I did receive indication, however, that there would be some good news
forthcoming in
the near future with respect to premiums.
Pension Council
Elsewhere in this newsletter are reports from
to the Contributory and Non-contributory Plans respectively.
I would like to comment, however, on the ad hoc cost of living increase for
those in the Contributory Plan
who retired from a non-union position.
There appears to be a misunderstanding in some quarters that the ad hoc payment
equates to the Company
taking a contribution holiday. That is not so, There is no connection between
the two.
A contribution holiday can be taken by the Company only when the fund is in surplus and then only if an
equal consideration is given to the workers/retirees. The ad hoc, on the other
hand, is paid at the sole
discretion of the Company even if the fund is in deficit, This was the case in
a number of years under AT&T
in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The present parent, MTS, takes the position that
consideration of an ad hoc payment
will only be taken if the fund is in surplus
At this past meeting and the previous one in November 2007 the company was
asked a direct question of whether they had any intent to take a contribution
holiday, to which they gave a very emphatic “no”. I trust this lays the matter to rest once and for all.
I look forward to seeing
those of you who can attend the general meeting, to everyone else have a good
summer.
Norm Hobbs.
Pension Report
REPORT
ON CONTRIBUTORY PENSION COMMITTEE MEETING:
We had a very good meeting with 15 committee
members and guests attending. The meeting was chaired by Brenda McInnis who is
Vice President and Treasurer of MTS Allstream and is co-ordinator of the
pension plan.
The meeting reviews various changes in the
Pension Plan including the disposition of any Pension Surplus that might exist
now or in the future. It was pointed out that in the revised pension rules that
have been approved that the surplus can be used for the payment of any “ad-hoc”
increase that is approved by the audit committee or to allow the company to
take a contribution holiday and in which case a like amount must be made
available to contributing members to allow them to have their contributions
reduced accordingly.
The state of the pension plan was reviewed and
because of several factors, such as the increase in value of the Canadian
dollar that affected the international
investments and the general poor performance of the Stock market as well as the
drop in interest rates, the performance was not as good as the performance
objectives. In spite of all these factors the investments still stayed
positive.
The plan balance now stands at 494 million
dollars and is in a healthy condition.
A discussion was held about the investment
trust and Brenda assured us that while using the same managers to keep the cost
of investing down, they actually operate three separate trust funds to ensure
that there is no mingling between plans and that each fund must stand on its
own and there is no cross subsidization
The company has almost completed the new
employee pension plan booklet to inform pension plan members of detail of their
pension plan. This booklet will be distributed in Hard Copy to each and every
member in the next two months.
As many of you know MTS is celebrating their
100tth anniversary this year and are planning a number of events
which you will be advised of and would like as may of you to participate as
possible.
Hope you have a great summer.
Sincerely submitted
Non-Contributory
Pension Committee Meeting
The following is a brief
summary of the reports given at the above meeting.
The fund felt the effects of
the down-turn in the American economy as well as the sub-prime mortgage market
meltdown. The Canadian market overall
did well especially if you were heavily invested in Potash and R.I.M and our
fund was not. These were the major items
that negatively affected the plan. The
Plan had under performed the benchmark return forecasted by 10 basis points
therefore produced a return of only .1%.
Here are a few highlights:
The new manager structure was
completed in October 2007.
Annual market returns
for 2007 .1%, 2006 13.8%, 2005 14.7%
2004 10.3% and the four year annualized return is 9.6%.
In January 2008 Towers Perrin
completed the required Actuarial Valuation Report and it shows a solvency ratio
of 90% whereas it was 95% in January 2007.
This decrease is a result of the factors above. The Company will be increasing its
contribution from $2.9 million in 2007 to $4.9 million in 2008.
The targeted annual return
for 2008 is 6.75% this should, if achieved make an improvement in our funding
ratio. I will report on this after our
November meeting.
The annual Pension Report to
Non-Contributory Plan members will be out in the July-August time frame.
Although the Funds
performance in 2007 was not what we would like to see it was still in a
positive position of .1% and over the past 4 years 9.6% overall.
Hopefully I will have a more
positive report in November.
Have a great summer.
Wayne Boyle
Regions
Maritime
As the
Richard Golding
Maritime Region Chairman
Also noted, Bryant is featured in two pictures included in a Times
Transcript article on spring fishing in
The newspaper item can be viewed at:
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/lifetimes/article/265064
ANNUAL REMINDER - 2008
I would like to take this
opportunity to remind you of the dates for our semi-annual dinners and our
annual Christmas dinner.
Dinner:
Restaurant Vichy
Christmas Dinner:
Restaurant Stanza,
1760 Blvd. des Laurentides,
The Quebec Regional Meeting
will be held on Wednesday October 8th. 2008
I would appreciate if you
would advise friends that do not have EMAIL regarding the events that are
planned for this year.
Please note that my EMAIL
address is: nicholas_brongel@yahoo.ca
Nicholas Brongel
The
Nick Brongel reports the semi
annual dinner held May 21 was successful with 31 people in attendance, which is
about normal for this function. The accompanying picture was taken at the
dinner by cameraman Jos. Mathews
Norm also advises
he attended the Tulip Festival and found the tulips in the
-----Original Message-----
From: Norm czepiela [mailto:nczepiela@rogers.com]
Sent:
Subject: Greeting from Down Under
Finally we got some relief from the heat this
week in
We spent six days and now are heading back to
The travels so far
are quite impressive, this a clean country very little litter and the scenery
is fantastic, costs are a lot higher than in Canada, Diesel $1.60/liter, bread
$4.50 a loaf, salmon filets $25/kg, Beer
$16/6pk, average homes range $300-400K$. I guess we are fortunate to live in
This photo was
published in the previous issue (December 2007) of this newsletter, under the
heading “The Way We Were”. The gentlemen in the picture are members of the
Equipment Technician Class of May 1958. The course was held at
Front Row: Helmut
Schone, Gord Smithson
Middle Row: Bob
Wilson, Bill Hammell, Vic Hill, Gord Kenmir
Back Row:
Don’t forget the
Allstream Pensioners Golf Tournament on June 19th at Centennial Park Golf Course in Etobicoke.
Tee times: we will get the first foursome off at 1000h. GOOD NEWS #1. MTS ALLSTREAM has agreed to sponsor the GTA
area tournament PRIZES again this year. So our tournament this year should be
Bigger and Better than ever with a host of good prizes. This is one of the few
Social events of the year in Ontario Region, so set that date aside. If you
don’t golf why not come for lunch at mid afternoon on the 19th at THE WILD
GOOSE BAR AND GRILL 5395 Eglinton West (at Renforth). It is always pleasant to
see friends and you will be welcome. The food and beverage menus are elaborate
yet very affordable.
Golfing fees are
again $30.00 per person. Golfers are urged to make up foursomes, agree on a
team captain who will collect and remit fees and advise any one of the 3-man
committee that you are coming. Also indicate if carts are required and we’ll
reserve a block of carts and hope we can accommodate all requirements. Reserve
early to make sure you get a cart. The cost for carts this year is $26. Again
please RESERVE EARLY as only 10 CARTS ARE AVAILABLE. . If you don’t have a
foursome come and we will be pleased to team you up with others. Contact J.A. Rochefort, Residence 905 934
0594, Cell 905 988 2218, email jacrochefort @sympatico.ca Bern Scanlan 416 752 1048, email jbscanlan@sympatico.ca or
If you have any
ideas and/or suggestions to make the day more interesting and more fun please
advise the committee. This is YOUR tournament and we will do our best to see
that you enjoy it. Again this year: At
the Wild Goose “ do” will be our contest search for the # 1 female and # 1 male MTS ALLSTREAM GOLFER IDOLS. RELAX, it will NOT be based on
your golfing abilities ! The contest is simple: we will allow the first three
female and male volunteers with a GOOD GOLF JOKE to perform for NO MORE THAN
THREE MINUTES per joke, per jokester.
Your spiel has to be about golf and or golfers, and the source can be
from the internet, a book or magazine but be advised that GENTLE heckling will be allowed and razzing
is bound to occur if your tale is longer than 3 minutes. One prize for ladies and One for men—and you
guessed it, they will be prime VQA samples from Niagara Region’s best vineyards
(where this lowly writer loves to toil)….
PICTURES. Don’t you think it’s a bit of a lark to look
at pics from previous tournaments or other activities, recent or of years gone
by and reminisce a bit, EVEN ABOUT
WORK? I know it’s spring cleaning time
and you just found this old snapshot of yesteryear….wait ! DO NOT THROW it away
or put it where it will be lost again… Put it in your golf bag and bring it in
on June 19th and pass it around…Maybe you will be tempted to donate
it (or a copy) to our Web site…And don’t forget to smile on the course or at
the Wild Goose as we hear that we will
have an OFFICIAL super photographer, named “The Kipper” prowling about taking
DOZENS of shots (pics or pix, that is).
GOLFERS FROM
OTHER REGIONS WILL BE WELCOMED.
Here are the
detailed directions to Centennial Park Golf Course in Etobicoke.From 401-Take
427 South to Burnamthorpe, then west on Burnamthorpe to Mill Rd, north on Mill
Rd to Centennial Park Golf Course... From the East
Take Eglinton Ave West past Renforth Rd to Centennial Park Blvd, then turn left
(south) on Centennial Park Blvd, then you'll see the parking lot and Golf
Course on your right... From the West...Take Eglinton Ave
Eastbound from Dixie Rd to Centennial Park Blvd, turn right and the Golf Course
is right there on your right....Address is 550 Centennial Pk Blvd,
Etobicoke ON... Phone 416.620.1392.........
Directions from
the Golf Course to the Wild Goose Bar and Grill - As you exit the Centennial
Park Golf Club Parking Lot turn left (North). Go north 1 long block to
Eglinton, turn right (East) on Eglinton.
Go several blocks east to 5395 Eglinton West, and you're at the Wild Goose Bar and Grill. If you miss
it and get to Renforth, you've gone a bit too far east. Come back or we’ll miss
you! Good Luck and see you in June!!
MTSallstream Toronto Area Golf Tournament
Big news for golfers in the GTA! Our 47th
Employee Golf Tournament will take place on
This year’s event promises to
be extra special as we celebrate not only the 47 year anniversary of the
tournament but also the 100th anniversary of MTS Allstream operating
in
This tournament is open to
MTS Allstream Employees, Pensioners and Suppliers at all skill levels. Back by
popular demand from last year is a choice between ‘Best Ball’ or ‘Stroke Play’
formats. The ‘shotgun start’ format will get underway at
The cost of $75.00 per person
includes golf with power cart, a small bucket of balls for the driving range,
and a fabulous dinner at the clubhouse This is a reduced rate for Pensioners
only. For all others the price is $100. Once again this year all players will
also receive a special gift, and there will be door prizes to keep you on the
edge of your seat until the grand prize is awarded.
Entries will be accepted on a
first come first served basis, but will not be accepted after
For further information on
details and to register please contact Ella West (e-mail ella.west@mtsallstream.com
) 416-345-2328 or Alf Kenzel at 416-345-3299 (email alfred.kenzel@mtsallstream.com)
The
venerable
The company
administration headquarters ultimately moved to the Shipp Centre, with a
further move to the present Metro Centre. However, the communication equipment
and telegraph operation (until the demise of the telegram) remained at 151
Front St. MTSAllstream still maintains a large communications plant at this
location, and, we expect, will continue to do so.
From the architects sketch you can see a
sizeable skyscraper is to be erected behind
The complex,
called a “carrier hotel” will be
The new centre
will built on the present 20 York St and 7 Station St. sites, which will place
it behind the east end of the present
151 Front St. building. A portion of the tower will be cantilevered over the
older building. The new centre will rise to 36 stories, and will be more than five times taller than the
existing structure. It will have the power to connect half a country. There will
also be a number of offices available for rent.
Building plans showcase
various connections to the area’s underground
PATH system, as well as a publicly accessible route through the building
that will connect the Skywalk to
The
development is scheduled for completion
in 2010. It would appear the building in which many of us spent much of our lives, and which evokes fond
memories, will live on for years to come and, will also become a prominent
feature on the Toronto skyline..
Prairie
The Prairie Region chapter of
the Allstream Pensioner’s Association has been kept busy over the winter and
spring months, holding regular monthly meetings on the third Wednesday of each
month, developing a relationship with the local MTS Allstream Retired Employees
Club and planning the annual golf tournament.
Meetings, as most people are
aware of are held on the third Wednesday of each month, at the Viscount Gort
Hotel. Lunch is usually ordered at
Over the last few months we
invited a special guest, Tax Consultant Barry Phillips who gave us a few tips
on how to save on income tax and answered questions from our attendees. We look forward to his visits again, sometime
before the next tax season.
The MTS Allstream retired
Employees Club, also known as the MTS
Allstream Volunteers and previously known as the MTS Pioneers (they’ve
gone through almost as many name changes as we have) have invited all of our
members to participate in their activities and welcome us to their club rooms
on Horace Street in St. Boniface.
The Volunteers are very
active in community work as their name implies and will be regularly advising
us of volunteer opportunities which will be passed on via e-mail to our members
in the
Our annual golf tournament
will again be held at the Cottonwood Golf and Country Club on August 21st. Tee time is
If any of you golfers have
connections to any businesses, you are requested to solicit prize
donations. We are working hard to keep
our tournament cost affordable and any donations are very welcome.
Remember, the Pensioners’ Association
is here to help you. If you have any
questions or concerns, please contact me and I will answer your questions or
direct you to the appropriate person.
Everyone have a wonderful
summer and I’ll see you at the meetings.
Fred Perchaluk
Prairie Region Chairman
Please be aware that
effective September 12, 2008, all Albertans will have to dial 10 digit phone
numbers for local calls. This means the
three-digit area code as well as the regular seven-digit phone number. Starting June 23rd, callers who
dial seven digits will hear a recorded reminder to include the area code. Prior to this happening, information packages
will be distributed by the various telephone companies.
The Radio/Microwave retirees
have been having an annual Christmas get-together since 1982 with Christmas
2007 being no exception as they met in Nisku.
The numbers have been slowly declining but the spirit is still
there. For more information about this
particular get-together, contact Fred Erler at (780)-980-3801 for Christmas
2008.
The annual get-together in
Bill Mogridge advises that
the monthly get-togethers in Calgary at the Royal Canadian Legion, North
Calgary Branch 264, 1910 – Kensington Road NW, started by the original CPT
retirees, were going great guns but seem to have slowed down a bit as people
moved on. It’s open to all so feel free
to stop by on any third Thursday of the month and say ‘Hi’. You’ll never know whom you’ll meet there.
The bi-weekly,
George Burton is still in the
Cross Cancer Clinic in
It was also nice to see those
that turned out when Barney Lach, former Edmonton Telex Attendant, was laid to
rest.
On a lighter note, an
One Saturday, a retired CNT
Tech from
CNT Tech: “How long have you
been retired now?”
CPT Tech: “Hell, it must be
going onto 30 years now”.
CNT Tech: “From all those
years of service, do you have any enemies?”
CPT Tech: “Hell no! I’ve outlived all those SOBs!”
Don’t forget the “SPECIAL
NEEDS ASSISSTANCE FOR SENIORS” program, 1-800-642-3853, which assists lower-income
seniors with various items [bed, dryer, lift chair, fridge, stove, washer,
etc.] – more detailed info available in a free booklet that can be mailed out
or picked up. Just call them. The maximum benefit available is $5,000.00 in
a benefit year and the next benefit year is
It’s been great dialoguing
with the
MARY ELLEFSON
PHIL HARRISON [last known to
be around the Edson area]
HARRY
We were having a heck of a
time with Spring this year – late snowfalls near mid-late April – but hopefully
this will be indicative of a real nice summer.
Again, it’s that time of the
year when we ask you to remember to send in your membership fees. It’s only $10.00 per year and a lot of
members are choosing to send in cheques for $20.00 or $30.00 so that they don’t
have to be bothered doing it on an annual basis. Please take the time to do so now!
Have a great summer!
Alberta Chairperson
(780)-922-3299
Email: casper@lewitski.com
Pacific
As of this writing, another
winter has passed (at least on the calendar) and on the west coast we are well
into spring, except in Metro Vancouver it feels like winter has returned with a
vengeance compared to the rest of the country. While we have cherry blossoms
and daffodils out in full bloom, we still have had a number of freak snowstorms
lasting a day or two at a time. Oh to
have the 24 degree weather
This past winter I had the
occasion of attending the MTSAllstream 100th anniversary celebration in
I did manage to talk to the resident manager
and was shown part of the office. I was informed later that a number of
retirees had attended the downtown office location event but I have not yet
spoken to them, to compare notes.. A few weeks later a courier arrived and
presented me with a coffee mug monogrammed with the Allstream name.. I now have,
along with a lot of fond memories, something personal to show for my 44 years
with CP Rail, CN-CP, Unitel AT&T and Allstream
Lest I forget, the most
precious thing I acquired while working with the company, was my wife. We are
now celebrating 49 happily married years. Those of you with long memories will
remember her as Shirley Perkins former Teletype operator Vancouver.
73’s
John Thomas
Chairman Pacific District
In Memoriam
We have been notified the following pensioners have passed away:
Evelyn Messervey New
Minas,
Robert J. Prosseer
Enid C. Hall
Yolande Halliday
Danise Brault Ste.
Foy,
James Bryars
Earle Selwood
Albert Langlois
Raymond Auger Blainville,
Germaine Beaulne
Phyllis Schellenberger
Alex Ingram Cobourg,
Kathleen Kelly
Suzanne Rompre Three
Rivers,
Hubert Hettema
Gaston Leboeuf
John Nightingale
Donald Walker Macleod Keswick,
Bernice Colibaba
Salvacion Gettigan
Eileen McCurdy
Guy Leonard Kelley
Bernice Massie
Dorene Duffy
Shirley Gledhill
Harold Cook
Bernard Lach
William Ernest Stone
Ella Paquette Blainville,
Olive Blakesley
Lloyd Henry Anthony
Thomas Shillington
Jim Montag
Margaret Muldoon
Napoleon C. Uy
Kathleen K. Stevens
Jean Grant
Arthur McCormick
Harry G. Shellest
Henry Allemeersch
Doreen Katie Gates
Guy Weatherhead
Alice Marie Stewart
Lillian Desjardins
In
God’s Care
United Way Draw
The two winners of $50 gift certificates in the
Margaret Craig of Chamcook New.Brunswick and
Congratulations Margaret and Allan, on your good fortune.
!00th Anniversary Celebration
As part of the 100th Anniversary Celebration
MTSallstream is running two campaigns One of these is “Luminaries” – Looking
for former or present employees who have made significant contributions to the
company’s success. The second initiative is an “Employee Referral plan”.
MTSallstream is looking for people with particular skills, and asking for your
assistance in locating them. If your suggestion leads a successful hiring,
there are sizeable rewards to be earned. Please read on for further details.
Luminaries program honours
MTS Allstream heroes
As MTS Allstream celebrates
its second century of connecting Canadians, it is only fitting that we take the
time to acknowledge employees who have significantly contributed to our
company’s success over the years, and who have inspired others to perform to
the best of their abilities. To that end, we have launched the MTS Allstream Luminaries program, our
new Second Century employee recognition initiative.
The Luminaries program is
open to employees past and present, which means that retirees and pensioners
who no longer work for the company are also eligible to nominate and be
nominated. So, consider who your heroes are and be sure to honour them.
Making a nomination, or
supporting an existing nomination, is easy. All you have to do is visit our
Second Century website at www.connectingcanadians.ca
and click on “Luminaries” for more information and detailed instructions.
Up to two awards
will be given out in each of the following six categories:
• Customer Service Excellence
• Environmental Leadership
• Leadership
• Improving Work Processes
• Community Service
• Creativity, Innovation and Technical Achievement
Nominees can be
individuals or teams, and nominations will be accepted until
If you would like
to participate in this employee recognition program but don’t have access to
the Second Century website, please contact Lillian Wong, Recognition
Specialist, at (204) 941-5389 to make arrangements for a printed nomination
form to be mailed to you.
Your friends could earn you up to
$3,000… interested?
MTS Allstream Employee Referral Campaign
Introduction
To “grow strong” as an
organization, it is essential that MTS Allstream continues to build a team of
dedicated, skilled employees. But to do
this, we need to constantly connect with talented people. You each play a valuable role in our mission
to attract, hire and develop the right people into an environment where their
talents can thrive. YOU can help us grow
stronger!
This exciting new interim
campaign replaces all existing Employee Referral Programs immediately. A new, refined program will be launched later
in 2008.
What is an Employee Referral Campaign?
Our success depends on your
involvement -- the skilled people who are already part of our winning
team. You are unique, and in turn
associate with like-minded, unique and talented individuals. We need your support to connect our company
with your network of talent. Let them know
about what it’s like to work at MTS Allstream, and the opportunities that exist
here for them to enhance their career.
This Employee Referral
Campaign allows you to earn monetary rewards for referrals that are
successfully hired. Earning extra money
to spend on whatever you want couldn’t be simpler.
How do I earn rewards?
- Identify a person you know who would be a great
employee for MTS Allstream and attain a word document, soft copy of their
resume.
- E-mail the resume to Employee.Referral@mtsallstream.com.
Include your name and employee number to ensure that if your referral gets
hired, you will get paid! If your
referral is for a specific job that is currently advertised, please
include the job title and the request to hire number in your e-mail. This will help us match your referral to
the open job that you are recommending them for.
- Our Attraction and Retention Team will consider
your referral for the recommended job as well as for other potentially
suitable roles within 12 months from the day you made the referral.
- You will receive an acknowledgement email for
your referral. If your referral is hired,
you will be notified that you will receive payment after your
referral has successfully completed their probationary period
- After successful completion of your referral’s
probationary period, you will receive your monetary reward, paid to you
within your regular pay.
Which hired roles are rewards paid for?
All permanent roles.
How much is the reward?
You can earn :
$1,000 for a successful
referral for Administration and Operational roles.
$2,000 for a successful
referral into First Tier Professional roles
$3,000 for a successful
referral into Project Manager, Senior Manager and Director Roles
·
Rewards will be
paid net of tax within referring employee’s regular pay
Which employees are eligible to take part and earn rewards?
·
All full time and
part-time permanent employees
·
All casual
employees
·
All retired
employees
Which employees are excluded from receiving a reward?
·
All employees
that are part of the hiring committee for a job are excluded due to potential
conflict of interest
·
Immediate family
members of employees
·
Members of the
Senior Leadership Team, the Senior Operations Team and the Executive Committee
·
All H.R.
employees
What else should I know?
·
There are no
limits to the number of people you refer for a job with us.
·
This campaign
starts immediately and relates to all referrals made from this date
onwards. All prior referrals, to this
date, will be rewarded the amount applicable at the time of the initial
referral.
·
MTS Allstream
employees who resigned from their role can be referred for a job but a reward
will not be paid if it is within 12 months of their departure date from the
company.
·
If a referred
person starts in a contract position and is later hired into a permanent
position with us within their first 12 months, then a reward will be paid after
your referral has successfully completed their probationary period of permanent
status.
·
If more than one
employee refers a successful candidate for hire, then the reward will be paid
to the employee who made their referral first.
·
Any concerns
relating to the Campaign guidelines will be reviewed individually with a final
decision on payment being at the discretion of our Director, HR Attraction and
Retention.
What next?
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Follow the
process above, introduce us to some great people and earn your reward. You can start today!
·
An exciting new
Employee Referral Program will be launched later this year
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Start now and help our company grow stronger!
Take a look at our current job openings.
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Allstream Pensioner Association Flowchart - (Chart courtesy of Casper Lewitski)
This chart will give you some idea of information flow within the organization,
and the functions of the participants.
Second Century Website – For those who have Internet access
suggest you pay a visit to MTSallstream Second Century website.
The link is www.connectingcanadians.ca The website has a wealth of information about
the second century celebrations and company history, and also includes an
interesting slideshow with many pictures of the Second Century inaugural
celebrations across
thePersonal Insurance -
Member Ray Whiting reports that following up on the advertising insert in our
last newsletter worked very much in his favour. By switching his home and auto
insurance to thePersonal he realized a total saving of $602.80 His previous
insurer was asking $604.80 house premium and $1627 for the car in the current
year. Premium with thePersonal is house $484, car $1145 – a saving of $120.80
and $482 respectively. Ray was so pleased with the result he felt this
information should be shared and authorized publication, including the exact
figures.
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Following
4 forms on pages 15 and 17 of this newsletter
1.
Membership Renewal Form
2.
Proxy Voting Form
3.
Change of Address Form
4.
Membership Application Form
May
we request you pay special attention to these forms, returning those which are
applicable in the enclosed return envelope.
ALLSTREAM PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Membership fees
for the year
fee for all
members of the Association, except surviving spouses, at $10. Surviving spouses
of deceased members of the Association are not required to pay any annual
membership fees.
To continue your
membership in the Association for 2008 - 2009 would you please complete the information
asked for below and forward this form together with a cheque or money order for
the amount indicated above to R.E. Harrison, Treasurer of the Association,
Note- We still have numbers of members who are in arrears with
their dues. Your “paid up to date” appears on the address label of the envelope
which contains this newsletter. If that date is not
FULL NAME:
______________________________________________________ AMOUNT ENCLOSED:
$_______________
STREET ADDRESS
_____________________________________________________________ APARTMENT
NO._________
CITY/TOWN____________________________________________________________
PROVINCE______________________
POSTAL
CODE_____________________
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Mail this proxy to: R.E. Harrison, Allstream Pensioners’
Association
Regular members
of the Association have the right to attend and vote at the Annual General
Meeting.
If you do not
plan to attend this meeting you may nominate another person to vote on your
behalf.
Directors and
Officers of the Corporation will be in attendance at the meeting. Members may
assign their voting rights to one of the persons listed on the attached Form of
Proxy OR to another person by indicating one of the persons listed or entering
the name of another person in the space provided and returning the form to the
Association in the enclosed envelope.
ALLSTREAM PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION
FORM OF PROXY
(This assignment of proxy is valid only if signed by the member.
Please note that this is not a ballot but the means for designating a person to
vote on your behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Allstream Pensioners’
Association.)
As member of the Allstream Pensioners’ Association, I hereby
appoint (check one name only).
_______ Wayne Boyle (Director) _______ Vic
Johnson (Secretary/Director)
_______
Norm Czepiela (Vice President/Director) _______
_______ Bob Clarke (Director)
_______ Andy Kruk
(Director)
_______ Len
_______ Norm Hobbs (President/Director)
________ John Thomas (Director)
OR ______________________________________________________ (your choice)
To act on my behalf in respect of all matters which may come
before the General Meeting of the Allstream Pensioners’ Association on
_____________________________________________________ ______________________________________
(Signature of Member)
(Date)
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Postal
Code ----------------------
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Membership
Application Form – Non Members are invited to join the Association.
This newsletter is distributed to all Allstream pensioners and it
seems that some Retirees have assumed this automatically makes them members of
the Association, That is not the case. Normally, only those that pay their dues
on an annual basis are members.
Non Members are easily identified by “N/A” which appears in the
upper right hand corner of the address label on the outer envelope containing
this newsletter.
Membership dues are $10 per year. You can become a member by
simply filling out this form and returning it to R. E. Harrison, Allstream
Pensioners Association,
FULL NAME:
_________________________________________________________________________
STREET ADDRESS ____________________________________________________
APARTMENT NO._________
CITY/TOWN__________________________________PROVINCE_________________POSTAL CODE____________
YEAR OF RETIREMENT_____________SPOUSE’S
NAME_________________________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS______________________________________________________________________
LANGUAGE
PREFERENCE (For Newsletter Mailing)
ENGLISH ______ FRENCH
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