AD Group: No news to report at this time.

AS Group: No news to report at this time.

CS Group: The new collective agreement was signed on December 8, 2003.  NRC has 90 days in which to implement the terms of the new agreement.

PG Group: The ratification package has been sent out.  Once all the ballots are received, even if it is prior to the January cut-off dates, the votes will be counted.

OP Group: The bargaining committee met to review demands.  Another meeting will be held in the new year and the demands will be finalized.

TO Group: Members should now have received their retroactive pay.  Please note the following:  the new increment in the last (expired) collective agreement only became effective on April 1, 2001.  Members who received that increment on that date would have had to wait 12 months to receive the new increment under the new agreement.  So although the agreement says that the new increment is effective February 14, 2002, it will only be applied on April 1, 2002.  This may have an impact on retroactive pay adjustments. Those members who received the last new increment after April 1, 2001 will have to wait 12 months from the date of their last increment to receive the new one.