AD Group:  No news to report at this time.

AS Group: No news to report at this time.

CS Group: No news to report at this time. PIPS is still in bargaining for its CS Group and is running into some difficulties with Treasury Board. It is in the best interests of our group to wait and see what happens with the Public Service bargaining.

OP Category: No news to report at this time.

PG Group: Bargaining demands have been submitted to NRC. They are in the process of preparing their mandate request to Treasury Board. Once they have received a mandate, bargaining sessions will be scheduled.

TO Group: The bargaining sessions that were scheduled for January 27 and 28 were postponed until March 2003. NRC anticipates that it will have a mandate to bargain by then and your Bargaining Team felt that it was best to wait until such time as NRC could engage in meaningful discussions at the bargaining table.

Pay Equity: A contract to conduct the pay equity study has been signed with the Hay Consulting Group. The process will begin in February with a two-day training session for all participants. The RCEA has also engaged the services of a classification specialist to assist us during the pay equity study.