January 4, 2022
Calendar highlights and upcoming events:

GSU Local 8 (Advance) bargaining - To be determined - January

GSU and management bargaining committees will meet in early January. An update will be issued following the meeting.

GSU bargaining committee members are Doug Murray, Dion Elliott, Steve Holiday, Doug Kampman, Mason Van Luven (GSU staff), and bargaining spokesperson Hugh Wagner (GSU staff).


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Local 14 (Richardson) bargaining - Jan. 11 and 12, 2022

GSU bargaining committee members are Jerid Clark, Curtis Shiels, GSU staff members Donna Driediger and Mason Van Luven, and GSU staff/union bargaining spokesperson Hugh Wagner.


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Annual Performance Reviews
A lot of GSU members are dealing with their performance reviews at work this time of year, so we thought it would be a good idea to give you some tips that might help.

  1. Participate in your review - when the time comes for your performance review, whether that is your mid-year goal l setting of final review, talk to your supervisor, ask questions about what your supervisor put in it, and ensure you write your comments in that are honest and include what you want to work on and what you achieved.
  2. What is written in your review shouldn't be a surprise - When you do read the review or draft review your Manager prepares the contents shouldn't be a surprise. If you are surprised by something then it was not likely raised to you during the year. And these are good surprises and bad surprises. So make sure the contents of your review are known issues or successes.
  3. If you disagree with your review, challenge it - And once the review is complete and you have participated in it, asked questions why, and you still don't agree with the outcome of your performance review, challenge it. Contact your GSU staff representative and they can assist you in challenging your performance review.

Health and Safety/Hours of work
The holidays are done and it’s time to get back to work. There are some risks to mitigate as you return to work and get reorientated with the work you were doing prior to holidays.

Keep mind your focus on the task before you, and make sure to get enough rest to make your return to work safe. 

If you work around machinery or fast-moving equipment, rushing to get right back into the swing of things can be hazardous to your health and to others. While you may be tempted to tell your co-workers about where you went and how everything turned out with your family and friends, these discussions should be had when you are on break to avoid distraction that could inadvertently put you in harm’s way. 

If you work shift work, be sure to get your body adjusted to working the shift you are scheduled for. After traveling to see family and friends, sleeping in strange beds, staying up later than usual and never really getting the rest that we should during the holidays, it’s easy to see how fatigue issues could present problems on your way to work, at work, and on your trip home. Fatigue has been proven to put people in just as much risk as being under the influence of drugs and alcohol. 

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Sigh, New Year's Resolutions in 2022
As with all new years that we start we feel the urge and pressure to look inward and look at self-improvement. From New Year's resolutions to diets to working out more we set goals for ourselves.

Now there is nothing wrong with that, working on oneself is valuable but as we have passed 2 years in this Global Pandemic now might be a good time to go a little easy on yourself.

Maybe this year is a good time to take a different look at New Year's resolutions and what you might want to do differently this year.

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