by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Bargaining 2010
I hope everyone has had an opportunity to rest and recharge after Roll Closure! This is the first in what promises to be many updates to you as we move forward through the bargaining process. Your team includes myself, Ron Arnett (Kamloops), David Robertson...
by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Bargaining 2010
A week ago your executive met in Richmond and your negotiating team stayed for the Monday for an employer-granted bargaining prep day. The following three days were filled with more research, discussion, proposal presentations and counter-proposals during active...
by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Bargaining 2010
Things have really started to heat up at the bargaining table... we started Tuesday morning with the hotel fire alarms going off and evacuating the building until the Richmond fire department could give us the all clear. We retreated to a different hotel and while...
by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Bargaining 2010
This seemed like a longer negotiating session than usual! We spent our week in Victoria this time with continued progress on issues surrounding workplace flexibility and simplication/transparancy of the hiring process. We're also starting discussions that we are all...
by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Bargaining 2010
Last week the negotiating team was in Victoria again bargaining from Tuesday through Thursday. This time we had the pleasure of having Harp Sandhu join us in lieu of Dave Robertson who was needed at home. We all have made sacrifices to continue this work so it's...
by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | Bargaining 2010
Bargaining and The Grand Tour I write this just as we’ve finished another three days of bargaining. As time marches on the smaller items of contention are falling by the wayside, either with agreement or withdrawn from the table. This leaves us with fewer items in...
