REFRIGERATION & COMMERCIAL BARGAINING UPDATES Dear members of UA Local 179, Collective Bargaining for the UA Local 179 Provincial Refrigeration Agreement for the Province of Saskatchewan and for the UA Local 179 Provincial Commercial Agreement has commenced. We completed one full day of bargaining for each agreement on October 28th (Refrigeration) and October 29th (Commercial). After one full day of bargaining for each agreement, we had an opportunity to exchange bargaining proposals and work through the proposals. The bargaining was productive and we were able to reach agreement on a number of issues. We will continue bargaining the Refrigeration Agreement on November 12th and the Commercial Agreement on November 14th. One of the items that we are working hard to accomplish in these negotiations is to change the expiry dates of our agreements to align with our industrial agreement as a result of a recent court ruling from the Saskatchewan Court of the Queens Bench. Essentially, the Court ruled that Trade Unions are not able to achieve a legal strike position unless all of our agreements have expired. I would like to thank the negotiations committee for their excellent work through our first round of negotiations. I will continue to do my best to keep the membership informed and provide updates as things progress. Please dont hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. In Solidarity, Troy Knipple Business Manager UA Local 179
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:17:27 +0000
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