Your negotiating team met with the employer on Nov. 26 to continue bargaining for a new collective agreement. We signed off the following articles with changes:
Article 1: Interpretation - Deleted the definition of “spouse” as no other relations are defined in this article.
Article 2: Application - Changed the sentence structure to make it easier to understand. No change to the intent of the article.
Article 3: Jurisdiction - Changed to update the list of positions.
Article 18A: Christmas Closure - Changed references from “Christmas” to “December 25”. No change to the content of the article.
Article 29: Conditions of Illness Entitlement - Deleted 29.05 as agreed to by the Memorandum of Understanding signed in March 2024.
There are ongoing, productive discussions on the following articles:
Article 11: Grievance Procedure -
- The employer wants to make informal discussion before filing a grievance more explicit.
- We discussed the procedure to move a grievance to the next level.
- We countered the employer’s proposal allowing someone other than the CEO to hear a Level 2 grievance if both parties agree.
- We denied the employer’s request for a single arbitrator to be the default at Level 3 of a grievance, as it's already available if both parties agree.
- The employer denied our proposal to exclude weekends and holidays from timelines for filing and advancing grievances.
Article 26: Special Leave - The employer proposed replacing “spouse” to “spouse/partner”, recognizing relationships that may not fall under the legal definition of “spouse”
New Article: Overpayments - We presented a counterproposal to include language for underpayments.
Wear red to show your support
All members are encouraged to wear red when we continue bargaining on Jan. 8 and 9 to show solidarity in demanding the gains we deserve. Take a photo with your coworkers and send it to photos@aupe.org and we will share it on the union’s social media.
Please reach out to a member of your negotiating team if you have any questions or concerns.
AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAM - ALBERTA GAMING, LIQUOR, AND CANNABIS
Dave Klein
four.kleins@shaw.ca
Jason Bates
jasonbates780@gmail.com
Peter Snowdon
everythingsajoke1@gmail.com
Alternates
Nicholas Nigro
jensen_n@yahoo.ca
Danielle Matthiessen
lowesd@yahoo.com
Jodi Lebid
jojolebid@gmail.com
AUPE RESOURCE STAFF
Prisca Ryan Negotiations
p.ryan@aupe.org