Employer unable to table monetary proposals
Since our last update in December, your negotiating team has met with the Employer three times: Dec. 15, 2020, Feb. 2, 2021; and Mar. 26, 2021.
Despite restrictions on in-person meetings due to COVID-19, we have been bargaining with the employer virtually and have concluded bargaining many non-monetary items, as outlined below.
In March, your bargaining committee conducted a phone survey with light duty custodial members to get more information on their experiences/preferences with picking up additional hours, either on a short-term or long-term basis. Thank you to all the members who participated in that survey; your responses helped inform our approach at the bargaining table.
We have now gone as far as we can go in bargaining regarding the non-monetary items. There are a few non-monetary areas that are not agreed to yet, but these will need to be re-examined when we return to the table to talk about the monetary items.
The employer has not yet tabled its monetary proposals, citing uncertainty surrounding provincial funding. As such, we have no future bargaining dates scheduled but have asked the employer to keep us updated on their progress toward presenting their monetary proposals.
Have you signed the petition?
AUPE members at Edmonton Catholic Schools launched a petition to proactively call on our employer to recognize the value of our work and negotiate accordingly. If you haven’t done so yet, you can sign the petition right here. Please share the link with your co-workers, too!
If you have any questions or feedback, please contact your negotiating committee and/or AUPE staff.
EDMONTON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Cameron Reirson (Chair) cam.reirsonaupe@gmail.com or 780-218-1105 (cell)
Daniel Gibbons. dgib@live.ca or 780-265-5721 (cell)
Kai Sharnberg kaischarnberg@yahoo.ca or 780-604-2800 (cell)
Dave Turner turnerelli.md@gmail.com or 780-999-4646 (cell)
Kevin Quinn kevinquinnbargaining@shaw.ca or 780-298-8816 (cell)
Tom McDonald (Alternate) tom63@live.ca or 780-292-6115 (cell)
AUPE RESOURCE STAFF:
Merryn Edwards,Negotiations. m.edwards@aupe.org or 780-952-1951 (cell)
Tracy Noble, Organizing t.noble@aupe.org or 306-304-2853 (cell)
Mimi Williams, Communications. m.williams@aupe.org