Negotiations began on September 5 and 6 when your negotiating team exchanged our proposals with Chartwell. We signed off the following Articles and Letters of Understanding with no changes:
- Preamble
- Article 1 Definitions
- Article 5 Dues Deductions
- Article 7 Workplace Privacy
- Article 8 Employer-Union Relations
- Article 9 Respectful Workplace – No Discrimination or Harassment
- Article 10 Health and Safety
- Article 11 Job Performance
- Article 14 Probationary Period
- Article 15 Seniority
- Article 16 Job Postings
- Article 17 Classifications
- Article 18 Orientation
- Article 25 Workers Compensation
- Article 27 Wages
- LOU 1 Re: Contracting Out
- LOU 2 Re: Extending Vacation with an Unpaid Leave of Absence
- LOU 3 Re: Joint Health and Safety Committee
The following articles were signed off after making changes:
- Article 3 Management Rights – Change in referring to the facility as a residence.
- Article 4 Union Security, Recognition and Rights – A typographic error was corrected.
- Article 6 Union Representation – Removed duplicate language.
We also suggested two important changes that Chartwell did not agree to:
- Including investigation timelines in the disciplinary process;
- Reducing the length of time discipline remains on your employee file from 24 months to 18 months.
Chartwell will respond to our monetary proposals when negotiations continue in October. Please reach out to a member of your negotiating team with any questions or concerns.
AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAM – CHARTWELL WESCOTT
Jingle Sicat
jingle_sicat@yahoo.com
Manmeet Kaur
manmeetks27@gmail.com
April Graetz
aprilgraetz2020@gmail.com
Joan Gayagay (alt)
jdagwasi@yahoo.com
AUPE RESOURCE STAFF
Prisca Ryan Negotiations
p.ryan@aupe.org