Good Sam: Bargaining begins with quick wins

Your negotiating team met with the employer on March 5, 6, and 7 to begin bargaining. The first step was to exchange and discuss initial proposals. We signed off the following articles with no or minor changes:

•    Article 2 - Application
•    Article 3 - Definitions
•    Article 5 - Union Recognition 
- We improved Union Orientation language
•    Article 6 - Union Membership
•    Article 7 - Management Rights
•    Article 8 - Respect in the Workplace
•    Article 9 - Union Representation
•    Article 10 - Layoff and Recall
•    Article 16 - Retroactivity 
•    Article 17 - Handling Cash
•    Article 20 - Transportation Allowance
•    Article 21 - Uniforms
•    Article 28 - Workers Compensation
•    Article 29 - Sick Leave
•    Article 30 - Volunteers
•    Article 31 - Discipline and Termination
•    Article 32 - Grievance Procedure
•    Article 33 - Seniority
•    Article 34 - Union Employer Relations
•    Article 35 - Performance Appraisals
•    Article 36 - Resignation 
- We increased the time allowance before a position is considered abandoned
•    Article 37 - Committee Participation
•    Article 42 - Call Back
•    Letter of Understanding (LOU) 2 - Organizational Change
•    LOU 3 - Job Sharing
•    LOU 4 - Severance
•    LOU 5 - Local Authorities Pension Plan
•    LOU 6 - Bargaining Unit Exclusions
•    LOU 7 - Legal Indemnification
•    LOU 8 - Employment Insurance Rebates
•    LOU 9 - Retroactivity

We tentatively agreed to improvements to a couple more articles, but we did not sign off as we haven’t started negotiating wages and benefits. These improvements are:

•    Article 19 Probation
-We made updates to not include Orientation staff in regular staffing level count
•    Article 23 Appointments/Vacancies
-We included language to provide feedback to internal applicants regarding job postings

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We will continue to keep you updated as negotiations move forward. Please reach out to a member of your negotiating team if you have any questions or concerns. 

AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAM - GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY
Continuing Care Staff
Diana Bigelow
dianabigelow@gmail.com
Gregory Broadbent
gbroadbent@telus.net
Marla Gillam
marlagillam@live.ca
Vanessa Williams
williams1977@sasktel.net

AUPE RESOURCE STAFF
Darren Gangur Negotiations
d.gangur@aupe.org