Acts of solidarity are paying off; keep the pressure on!
Enhanced mediation begins; employer continues to cause delays
Acts of solidarity are paying off; keep the pressure on!
Your negotiating team showed up to the first day of enhanced mediation on September 13, 2022 fully prepared only to find, yet again, the employer was not. The mediator has asked that we be patient and we are doing our best as we inch closer and closer to our first collective agreement.
As you may know, the employer did not like the posters we put up urging members to wear buttons on Mondays, ribbons on Wednesdays and red clothes on Fridays so we had to take them down. We strongly encourage you to continue to show your solidarity on the worksite on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays as it is clearly having an effect.
Whether you have worked for Rosedale for years or are one of the over thirty people hired over the summer, your negotiating team is working hard to get you the best collective agreement possible. Demonstrating that you support them by wearing your buttons, ribbons, and red clothes in the workplace gives them all the more strength at the bargaining table.
With the assistance of the mediator, we have been able to sign off on the following articles:
Preamble
Union Membership and Dues
Management Rights
No Strike/Lockout
No Discrimination/No Harassment
Probationary Period and Orientation
Appointment, Vacancies and Promotions
Union Stewards and Union Leave
Workers Compensation
Discipline, Dismissal and Resignation
Contracting Out
Occupational Health and Safety
Grievance Procedure
Inservice Programs
Temporary Employees
Professional Registration Fees
This leaves the following items outstanding:
Term
Definitions
Seniority
Casual Employees
Hours of Work
Overtime
Salary and Wages
Named Holidays
Vacation
Leaves of Absence
Layoff, Recall, and Severance
Sick Leave
Shift Differential
Benefits
RRSP
Uniforms
The enhanced mediation session scheduled for today has been rescheduled to October 22, 2022. We will update you further after that takes place. If you have any questions about bargaining or this update, please reach out to a member of your negotiating team.
AUPE Negotiating Team – Rosedale Partnership
Kaira Diyana Camiwet Chapter Chair, kay_dee_sy@yahoo.com
Nimbel Lagenio nlagenio79@yahoo.com
Eugene Galliguez jgenegalliguez@gmail.com
Geraldine Sagalla gdsagalla@yahoo.com
AUPE Resource Staff
Kate Robinson Negotiations
k.robinson@aupe.org
Guy Quenneville Membership Services Officer
g.quenneville@aupe.org
Jaime Urbina Organizer
j.urbina@aupe.org
Mimi Williams Communications
m.williams@aupe.org