Your Bargaining Committee consisting of Mahendra Patel, Marc Carraro and Robert McArthur met on Wednesday, February 15th to begin preparing for the next round of contract negotiations.
Some basic education and training was provided about the Collective Bargaining stages along with a review of the Conciliation process, strikes and lock-outs.
Although your Committee already has a good sense of the various workplace issues that you face, an initial review of what has negatively affected our members, along with past and present complaints and grievances was conducted and cross referenced to the CBA to determine what areas of the CBA need to be amended and improved.
Your Committee will be holding open house type information sessions in the near future to keep you informed, educate you on the collective bargaining process and provide surveys that will assist your Committee as they move forward throughout the bargaining process.
We are committed to keeping you informed and part of this process.
