1317 Bargaining Committee Update #6

June 8th, 2023

Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce that your Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement.

A Zoom meeting will be held on Saturday, June 17th beginning at 10 am to present the Tentative Agreement Package to members.  A Zoom link will be provided for all members to register for this meeting soon.

Instructions for Electronic Voting will be provided in a separate email.  Please check your email regularly for updates.

Due to the tentative agreement being reached, the previously scheduled Bylaw Meeting for June 17th will be re-scheduled to a later date.

In Solidarity,

Your Bargaining Team

1317 Bargaining Committee Update #5

Sisters, Brothers, and Comrades,

Local Bargaining Update:

The Bargaining Committee recently met with the Board on May 11th and 12th and feel we are making good progress and are optimistic we will reach an agreement in the near future.

Our next Bargaining date is set for June 8th.

In Solidarity

Local 1317 Bargaining Team

1317 Bargaining Committee Update #4

Sisters, Brothers, and Comrades,

Local Bargaining Update:

The Bargaining Committee met with the Board on April 3rd, 4th and 5th.  After three consecutive days of negotiations, we have not reached an agreement.

The Board has provided further Bargaining Dates of April 28th, May 11th and 12th.

Your Bargaining Team is committed to continue talks to get a fair deal done.

In Solidarity

Local 1317 Bargaining Team

1317 Bargaining Committee Update #3

Sisters, Brothers, and Comrades,

Local Bargaining Update:

Our last bargaining date on Feb 22nd was spent discussing issues and receiving answers on previous days presentation.  The Board has also notified the bargaining team that they will not be able to bargain on the previously rescheduled date of March 24th.  The newly confirmed dates to continue bargaining are set for April 3rd, 4th and 5th.  With 3 consecutive dates confirmed we hope to make progress in the bargaining process.

In Solidarity

Local 1317 Bragaining Team

1317 Bargaining Committee Update #2

Sisters, Brothers, and Comrades,

We had our first Bargaining date with the employer on Friday, February 17th.  In our first meeeting both parties exchanged and presented proposals.  Our next bargaining date is set for Wednesday, February 22nd.  February 23rd bargaining date has been cancelled and rescheduled for March 24th.

More bargaining dates will be confirmed next day.

In Solidarity

Local 1317 Bargaining Committee

1317 Bargaining Committee Update #1

Brothers and Sisters,

Your Bargaining Committee has been finalizing all Bargaining Proposals in the month of January and have confirmed 3 Bargaining dates with the Board beginning in February.  February 17, 22 and 23.

Please check your email for any updates.

In Solidarity,

Local 1317 Bargaining Committee