Mainland Commissionaires: Negotiations update
Published by Patrick April 28th, 2008 in Bargaining, Commissionaires Tags: Bargaining, Commissionaires.
Your Bargaining Team met with the BC Corps of Commissionaires on April 24 and 25, 2008.
This was the first meeting of the parties following the exchange of bargaining proposals on February 27, 2008. These negotiations, for a first collective agreement, include two (2) bargaining units: approximately 40 Commissionaires performing work on behalf of the Canadian Border Services Agency at Library Square and the Vancouver International Airport and 8 Commissionaires performing work on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the Seal Cove Coast Guard Base in Prince Rupert.
The following issues were discussed:
- Purpose and Scope of the Collective Agreement
- Management Rights
- Definitions and Interpretations
- Union Recognition
- Union Representatives
- Use of Client Facilities
- Union Dues and Membership
- Information
- Leave With or Without Pay for Union Business
Although some progress was made during those two (2) days of negotiations, no articles were signed off. The next meeting has been tentatively set for May 29 and 30, 2008.