Union News - September 2017
The last collective agreement included a provision to continue to negotiate the wages for the years 2014 and 2015.
Unfortunately, as both parties were unable to reach an agreement, a request was made for a binding arbitration process to settle this issue. As of now, both parties have selected their representatives for the arbitration process and a chairperson has been approved by both sides. It is expected that this process will take place in the late fall with the final decision binding on both parties.
This process does not in any way impede the start of our next round of collective bargaining. Initial steps in this process have already commenced. In the spring, bargaining demands were collected. The National Bargaining Committee will be created in the fall. Shortly after this, all of the demands received will be compiled and reviewed by this committee to determine the priorities. These will make up our bargaining demands which we will exchange with the employer, hopefully in the late fall or early winter.
We encourage you to sign up for email updates on bargaining, if you have not done so already. It is a very simple process and will ensure you are fully aware of what is transpiring throughout bargaining.
Just go to our website at: www.ute-sei.org and select ‘Join our mailing list’ at the bottom right. You then complete the form and choose the bargaining list as the one you wish to subscribe to. You will receive an email from UTE confirming your subscription. This list will be used to update you on bargaining developments.