CN, CNTL and Savage Alberta Railway Update
December 17, 2014
The Master Unifor Bargaining Committees represented by Local 100 and National Council 4000 have been working diligently these past few weeks presenting our bargaining proposals and having CN Rail address the many non-economic issues. Since our meetings in September and October:
Assistant to Unifor President Bob Orr joined each of the Master Bargaining Committees in Montreal on Tuesday, December 16 as negotiations resumed this week. CN has indicated that they are fully prepared to work towards a settlement prior to the expiry of the agreements (December 31, 2014) and while this type of statement is important from the corporation, it must be supported by clear evidence. CN still has a number of concessionary items on the table dealing with right of selection, overtime rules, meal periods, General Holiday pay, fuel subsidy to name a few, along with estoppel notices on a number of issues. Brother Orr impressed upon CN Rail that if Unifor is to reach a “clean sweep” settlement with CN on all Unifor collective agreements, these concessions must disappear off the bargaining table and the corporation must address the outstanding items.
Unifor President Jerry Dias also joined the Master Committees on Wednesday, December 17th and addressed the corporation in an afternoon session, identifying the key issues for Shopcraft, Owner Operators, Intermodal, Excavators and Savage Alberta Rail which must be finalized before the union will even contemplate moving to the economic issues.
We urge our members once again, not to listen to rumours or innuendoes and should questions arise, members should contact their Union Representative or Vice-Presidents respectively.
Source: Unifor RailLINE
- Local 100 has met with CN on November 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21 and again December 7 to 13
- Council 4000 Owner/Operators has met with CNTL on November 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 and again on December 11, 12
- Council 4000 (5.1 and 5.4) has met with CN on November 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 28 and again on December 3 & 4
Assistant to Unifor President Bob Orr joined each of the Master Bargaining Committees in Montreal on Tuesday, December 16 as negotiations resumed this week. CN has indicated that they are fully prepared to work towards a settlement prior to the expiry of the agreements (December 31, 2014) and while this type of statement is important from the corporation, it must be supported by clear evidence. CN still has a number of concessionary items on the table dealing with right of selection, overtime rules, meal periods, General Holiday pay, fuel subsidy to name a few, along with estoppel notices on a number of issues. Brother Orr impressed upon CN Rail that if Unifor is to reach a “clean sweep” settlement with CN on all Unifor collective agreements, these concessions must disappear off the bargaining table and the corporation must address the outstanding items.
Unifor President Jerry Dias also joined the Master Committees on Wednesday, December 17th and addressed the corporation in an afternoon session, identifying the key issues for Shopcraft, Owner Operators, Intermodal, Excavators and Savage Alberta Rail which must be finalized before the union will even contemplate moving to the economic issues.
We urge our members once again, not to listen to rumours or innuendoes and should questions arise, members should contact their Union Representative or Vice-Presidents respectively.
Source: Unifor RailLINE
Related:
- Dec 8, 2014 Council 4000 CN Bargaining Update
- Dec 1, 2014 Conciliation Officers Appointed to CP, CN, CNTL and Savage Alberta Railway
- Nov 17, 2014 - Unifor National Council 4000 CN and CNTL Bargaining Updates
- Nov 12, 2014 CP, CN and CNTL Bargaining Update - CN files for Conciliation
- Nov 4, 2014 Unifor Bargaining Update: CN Mechanical and CN Savage Alberta Railway
- Oct 20, 2014 Unifor Council 4000 CN Bargaining Updates
- Sep 29, 2014 Unifor’s Rail Locals open negotiations with Canada's largest railways
- Sep 29, 2014 Unifor National Council 4000 CNTL Bargaining Survey Results
- Jul 28, 2014 Results of the Unifor National Council 4000 CN Bargaining Survey
- Jul 19, 2014 Unifor Council 4000 negotiates new truck specifications with CNTL
