Unifor National Council 4000 CNTL Bargaining Survey Results
September 29, 2014

Below are the results of our Unifor National Council 4000 CNTL Bargaining Survey amongst our CNTL Owner Operator membership whom are governed under the Collective Agreement between Unifor and CN/CNTL. The surveys were distributed nationally in preparation for our negotiations with CN later this year. Over 59 percent of our members participated in the survey that is used by our bargaining committee in determining and prioritizing our overall bargaining agenda.  

No.	Demand	%
1	Vacation	94%
2	Fuel Cap	68%
3	CN Benefit Plan	65%
4	Truck Age Lifted	59%
5	Eliminate Wait Time	55%
6	Statutory Holidays	40%
7	Maintain Fuel Subsidy	18%
8	Paint Subsidy on Tractor Painting	18%
9	Minimum 2% Rate Increase	12%
10	Eliminate 15 Minutes Wait Time at Terminals	12%
11	5%  Rate Increases	11%
12	Increase Wait Time Pay	10%
13	10% Highway Pay Premium	8%
14	Establish a New Mountain Premium	8%
15	Establish a New Winter Premium	8%
16	20%  Rate Increases	7%
17	Establish a New Chain-Up Rate for Highway Trips	6%
18	Driver Assist and Placards to be properly clarified	6%
19	Paid Double Drops and Switches	6%
20	Owner Operators should not pay for BSM or other Devices	5%
21	6%  Rate Increases	5%
22	Increase Pay for Shunting	5%
23	Edmonton Zone Rates need Increases	5%
24	CN Pension Plan	4%
25	CN Share Investment Plan	4%
26	Stop Harassment and Poor Treatment by Dispatch	4%
27	Improve Dispatch	4%
28	Stop Harassment by Driver Managers / Martyn Peterson	3%
29	WCB to be paid by Company	3%
30	Shorten Highway Moves and Time Away from Homes	2%
31	Require Use of Heavy Spec Trucks	2%
32	Extra Pay on Holidays	2%
33	Highway Wait Time to Start After 15 Minutes	2%
34	BSM Tracking Prohibited for Disciplinary Purposes	1%
35	Retention of Seniority in all Cases	1%
36	Company to Compensate for Use of Hwy 407 in Greater Toronto	1%
37	Registered Retirement Savings Plan	1%
38	Replacement Drivers not Responsibility of Owner Operators	1%
39	Moves to Different Customers at Same Location to Be Paid	1%
40	Prohibit Two Trucks by Owner Operators	1%
41	Permit more than One Truck	1%
42	Company to Provide Safe Areas Where Trucks are Parked	1%
43	Permit Owner Operators to have Long Weekends	1%
44	One Rest Day to include either a Saturday or Sunday	1%

 

The Unifor National Council 4000 CNTL Bargaining Committee met in Mississauga the week of August 18, 2014 to formulate our contract demands and proposals. In addition to finalizing our bargaining agenda. On September 17, 2014 in Montreal, we met with representatives of CN Labour Relations and CNTL to settle any current and outstanding grievances in advance of commencing negotiations.

Unifor scheduled a two day meeting in Winnipeg on August 27 and 28 of all Unifor Rail Bargaining Committees – Council 4000, Locals 100, 101 and 103 - to discuss and implement a strategy going into bargaining. All three will be in negotiations with their memberships’ respective employers at CN (100 and 4000), CP (101) and Ontario Northland (103).

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