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Unifor CNTL Owner-Operators Ratify New Collective Agreement
October 2, 2019

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On Friday, October 25, 2019 in Montreal, Unifor formally opened national negotiations with VIA Rail Canada on behalf of the 2,200 Unifor members employed at VIA Rail - 1,550 who are members of Unifor National Council 4000.  Unifor National President Jerry Dias was in attendance, along with his Executive Assistant Scott Doherty who joined both bargaining committees.  There are three collective agreements that cover Unifor members at VIA - Agreement No.1 (Off-Board employees - Council 400); Agreement No.2 (On-Train employees - Council 4000); and Agreement No.3 (Shop Craft employees - Local 100).
 
On Saturday, October 26, Council 4000's full-time Regional Representatives, the Council's President and Secretary Treasurer, and the Union's National Representatives met with the Corporation to deliberate on grievance resolutions before actual collective bargaining commences.  Several grievances were resolved and of the those that could not be resolved favourably, they will be advanced to mediated arbitration on November 26, 2019 at the Canadian Railway Office of Arbitration (CROA) in Montreal before Arbitrator J.F.W. Weatherill, or to regular CROA hearings in the year 2020 based on scheduling and grievance caseloads.
 
Bargaining for Council 4000 will begin on November 5 in Montreal and will continue through to November 8.  Additional bargaining sessions have been confirmed for the first week in December (December 3-6) also in Montreal.  Both November and December's bargaining will focus on proposals related to work rules and other collective agreement matters for Agreements 1 and 2.  Monetary talks will not start until our work rule proposals are finalized.  Once we turn to wages and benefits, those deliberations will be held at the main table where Council 4000 will join Local 100.
 
The bargaining priorities of Council 4000 are those that were received from our VIA membership from across Canada following our online VIA Rail Bargaining Surveys that were made available to the membership from June 10 to July 26, 2019 on www.unifor4000.com.  The bargaining priorities as determined by the Council 4000 membership (Locals 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004 and 4005) were as follows:

  • Fair Wage Increases
  • Improve Benefits
  • Paid Sick Time
  • Improve Rest Period and Work/Life balance for Agreement 2 members
  • Improve Pension Plan
      
During the bargaining process, the Union will post updates as the information becomes available by way of Unifor RailLINE postings, the Union's National website (unifor.org) and social media sites.  Council 4000 will also post updates on their website (unifor4000.com) and their social media sites (Facebook and Twitter).
 
In Solidarity,
 
Your Unifor National Council 4000 VIA Rail Bargaining Committee
Ron Shore
Regional Representative
Unifor National Council 4000
Mountain Region (Local 4001)

Laura Hazlitt
Regional Representative
Unifor National Council 4000
Prairie Region (Local 4002)

Andrew Stephen
Regional Representative
Unifor National Council 4000
Great Lakes Region (Local 4003)

Mario Laroche
Regional Representative
Unifor National Council 4000
St. Lawrence Region (Local 4004)

Jennifer Murray
Regional Representative
Unifor National Council 4000
Atlantic Region (Local 4005)
Dave Kissack
President
Unifor National Council 4000


Danny Andru

Secretary Treasurer
Unifor National Council 4000


Barry Kennedy

National Representative
Unifor


Myriam Germain

National Representative
Unifor


Scott Doherty

Executive Assistant to the National President
Unifor
Related:

Unifor National Council 4000 Bargaining Page
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