With the end of the current UPS collective agreement expiring on July 31st 2010, negotiation committee teams across the country have begun their planning for a new contract. At Local 938, proposal meetings with employees have concluded in Barrie, Peterborough, Harbourfront and at the Hub, Airway and YYZ locations. Fred Randall, Business Agent who is heading up the Local 938 negotiations was pleased with the response to these meetings. “We experienced about a 25% turnout overall” he said, “which is typical at this early stage of negotiations. These meetings are designed to gauge the current feelings of the employees and establish what, if any, are the most pressing issues that members feel need to be put on the bargaining table” he said. “The membership certainly understand the current economic conditions” he added, “but nonetheless, a reasonable pension benefits wages increase appears to be on the minds of most members”.
The next stages are Correlation meetings between the three locals in Ontario which will be held from February 9th to 11th. The final national negotiation will begin March 1st thru the 5th. again in Montreal. This process could be a 6 to 8 week undertaking.
