August 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Your GTAA bargaining committee is pleased to
announce that a tentative agreement with the Company has been reached.
The following are partial highlights of the
tentative agreement concluded last night, August 14, 2013 by the CAW Local 2002
District 333 Bargaining Committee of Ata Ugursoy, Scott Bowers, Lana Delic-Bridger,
Tim Haxhiaj, Antonios Kourteridis, Pauline Leloudas, Ashley Watkins, and Shane
Wark. For official purposes, please consult the full memorandum of settlement
that will be provided at the ratification meetings scheduled Friday, August 16,
2013.
Ratification Meetings
--- FRIDAY, AUGUST
16, 2013
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0800 - 1000 hours, TCAT (T1-Level 2 Training room)
1200 - 1400 hours, T3
Pyramid room
1600 - 1800 hours, AESC
All CAW District 333 members are
strongly encouraged to attend these important meetings. Bargaining committee
representatives will be available to present and discuss details of the
tentative agreement. As per the Local 2002 Bylaws, voting will only take place
during the scheduled meeting times.
| Collective Agreement, Article |
Highlights |
| 48 - Wages |
2.75% effective August 1st 2013, 2014, and 2015 |
| 45 - Contracting Out |
Job protection and employer disclosure |
| 21 - Standby |
Increased Standby Premiums |
| 22 - Shift Premium |
Increased Shift Premiums |
| 28 - Group Insurance Plan(s)/Pension Plan |
Consolidated Plan – Dental Plan coverage increased to $2000.00/year, Long Term Disability Employer pays 85%/Employee pays 15% |
| 10 - No Discrimination, Harassment or Retaliation |
New and improved language |
| 13 - Grievance and Arbitration Procedure |
Improved language to expedite grievances |
| 16 - Hours of Work |
Additional pre-scheduling language, shift trades, partial shift trades |
| 17 - Overtime |
Improved compensatory leave language and remedy for overtime bypass |
| 19 - Discipline |
Improved protection, information and representation for employees facing discipline |
| 23 - Vacation |
Improved vacation bidding and new advance ad hoc vacation language for request made less than 10 days in advance |
| 24 - Bereavement Leave |
Paid bereavement |
| 24 - Sick Leave |
Clarified language |
| 30 - Safety Foot Wear |
Increased to $200 |
| 31 - Staffing/Job Posting |
Improved and clarified posting language |
| Appendix "F/F1/F2" |
Improved JEC language |
| Appendix "G" |
Improved Shift Scheduling Committee language |
| Appendix "I" |
Skilled trade seniority |
| Appendix "K" |
Expedited Arbitration Process |
Your CAW Bargaining Committee
unanimously recommends that you vote "Yes" to this tentative agreement.
CAW reaches tentative agreement with GTAA. Click here to view CAW-GTAA Bargaining Connect - Issue 12 (PDF)
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