August 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM
On August 6th and 7th 2008 the Bargaining
Committee met in Vancouver to discuss the Bargaining Surveys submitted by the
membership. The process was one of comparing the surveys from across the system
and prioritizing them and ultimately putting together the list of demands to
present to the Company. The Bargaining Committee will reconvene in early
September to finalize this process.
We have been communicating with the company
regarding the Collective Bargaining Process and the Maintenance of Activities
Agreement. The parties have not agreed to enter into early bargaining at this
time. The committee will continue to develop the bargaining agenda in order to
be fully prepared should early bargaining commence. It is quite possible that
negotiations will go ahead as planned next year with discussions commencing well
in advance of the contract expiry. As far as the Maintenance of Activity
Agreement is concerned the Company agreed that after the summer vacation season
has subsided it will engage in talks with the Union to try and reach an
agreement as it pertains to this matter.
Jazz Tech Bargaining Committee
John Murawesky, Chairperson
Peter Brown, YYC
Ian Waite, YXU
Ghobud Khorasani, YYZ
Daniel Marion, YUL
David Gylland, YHZ
Roberto Lampasona, Tech II