Ok day two was again a long day. First off we have more dates for bargaining.They are March 5,11,12,13,17,20,26. Today we received the employers response to your proposals. In our view the day was productive, they employer as well as the union did show some flexibility on some issues and put forward an intention to commit to further discussion on others. Most of the day the team pored over language in different collective agreements to help us work through some issues that we are facing at the table. For the whole team it was a long day as we were there at around 8 am and not finished until around 5:30 PM. Bargaining is continuing, and the teams task now, is to go over the there responses, and to decide how to best move forward while still minimizing the risks.
Now having said all of that, on behalf of the team I want to say a heart felt thank you to all of you who have wished us well, and expressed your thanks to the team for the job that we are doing. The words of encouragement really mean a lot. However I must also add, that we are all part of the same team, but we are just acting in different capacities.
2 comments:
what is going on is this the same employer that we bargained with the last two times..Congrads and good luck.
the code read memo was interesting as well. though i speculate how they can determine on back filling full time positions with the location of casino niagara in doubt.
meaning that if casino niagara is to move, the staffing levels in not only our department but the entire casino will change.
with the lease agreement still up in the air i don't see them backfilling anything full time or part time untill the permanent location of casino niagara is finalized.
but, it is still encouraging news and i also wish the barganing team the best.
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