CUPFA Collective Agreement Ratification (8 years !!!)
Today, June 22, 2009 CUPFA signed the new CUPFA Collective Agreement which ends in August 2012. All Concordia unions shouted Bravo CUPFA !! After so many long years, everyody is very happy for the agreement. Congratulations to CUPFA, the bargaining team, and all members who will no doubt be very relieved to see this signed. [...]
Canadian Labour Congress on the protection of Workers’ pension
Pension plans and retirement savings have been hit hard by the economic crisis and the security of many Canadians is at risk. Some companies even want to cut defined benefit plans that employees paid into throughout their working lives. People with RRSPs and other private pensions that invested heavily in stock and financial markets have [...]
June 2009 Negotiations Update
Your bargaining team met with the Employer in April and May in an effort to achive resolution on the last few outstanding bargaining issues. We have pursued bargaining with the objective of concluding a fair agreement that we could present to the membership for ratification. The University has failed to respond to our monetary proposals [...]
