December 12, 2011

Negotiations for the renewal of our collective agreement continued this past week with meetings held with Rogers Citytv OMNI Tuesday December 6th through Thursday December 8th.

Talks continue to progress and our discussions included the following issues:

• Health and Welfare – administration of short term disability by Morneau Shepell
• Company Holiday Scheduling
• Layoff Provisions
• Vacation for Part time Employees
• Vacation Scheduling
• Vacancies and Promotions
• Work Assignments
• General clean up and updating of several framework provisions in the contract

Further negotiations dates have been set for the week of January 23rd. As negotiations progress, we will send out further bulletins to update you.

Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please contact us.

In Solidarity,

Your Local 830M Bargaining Committee:

Stephen Hawkins, President president@unifor830m.ca

Jimmy Mistry, Vice-President jimmymist@hotmail.com

Gerald Christenson, Treasurer, Alternate geraldac@telus.net

Carl Larsen, Chief Steward divecarl@shaw.ca

Brian Wawzonek, Alternate b_waz@hotmail.com

Joie Warnock, CEP National Representative jwarnock@cep.ca