GNWT
GNWT BARGAINING UNDERWAY!
Inuvik Regional Meeting - For Locals 3 & 29
Tue. February 21 at 6:00 pm
Sir Alexander Mackenzie School Gym
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Hay River Regional Meeting - for Local 6
Tue. February 21 at 7:00 pm
at the Legion
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Somba K'e Regional Meeting - for Locals 1, 28, 32, 33
Thu. February 23 at 5:30 pm
at Northern United Place
North Great Slave Regional Meeting - for Locals 9, 10, 11
Thu. February 23 at 7:30 pm
at Northern United Place
February 1, 2012
Click here to view our informational brochure for members regarding bargaining to date.
Bargaining Update - click here to read the most recent bargaining update to bargaining members. Included in this document are the dates for the upcoming regional meetings. (Please note that only signed members can attend union meetings.) These dates are also available in our online calendar.
January 20, 2012
Bargaining Communique Available Now:
"Six cents an hour. That’s the increase the lowest-paid GNWT employees would receive in the first year of a new contract, under the Government’s opening wage offer."
Click HERE to read the rest of the document. (pdf format)
January 17, 2012
The bargaining team tabled the following pay proposal today.
The Union is proposing a 3 year collective agreement; expiring on March 31, 2015.
Pay Adjustments and Increases
The Union is proposing increases in pay for this agreement that are very reasonable given the general economic circumstances. Our aim is to protect the financial well-being of our members and take into consideration the high cost of living in the North. The following increases may be achieved in a variety of ways, such as annual economic increases and adjustments to pay grids.
April 1, 2012 3.25% increase
April 1, 2013 3.25% increase
April 1, 2014 3.25% increase
Allowances and Premiums
Northern Allowance
Increase transportation factor by $250 effective April 1, 2013
Increase cost-of-living factor by $200 effective April 1, 2014
January 16 , 2012
Bargaining reconvened this week. GNWT employee members, make sure to drop the bargaining team a line from this website with comments or even just messages of support!
December 22, 2011
Your bargaining team has commenced negotiations for a new collective agreement with the Government of the Northwest Territories.
The parties exchanged proposals on December 19, followed by three days of bargaining.
Your team is pleased to report that we reached agreement with the Employer that will result in directing joint occupational health and safety committees at GNWT worksites across the territory to develop procedures to ensure the safety and security of employees who are required to work alone.
The bargaining teams also signed off on a large number of housekeeping issues.
Your team was disappointed, however, that the Employer did not respond to many of the Union’s substantive proposals.
We were also disappointed to find that the Employer had brought a number of concessions to the table, including many proposals under Article 22 – Hours of Work that would allow the Employer to exercise complete control over employees’ work schedules.
Your bargaining team has told the GNWT that we are not interested in further eroding the work-life balance of our members, which a change in hours of work would do.
In addition, your Union has tabled proposals and begun discussions on topics such as rest periods following call- backs and overtime, as well as whistleblower protection.
We are back at the bargaining table the week of January 16, 2012. Please stay tuned for further developments.
December 19, 2011
The GNWT and the UNW will begin negotiations this afternoon, and for the rest of the week, on the contract which expires on March 31, 2011.
Bargaining will continue the week of January 16th and the week of February 27th.
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Initial Proposal Packages (exchanged on December 19)
UNW's proposal package. (Section A9.03 to A9.16 added on Dec. 22/11)
GNWT's proposal package. (You will be redirected their webpage.)
GNWT follow up proposals. (You will be redirected to their webpage.)
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