CUPE 1356-02 Student Safety, Parking, and CCTV Settles

Last night members of the CUPE Local 1356-02 Bargaining Unit settled their New Collective Agreement with a 63% "in favour" vote.

• The agreement adds formerly titled 'Supervisors' to the bargaining unit as Team Leaders.
  
• Monetary
  
  
  • 1 January 2006 3% + $0.50/hour [equal to an 8% increase]
    
  • 1 January 2007 3% + $0.50/hour [equal to an 8% increase]
    
  • 1 January 2008 3.5% + $0.50/hour [equal to an 8.5% increase]
    
  • Team Leaders +$2.00 above Basic Hourly Rate
  
  
• changes in the Grievance procedure to mirror the 1356 and 1356-01 agreements
  
• discipline letter now removed at 12 months
  
• bereavement leave changed to allow flexibility on when time taken
  
• opportunity to have shifts improved for lower seniority members
  
• opportunity to make representation to the JOHS Committee
  
• Personnel files location and access formalized
  
• increase in the number of Labou-Management meetings per year
  
• streamlining of the number of Classifications to three from a tiered system where all essentially worked the same jobs

This is the final item of a sequence of negotiations for CUPE Local 1356.
This is only a short synopsis of the items. Please refer to the actual settlement document for any further information, these were available at the meeting.