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The layoff meetings are continuing for the Green Book every week day. Each meeting is scheduled to be 45 minutes long. Sometimes they take much less time than that, but every once in a while they go over that. During these meetings the company presents its reasons for the job elimination, and what options are available for the worker. As we continue to make our way through the list, we are now getting to folks with significantly less seniority than those we were first meeting with at the beginning of June, which unfortunately means there are not always bump options for them. However, every few days, ELR is notifying us of "new" vacant positions that have been approved to be filled. These positions are then being offered as an option for some during their meeting (per Article 25.4). We estimate that there are about 50-60 more meetings to go for the Green Book.
CONTRACT: The Red Book contract was set to expire today. The company and the union have agreed to extend it until a successor agreement is agreed upon. Either party can give 30 day notice to begin negotiations at any time.
SAL: An agreement has also been made on the Special Administrative Leaves for the Red Book. The old agreement expired today. A new one has been agreed to that calls on any department that doesn’t have enough work to ask for volunteers for the SAL. If there aren’t enough volunteers, the least senior folks can be mandated to go on leave. People who volunteered for the leaves in the past will have a chance to either volunteer again, or come back to work this way. The agreement allows for the leaves to be in effect for up to 90 days. If you are currently on leave, you should be hearing from your management team today.
LAYOFFS: There was one Red Book layoff meeting today. There is a possibility of one or two more layoffs, but they have been delayed, and will possibly not happen, because of some issues we have raised about them.
June 30, 2020 - Check out the June 2020 issue of your magazine.
The June issue includes a statement by our Acting President’s on systemic racism and a report by our Secretary-Treasurer on the Benevolent Society annual general meeting. As we are entering the hot summer days, we give you some tips on how to wear a mask during periods of heat stress. This issue also features two bills that constitute attacks on workers and citizens’ rights: Bill 61 in Quebec and Bill 1 in Alberta.
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Ce numéro de juin inclut une déclaration de la Présidente par intérim sur le racisme systémique et le rapport par notre Secrétaire-trésorier sur l’assemblée générale annuelle de la Société de secours mutuel. Alors que nous entrons dans les chaudes journées d’été, nous vous donnons quelques conseils sur la façon de porter un masque en contexte de chaleur. Dans ce numéro, vous trouverez également des informations sur deux projets de loi qui constituent des menaces pour les droits des travailleurs et travailleuses, et des citoyens : le projet de loi 61 au Québec et le projet de loi 1 en Alberta.
La date limite pour les Bourses d’études de la Section locale 1944 des Métallos approche, alors n’attendez plus pour déposer votre demande !
Jusqu’à nouvel ordre, toutes les assemblées d’unité se font par web conférence Zoom uniquement.
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