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Bargaining Updates
Bargaining Update: Friday, Dec. 5, 2004
Bargaining for Cap Care GSS wage reopener
continues
EDMONTON — Bargaining continues for a wage-reopener
agreement between Capital Care Group and AUPE Local 049, representing
General
Support Service employees.
The AUPE Bargaining Committee — made up of elected representatives
of Local 049 Chapters 002, 003, 004 and 006— is seeking a
new wage agreement for the year beginning July 1, 2004.
AUPE Staff negotiator Terry Agoto, who leads the union bargaining team,
said proposals put forward to the employer include:
- Reduction in the number of steps on the pay grid so that employees
must go through fewer steps to achieve the top pay rate.
- Market adjustments for several classifications to give employees
wage parity with AUPE members working in similar classifications
for the Capital Health Region.
- Across-the-board pay increases for all employees in all classifications.
Bargaining
committees for both sides have met five times since proposals
were initially exchanged on July 21. Additional bargaining
dates are
set for Jan. 14 and 17, 2005, and Feb. 1 and 4, 2004
Agoto said the committee hopes to make further gains for
this group as negotiations continue, “although bargaining
to date has been quite difficult.”
For more information, Local 049 members should contact a member
of their bargaining committee:
Chris Sharp (Mewburn) — 963-5559 (Residence), 233-5559
(Cellular)
Mary Kehoe (Lynnwood) — 963-8810 (Residence) 893-8810
(Cellular)
Tracy Courtepatte (Grandview) — 992-0409 (Residence)
Susan Franks — Alternate
Note: Members refer to this agreement as the “Lilac Book” to
avoid confusion with the Capital Care Group Auxiliary Nursing
Care agreement, which is known as the Blue Book.
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