CUPE 229-1 Bargaining Update #4
Dear Members, I hope this message finds you well. I would like to update you on the recent developments concerning our negotiations with Aramark. On January 8th, your Union’s Bargaining Committee met with Aramark, supported by a Conciliator from the…
CUPE 229-0 Bargaining Update #3
Dear Members, We hope this message finds you well. We want to provide an update on the ongoing negotiations with the University and share the next steps in our collective efforts to secure fair treatment for all members. As many…
CUPE 1302 Bargaining Update #5
Dear Members, We wanted to provide you with an update from the bargaining tab le. While we made progress on a few more proposals—agreements that will be reflected in the updated document soon—the discussions on monetary matters were deeply disappointing.…
BARGAINING BULLETIN #4
BARGAINING BULLETIN #4 OVERWHELMING STRIKE MANDATES FOR CUPE UNITS From December 10th-13th, all five CUPE units at Queen’s held strike mandate votes in the face of delays and Queen’s and Aramark’s resistance to key priorities in negotiations. Well, the results…
CUPE 229-0 Bargaining Update #2
Since the last update to members, your bargaining committee met three times with Queen’s, on November 12, 26, and 27. We have one more scheduled date on Monday, December 2, but despite our proposal of sixteen different January bargaining dates…
CUPE 1302 Bargaining Update #4
Dear members, Attached is the first round of proposals delivered by the employer during bargaining. Please remember that this is the initial phase of bargaining, and proposals will change as negotiations progress. That said, these initial proposals signal significant shifts…
CUPE 254 Bargaining Update #1
Nov 14 Day One (half day) of Bargaining Proposals were exchanged. We submitted a full package of proposals with monetary propositions. Queen’s proposal was absent of monetary offers and will be exchanged at a later date. Queen’s denies a common…
CUPE 229-3 Bargaining Update #1
Your CUPE 229-3 bargaining committee of Joe DeSousa, Megan Murphy, and Michael Wright spent the afternoon of November 5 and full days November 7 and 21 bargaining with Aramark. Your representatives presented a full package of proposals, the majority of…
CUPE 229-1 Bargaining Update #3
A Message from your Bargaining Committee: Bargaining is Going… After waiting 7 months for the employer to respond to us and our April Notice to Bargain we have finally begun to meet and exchange proposals across the table. We have been in…