Bargaining
CapilanoU – Bargaining Update – Tentative Agreement Details & Ratification Meeting
December 20, 2019
To: All MoveUP Members at CapilanoU
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with your employer, Capilano University.
Some highlights of the tentative agreement include:
- 3 Year Duration
- 2% Wage Increase to the current salary scale for the first year of the agreement, retroactive to July 1, 2019
- 2% Wage Increase in year two, 2% Wage Increase In Year Three
- Domestic Violence Leave
- Gender Transition Leave
- Monthly Public Transit Subsidy, And Other Green Transportation Initiatives
- Increases To Severance Pay
- Low wage funding for ECEs, and lowest wage groups
- Additional Labour Market Adjustment Funding For Positions Compensated Below Market Comparators As Identified During The Length Of The Contract
Your bargaining committee is strongly recommending ratification of the tentative collective agreement.
We will be holding a meeting on January 13, 2020, in order to review the tentative agreement with you. In attendance will be your bargaining committee as well as Vice President of Combined Units, Christy Slusarenko. This will also be your opportunity to vote on the tentative agreement. The vote will be conducted by secret ballot.
Mail-in ballots are available to all members unable to attend the meeting on January 13, 2020. Please email ksmith@moveuptogether.ca with your name and current home address if you are unable to attend and wish to request a mail-in ballot. Deadline to request a mail-in ballot is 4:00 p.m. Friday, January 10, 2020.
The deadline for mail-in ballots to be received by the union office is 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2020. The ballot count is currently scheduled for January 30, 2020.
The meeting details are as follows:
DATE: January 13, 2020
TIME: Ratification Meeting 12 – 2 p.m.
Bargaining Committee will remain onsite in Birch 126 until 6 p.m. to assist members and answer questions
PLACE: Birch 126, onsite
In solidarity,
Your Bargaining Committee:
Brenda Rovner, Executive Councillor
Darin Feist, Executive Councillor
Wendy Dansie, Executive Councillor
Eric Roberts, Executive Councillor
Christy Slusarenko, Vice-President – Combined Units
Nathan Beausoleil, Union Representative