Bargaining
ICBC – Bargaining – Update #1
September 13, 2022
To: All MoveUP members at ICBC
As many of you may be aware, the BCGEU and the Facilities Bargaining Association (led by the Hospital Employees’ Union) both recently announced they had reached tentative deals with their respective public sector employers.
Those unions are recommending that their respective members vote yes to accepting their deals. The ratification date has not yet been set, but we expect to see it soon.
How does this affect us at ICBC?
As ICBC is in the public sector, assuming that the tentative agreement is accepted by the members of the BCGEU or HEU, it means their wage package will serve as the template for all public sector collective agreements in this round of bargaining.
Does this mean this will be our wage package in our next collective agreement?
Generally, once one public sector union has struck a deal, the wage terms in that agreement serve as the template for others to follow. We expect that to be the case again in this round of negotiations.
What is the wage package that was tentatively agreed to?
Both the BCGEU and HEU announced identical wage package as follows:
Year 1 – Effective April 1, 2022 increase all rates of pay by 25 cents per hour and then increase all rates of pay by 3.24%.
Year 2 – Effective April 1, 2023 increase rates of pay by the annualized average of BC CPI over 12 months starting on March 1, 2022 to a minimum of 5.5% and a maximum of 6.75%.
Year 3 – Effective April 1, 2024 increase rates of pay by the annualized average of BC CPI over 12 months starting on March 1, 2023 to a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 3%.
If those other unions’ deals are ratified, what else is left to negotiate for us?
Although you have told us that cost-of-living and your wages are among the most important to you, there are many other areas that are also of concern. These include working from home, workload, hours of work, among many others. All these are issues that we will be addressing at the bargaining table.
When will we be going to the bargaining table?
The parties will commence negotiations on September 27 and have set a total of 11 dates between then and the end of 2022. We will update you as negotiations proceed.
If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact your bargaining committee at icbcbarg@moveuptogether.ca.
In solidarity,
Your Bargaining Committee:
Brenda Chu, Executive Board Member
Bryan Finstad, Executive Board Member
Brian Martens, Executive Board Member
Dimitri Ossinsky, Executive Board Member
Trevor Hansen, Union Representative
Annette Toth, Vice-President