Bargaining
Ladysmith & District Credit Union – Important: Bargaining 101
April 4, 2025
To: All MoveUP members at Ladysmith & District Credit Union
Your union and Ladysmith & District Credit Union will be heading to the bargaining table to negotiate a new collective agreement. Here’s what you need to know:
Bargaining Survey
This confidential, online survey asks you about improvements needed at your workplace. The survey link will be emailed to your personal email address. It is very important that we have your most current contact information! You can update us here.
Your Bargaining Committee
Your bargaining committee represents you. They are YOUR VOICE at the bargaining table, and they need to hear feedback from you on what needs to change. Your committee will prepare contract proposals for bargaining based on what you indicate are your priorities in the bargaining survey.
Bargaining Process
Your bargaining committee will prepare contract proposals prioritizing the top issues you and your co-workers identify. (This could be higher wages, a lighter workload, better scheduling, etc.) The more united we are in our demands, the better our chance at creating change. At the bargaining table, we need to show that we are determined to stand together for what we deserve. Ladysmith & District Credit Union will also bring their own proposals to the table. Your bargaining committee will decide if those proposals are in the best interests of our members. Throughout the bargaining process, when available, we will send you updates on how bargaining is progressing to your personal email.
Reaching an Agreement
When we have reached a tentative agreement, you and your co-workers will vote on whether to accept the new terms of the collective agreement. If the majority of you and your co-workers vote to accept it, then we have a new collective agreement. If the tentative agreement is rejected, we may return to the bargaining table or consider job action.
Over 95 percent of our collective agreements are settled without job action.
Stay tuned for more updates. If you have any questions about the bargaining process, please contact me at dwong@moveuptogether.ca.
In solidarity,
Your Bargaining Committee:
Carrie Alexander, Job Steward
Denine Vadeboncoeur, Job Steward
Dora Wong, Union Representative
