Meeting Notice
Berlitz-Tentative Agreement Reached – Meeting Notice-June 24, 2025
June 20, 2025
To: All MoveUP Members at Berlitz Canada
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative collective agreement with your employer, Berlitz Canada.
We will be conducting a ratification meeting to discuss the Memorandum of Agreement (click here to view). Details for the meeting are listed below.
Highlights include:
- Three year agreement.
- Retroactive wage increases of up to 6% at time of signing, 1% year two with requirement to discuss year two wage adjustments aligned with Vancouver regional inflation, and 3% year three.
- New and improved leave provisions, including:
- Improved Parental Leave
- Gender Transition Leave
- Compassionate Care Leave
- Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave
- Improved Bereavement Leave
- Increased severance pay amount and eligibility.
- Improved layoff notice requirements.
- Employer will pay for requested sick notes.
Your bargaining committee strongly recommends ratification of the tentative agreement.
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm VIA ZOOM (click here to register for the meeting)
How you vote
To vote, simply log in to the member portal and you will see the option to vote on the screen. If you are having difficulty signing into the member portal, please email membership@moveuptogether.ca. If you haven’t already registered for your account, you will need your membership number and home email address and then click here. If you do not know your membership number please email membership and they will assist you with this. If you are not registered on the member portal prior to the vote opening you will not be eligible to vote.
Online voting
Voting opens: Tuesday, June 24 at 5:00 pm
Voting closes: Thursday, June 26 at 4:30 pm
If you have any questions regarding the Memorandum of Agreement, please reach out to me at ateymory@moveuptogether.ca
In solidarity,
Alina Teymory, Union Representative
