Bargaining

Canadian Merchant Service Guild-Western Branch (CMSG) Collective Agreement Ratified


February 28, 2023

To: All MoveUP Members at CMSG


We are pleased to announce that the collective agreement has been ratified.

Some highlights of the new agreement include:

  • 5 year agreement with full retroactivity from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 as follows:

–Year 1    3.0% January 1, 2022**

–Year 2    2.0% January 1, 2023** [confirmed as 6%]

–Year 3    2.0% January 1, 2024**

–Year 4    2.0% January 1, 2025**

–Year 5    2.0% January 1, 2026**

**The wage increases in Year 2 through Year 5 shall be 2.0 percent, or the established rate of the National Guild [National Guild funds the Western Branch] for that year for all its employees across Canada, whichever is higher.

  • National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
  • Updated and improved pregnancy, parental and adoption leave
  • Management Rights – employer commits to act fairly and reasonably
  • First Responder Leave
  • Inclusion of ESA Sick Leave regulation into agreement
  • Domestic and Sexual Violence language
  • Improved discipline and investigation language
  • Improved expedited arbitration language
  • Improved right of representation
  • Impact of Legislation

In solidarity,

Daniel Storms, Union Representative


File Number: 22-CMSG-BARG-Collective Agreement Ratified-Feb 28, 2023
Union Label: DS/ks usw2009

 

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