Bargaining
Catalyst Paper – Tentative Agreement Reached
December 18, 2023
To: All MoveUP members at Catalyst Paper
We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative collective agreement with your employer. The tentative agreement includes:
- 4 year agreement from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2025 as follows:
Wage Increases:
Effective May 1, 2021: *$5000.00 lump sum for all current employees who were employed in 2021
Effective May 1, 2022: 7.50%
Effective May 1, 2023: 2.50%
Effective May 1, 2024: 8.00%
*The Parties agree that all current employees who were employed in 2021 includes those employees who were in receipt of wage indemnity or disability benefits. For such employees, the $5000.00 lump sum shall be paid upon their return to work or upon termination per the employee’s preference.
**The Parties agree to delete Letter of Understanding (Line of Progression Technical) and to revise Appendix A accordingly removing reference to the Letter of Understanding.
Other Improvements
- Improved Management Rights Clause
- Improved Right of Representation
- Increase to Overtime
- Improved Seniority Protections
- Improved Vacation Pay
- Improved Arbitration Process Language
- Improved Employee Investigation and Discipline Process Language
- Improved Bullying and Harassment Process Language
- Improved Temporary Employee Language
- Improved Layoff and Recall Language
The parties agree to unanimously recommend acceptance of this Memorandum of Agreement to their respective principals.
We will be holding a meeting on December 19th, in order to review the tentative agreement with you.
In attendance will be me (Daniel Storms), your Union Representative and Kai Theus of our bargaining committee to answer any questions you may have about the Memorandum of Agreement.
The meeting details are as follows:
DATE: December 19, 2023
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Team Online Meeting
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In solidarity,
Your bargaining committee:
Daniel Storms, Union Representative
Kai Theus, Job Steward