Meeting Notice
Westland Insurance Group – Tentative Agreement Reached – Ratification Meeting and Voting Instructions
January 28, 2025
To: All MoveUP members at Westland Insurance Group
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative collective agreement with your employer, Westland Insurance Group.
Your bargaining committee is strongly recommending ratification of the tentative collective agreement.
In order to review the tentative agreement with you, a ratification meeting has been scheduled as follows:
DATE: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
TIME: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
PLACE: Teams (link will be sent to your home email address)
In attendance will be your bargaining committee as well as your Union Representative. Electronic secret ballot voting will be open the following day. Please make every effort to attend and cast your ballot.
As a first collective agreement, there have been some significant gains made between the parties. Your bargaining committee identified the areas of importance for the membership and this Memorandum of Agreement has enshrined some very important entitlements into the collective agreement, and added some great improvements.
Highlights of your first collective agreement are as follows:
- 3% – July 1, 2024 – Retroactive to the date of expiry on the first year
- 2% – July 1, 2025 – 2025
- 2% – July 1, 2026 – 2026
- Added – Donor Leave
- Added – Statutory Holiday – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Added – Training opportunity language
How and when to vote:
Voting will commence on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 8:00am and close Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 8:00pm.
To vote, simply log in to the member portal https://memberportal.moveuptogether.ca/ and you will see the option to vote on the screen. If you are having difficulty signing into the member portal, please email membership at membership@moveuptogether.ca.
If you are not registered on the member portal prior to the voting opening, you will not be eligible to vote.
Your bargaining committee would like to express our sincere thanks to the membership for all of the support throughout the bargaining process.
In solidarity,
Your Bargaining Committee:
Paula Marchessault, Bargaining Committee
Ronnie Ho, Union Representative
