Contract proposal on the table in Port Hawkesbury, NS
April 11th, 2012 | Posted in Labour Negotiations | 5 comments »
After 16 days of meetings between Stern Partners (Pacific West Commercial Corp.) and the CEP representing the workers of the former NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill, a contract proposal is on the table.
At a meeting tomorrow night (Thursday), the workers will be presented with the details of the proposed contract.
Workers will not vote on the proposal at the meeting, but they will decide if they want to vote at a future date.
CEP Local 972 spokesperson Steve MacDougall said, ”It has been a very gruelling couple of weeks. We sat down, went over the documents, and we negotiated in good faith- we are now waiting on our members to see what they think of the whole deal.”
If the workers decide not to vote on the contract, Stern Partners may walk away from their offer to purchase the Port Hawkesbury paper mill.
Source:
Local union officials set to present mill workers with contract proposal
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Oh youll vote and youll vote for it. Chuckles and the fat man from the CEP will make sure of it ! Local Execs prepare to be vilified in the press and eventually fired.
Vote yes for a job.
Vote no for no job.
Let me rephrase that.
A vote yes = at least 50% personnel reduction plus wage and benefit reductions.
A vote no = 100% personnel reduction and 100% wage and benefit reduction.
Not true. Stern isn’t the only game in town.
Half a job is better then no job eh Chopper ?
You must work for the CEP. Screw half your workforce out of a job and screw the other half out of their seniority and benefits. That your motto Chopper ? Only need 51% like you for this to pass. It happened down the road so why not in Cape Breton
funny cause from what i hear mersey executive and membership screwed their members all by themselves. I guess it always makes it easier for some to point the finger at everyone else which seems to be the ongoing theme from some of mersey boys. Remember the finger pointing how mersey was the only mill that stood up and wont fold until you actually found the gun barrel at your head. Then you guys folded like an accordian but the chirping continues.