Category Archives: Labour Negotiations

The new union that is being formed by merging the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) will be known as Unifor.

“Today, we are proud to introduce our new union as Unifor, a union that will fight for working people in every sector of the economy and in every community in Canada,” said CEP National President Dave Coles. “Unifor will be a union for young workers, those struggling to piece together part-time work and contract jobs, and other precarious working conditions. It will be a union for everyone.”

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CEP Local 1119 at the Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mill in Port Mellon, British Columbia has a solid strike mandate.

82% of the over 400 workers in the Local voted on November 29.

99.4% of the votes cast endorsed strike action.

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Tolko Industries Ltd. announced today that following an extensive operational review of mills in the Williams Lake area,  it does not foresee a reasonable opportunity to reopen its Creekside mill in Williams Lake, British Columbia

Operations at the Lakeview and Soda Creek mills will not be affected.

“The decision not to reopen the mill was not an easy one to make,” said Mike Harkies, Vice President of Solid Wood. “When we curtailed operations at the mill indefinitely in 2009, we had expected that lumber markets would rebound within a year or two.  However, US housing starts are still less than half of what they were before the recession and, while demand from China has helped to keep our other mills open and US housing starts are slowly improving, lumber demand has still not recovered to a point that will enable all mills to operate viably.”

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The workers of CEP Local 324-6 that work at Sonoco in Fort Frances, Ontario have a new collective agreement.

Stephen Boon, CEP National Representative for Dryden, said, “we are pleased to have reached a solid, long-term deal covering our Forestry Members at Sonoco in Fort Frances.”

Workers voted just under 70% in favour of the deal.

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The electricians at Kruger‘s Corner Brook Pulp and Paper have a new contract.

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) Local 96 was the only one of five CEP locals in the mill to reject Kruger’s contract offer in June, along with  Lodge 1567 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW).  Both groups wanted more in their contract to retain skilled workers in Corner Brook.

Although specific deals of the new contract are not publicly known, the new contract is believed to contain some specially crafted language designed to try to retain electricians.

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Today at the CEP National Convention in Quebec City, the delegates have voted in favour of merging with the CAW.

The vote was over 90% in favour of merging.

The CAW has already voted in favour of the merger.

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On Monday, at the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada‘s (CEP) annual convention in Québec City, the delegates will be voting on a possible merger with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union.

The CAW has already voted in favour of merging with the CEP.

Results of the vote will be announced on Monday at 1pm, or immediately after the vote.

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Workers at Domtar‘s Kamloops pulp mill have voted to accept a contract offer from their employer.

The members of CEP Local 10b voted 87 % in favour of a deal recommended by the bargaining committee.

Last week the members voted 99.6% in favour of a strike.

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The members of CEP Local 1115 have ratified their proposed agreement with  the Cariboo Pulp and Paper Company.

The vote was 76.6% in favour.

171 members voted.

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A tentative agreement has been reached between CEP Local 1115 and the Cariboo Pulp and Paper Company.

Two meetings will be held tomorrow with the members, with voting to follow.

The Memorandum of Agreement has been posted on Local 1115′s website – view here.  The offer includes a lump sum payment of $3750 for all active employees ($500 for students) upon ratification of the contract, with another lump sum payment of $3750 due in 2013.

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