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. . Appendix C Contract Negotiation Simulation Clean Right Partners Inc. company and ASU does not contain any language regard You will be provided with further information and instrue that may affect bargaining unit members ing contracting out or mergers and acquisition scenarios tions regarding the analysis and a possible renewal of the collective agreement provided below between Clean Canada. The outlined collective agreement has an expiry Agreement Right Partners Incorporated and the Allied Service Union Issues Arising Under the Collective date listed in this simulation which may be altered by your instructor. The union's business agent, union local president and bar- gaining committee began a concerted intra-organizational Background bargaining process with their parent union's business agent and legal counsel, union local leaders and the general Clean Right Partners is an independent private sector op membership once notice to bargain had been served on the eration located in a major urban centre in your province company. The following priorities for the upcoming round The company was established in 1997 by brothers Michael of bargaining included: and Zack Cummings. The brothers had previously owned a chain of dry cleaning stores which they sold to open Clean FOR THE UNION Right Partners. Their initial clients were two area hospitals Union security-delete Article 1.02 (e) and demand and one nursing home. Due to the entrepreneurial spirit of the two brothers, the business grew quickly and over the hiring more part-time employees to cover vacation Jeaves next two decades has become a major player in health care, industrial uniform and linen cleaning services in the region. Vacation entitlement increase entitlements-TV Clean Right Partners was unionized on two occasions: first, weeks (4%) after one year but less than three (3) years: in 2007, for production and maintenance personnel (a total three weeks (6%) after three (3) years' service but less than of 110 full-time and part-time staff represented by SEIU). seven (7) years, Four-wecks (8%) after seven (7) years but then in 2010, by Allied Services Union Canada (ASU) for less than eleven (11 years), and five (5) weeks (10%) after eleven (11) years (Article 11). drivers and loading dock employees a total of 19 full-time and part-time). The company has a small human resources Management rights-eliminate language "who has department with a director, health and safety coordinator, acquired seniority" from current Article 3.01. benefits coordinator, HR assistant and HR clerk-receptionist Compensation--increase annual shoe allowance to The HR director handles all union-related matters with the 5175 per year (Article 11.03). support from time-to-time of outside legal counsel. There Compensation--cost-of-living adjustment to be nego have been two prior collective agreements between ASU tiated in new contract (New) and the company. While the first collective agreement was Hours of work-language guaranteeing minimum of achieved with the help of mediation after a rather acrimo hours reporting pay if shift is cancelled. (New). nious start, the second round of bargaining proceeded to a Seniority-reduce probationary period (after which successful conclusion without the threats of either a strike seniority is accumulated) from one hundred and eighty or a lockout (180) calendar days to sixty (60) calendar days; and While Clean Right Partners is a major player in the will have no seniority rights during that period health care and industrial uniform and linen markets in (Article 14.02) their region, there has been a strong rumour over the Leaves of absence-add any leave of absence language last six months of a possible corporate acquisition by a renowned provincial cleaning and linen service company. into the agreement in keeping with any LOA intro- duced by government through employment standa The Cummings brothers are approaching retirement age yet maintain they are not entertaining any overtures from this or other legislation during the term of the expir agreement. Negotiate up to ten paid days for any or any other potential buyer. Needless to say, union mem- approved LOA now not paid by employer (New) bers throughout the company are somewhat anxious with this situation. The current collective agreement between the Job posting-eliminate second paragraph of Article 17.01. . . . . non . Employee benefits-no action taken on promised Compensation-change safety shoe allowance period employer commitment on long-term disability protect - from 12 to 18 months (Article 11.03). see last sentence in Article 19.01. Sick leave-current accumulation formula but stop Sick leave-increase monthly sick leave credit accu- any "carry-over" or "pay-out" of unused credits from mulation to two days (16 hours) per month and make one year to the next (Article 20). adjustments based on this change to Article 20.01 and 20.02 Another Important Matter FOR THE COMPANY While Clean Right Partners is a major player in the Grievance procedure-introduce language before the health care and industrial uniform and linen markets in reference to Step 1 that articulates the necessity of first their region, there has been a strong rumour over the having a "complaint stage" to allow the affected last six months of a possible corporate acquisition by a employee(s) to discuss the issue with the supervisor in renowned provincial cleaning and linen service corpora- an attempt to resolve the matter. Also suggest time lim- tion. The Cummings brothers are approaching retire- its associated with this process (Article 4-New) ment age yet maintain they are not entertaining any Discipline and discharge--strike out "verbal" from overtures from this or any other potential buyer. Need- first line in Article 5.02. less to say, union members throughout the company are somewhat anxious with this situation. The current col- Employee record-replace time limit for clearing lective agreement between the company and ASU does record from 10 months to 24 months (Article 6.01). not contain any language regarding contracting out or Compensation-change "will" to "may" in Article mergers and acquisition scenarios that may affect bar- 11.02 regarding company payment of parking tickets. gaining unit members. . . . Article 1 Union Recognition & Scope 1.01 The Company recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agent for all route persons (route and mat drivers), dock attendants and porters of the Company in Anytown, Province save and except supervisors, persons above the rank of supervisor, clerical and sales staff and persons for whom any trade union held bargaining rights as of February 1, 2016. 1.02 Supervisors, or those above the rank of supervisor, not included in the Bargaining Unit shall not perform work normally assigned to employees in the Bargaining Unit ine except in the following circumstances: (a) instruction or training; (b) evaluation, route assessment or experimentation; DO (c) circumstances beyond the Company's control including customer's special request; (d) when Bargaining Unit employees are not readily available; or (e) replacing Bargaining Unit employee while on vacation 1.03 The Company agrees not to enter into any agreement or contract with its employ- do ees, individually or collectively, which in any way conflicts with the terms and con- ditions of this Agreement. bro 19 olan 1.04 The word "employee" or "employees" wherever used in the Agreement shall mean respectively an employee or employees in the Bargaining Unit, and wherever the masculine gender is used in this Agreement, it shall include the feminine gender. Iqma mascu Article 1 Recognition and Scope The current agreement provides for the replacement of non-bargaining unit employees, including supervisors to replace bargaining unit employees when on vacation. The Union is concerned with the erosion its membership and will seek to remove this provision. Bargaining unit employees who are on vacation should be replaced by other bargaining unit employees