Meeting Dates, Agenda and Forward Look

Things are usually pretty quiet in the summer and not much seem to be happening so it's been awhile since there have been any posts on this site. The president is on holidays and there hasn't been any new news that I'm aware of apart from the continued acceptance of the pattern bargain by other companies.

I hope you have all had a great summer. The weather has been better than last year but it has still been running hot and cold, literally!

September is quickly upon us and with that comes the resumption of meetings. The meeting dates for September are:


SHOP STEWARDS: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 7:00 PM
(Note Change of Day)

EXECUTIVE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 6:00 PM

GENERAL: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 7:00 PM

I am about to commence my 22 days off (starting tomorrow) and I will be out of town and absent from the September meetings. I have done up an agenda, however any potential Executive Recommendations are not on it because the Executive meeting for September has not yet occurred. The agenda can be found here.

The final item today concerns the Forward Look. It is unlikely that I will be anywhere near internet access the week the Forward Look normally comes out so I am going to suggest to the President that he post any submitted articles directly to this blog. We should be back to normal for October (whatever normal is anymore).

For those of you seeing your children back to school soon, I hope that goes well for you and for them. And, for all my "C" crew compatriots, enjoy your holidays. I know I will.

In solidarity,

Tim

Catalyst Bargain Re-scheduled

Due to some scheduling conflicts and previous commitments the Catalyst bargain is now tentatively set to commence Sept. 22nd.

Pete

Catalyst Locals To Negotiate In Early September

At the Presidents Council in Powell River last Thursday, the Catalyst locals decided to start negotiations on the 2008 industry pattern agreement in early September. The locals will meet on Sept. 8th to deal with any local items that are common to all the locals. They have also set Sept. 9th as a possible date to exchange agendas with Catalyst management. Hopefully discussions will commence on the 10th any carry on until an agreement or an impasse is reached.

Pete Rayburn

Pattern Agreement

To All Members of Local 592

The latest concern going around the mill is about the interpretation of the “me too” clause in the A4 Start-up Agreement. Local 592 Wage Delegates are maintaining that the “me too” clause to the 2008 Main Wage Agreement refers to the “pattern agreement” as negotiated by the Western Region Caucus. The pattern for the 2008 bargain is now in place with the Canfor locals ratifying the Memorandum of Agreement.

John Young and myself met with the Local 686 Executive to confirm a common understanding and that we will expect nothing less than the “pattern”. The Wage Delegates will meet with the company as soon as possible to discuss this issue.

Pete Rayburn
President CEP Local 592
Catalyst Paper
Port Alberni BC

Canfor Bargain

Pete asked me to post the Canfor Bargain. You can find it by clicking here. It is a 5mb pdf file.

(I have removed a couple of updates on this post wherein I made some personal opinion statements that should not have been done on this public blog. I apologize for this lapse in personal judgment.)

In solidarity,

Tim

Local 1119 (Howe Sound) Reaches Tentative Agreement.

We have been informed that Local 1119 (HSPLP) has reached a tentative agreement yesterday morning. I believe the main wage terms of the agreement are similar if not identical to that of Locals 603 and 1133 who reached a tentative agreement earlier in the week. This will now set the pattern for the remainder of the Pulp & Paper caucus to shoot for at their negotiations.

Pete Rayburn

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