QUEBEC, Aug. 20, 2019 /CNW/ - Thousands of workers rallied outside Bell Canada headquarters in Quebec City, demanding an end to job erosion.
"Bell benefits from the hard work and innovation of Unifor members," said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. "Instead of treating them with respect, the company has continually eroded our jobs and inflicts a stressful work environment on current employees."
As of Tuesday, December 4, the Unifor ACL has filed a grievance on the revised, ‘Roadmapping’ performanace management process now called, ‘Coaching For Success’.
If any member recieves a letter from their manager they should have a Shop Steward present during these meetings.
We will keep the membership informed going forward.
UNIFOR ACL (Atlantic Communication Locals) or The Council.
October 18, 2018
OPEB’S (other post employment benefits)
As everyone should be aware, as of April 1, 2019 Bell is taking away our OPEB’s. This amount is calculated as years of service for the Company after the age of 40, times $66.67 to a maximum amount of $1000 per year. This money is used to buy medical, dental and or life and accident insurance upon retirement.
As negotiated during bargaining in December 2017, the Company stated to the bargaining team that doctor’s notes would only be requested when there was a clear pattern of abuse of article 28.08 (Sickness Absence).
Unifor ACL members vote 85 % to ratify a new Collective Agreement.
Bell Aliant workers from every corner of Atlantic Canada have voted 85% per cent to ratify a new collective agreement that was achieved after months of challenging bargaining.
“Our bargaining committee is grateful for the support and solidarity of our hard working members who made this agreement possible,” said Bobby MacDonald, Chair of Unifor ACL which represents locals 506, 401, 410 and 2289.
After a long year of negotiating with Bell, your Unifor ACL Bargaining team is confident that we are bringing back a strong tentative agreement and are recommending acceptance.
The most important story of this last round of negotiations is certainly, the ability of the Unifor ACL Bargaining Committee to revert the plans of the company with regards to the transformation of your respective pension plans.
The Unifor ACL bargaining committee is pleased to report that a tentative agreement has been reached with Bell Aliant, after eight tough sessions of bargaining in Halifax over the last year.
The Unifor ACL bargaining committee is pleased to report that a tentative agreement has been reached with Bell Aliant, after eight tough sessions of bargaining in Halifax.
The committee is pleased to announce that they will be recommending ratification of this agreement.
“As you are aware, when we started this negotiation the company was seeking major concessions that would have taken away many of your hard earned retirement benefits, but we managed to push back to get a fair agreement,” said Bobby MacDonald, Chair of Unifor ACL
Progress made as talks continue into January - 12/8/2017
The Unifor ACL bargaining committee made progress on several issues this week and both sides have agreed to extend discussions into January.
“We have accomplished long awaited results this week in signing off on multiple issues, including paid domestic violence leave for members, agreements on performance management and the formation of a joint committee on mental health,” said Bobby MacDonald, Chair of Unifor ACL.
Halifax – Today, December 6, Unifor and Bell Aliant honoured the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women with concrete action by negotiating paid domestic violence leave.
“Our agreement with Bell sends a clear message of commitment that we can through collective bargaining make a difference,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias. “There is no better way to recognize December 6 than by taking action to address gender-based violence.”
Clarification About ACL Pension Benefits (11/15/2017)
The Unifor ACL Bargaining Committee would like to clarify some key information after receiving a number of inquiries from members about the Defined Benefit Pension Plan changes announced by Bell this past year.
Currently members can retire with an unreduced pension if:
Unifor’s Bell Aliant ACL wraps up disappointing 4th session of bargaining
10/23/2017 -
The bargaining committee for Unifor Atlantic Communication Locals, which represents locals 506, 401, 410, 2289 wrapped up their fourth session of bargaining with little progress to report to members in all four Atlantic provinces.
“The employer continues to pursue their version of flexibility, which the bargaining committee equates with precarious, unsteady, part time work,” said Roch Leblanc, Unifor National Representative and Senior Negotiator.
Bell Aliant workers in Atlantic Canada are proudly sporting union t-shirts as resumes in Halifax on Tuesday Oct 17.
The bargaining committee for Unifor Atlantic Communication Locals, which represents locals 506, 401, 410, 2289 want the employer to know how invested they are in making Bell Aliant a better place to work, which is why they are wearing red to work as a show of solidarity.
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNIFOR ACL BARGAINING COMMITEE
Dear Members,
This past week your team sat down with Bell negotiators for the third bargaining session.
It is important to know that during the first two bargaining sessions a commitment on several non-monetary items was reached with the employer. Given that this is a tentative commitment until a full tentative agreement is reached we are unable to release details while negotiations are underway.
On August 22 and 23, many of your Union leaders and activists met in Halifax and laid the ground work for making each and every one of our 2200 members a crucial part of the bargaining process.
Our goal is to keep you as involved as we can and to make sure that our employer knows how invested we all are in making Bell Aliant a better place to work.
In the coming weeks, we will share details of special events, dates and times on ways that you can show our employer that we all stand united in this round of negotiations.
