November 1, 2022
Work at Home Agreement for Contact Centre
After weeks of discussion with the company, your bargaining committee has come to an agreement for work at home. This agreement will be rolled out in three phases in all three contact centres.
Some highlights for YTO-RES:
● Once you accept a telework position, you are committed for a minimum of six months
● You will be provided with a laptop, one monitor, a keyboard and mouse, a docking station, power cord, and a headset
● A T2200 for income tax purposes
● You must have an adequate workstation available in your home
● You are responsible for the office furniture that meets your needs
● You must have high speed internet
● ONE shift BID/VAC BID for those in telework and working in office
● Catchment area is 120 minutes from the office
● Any transfers into RES would need to complete their training before exercising their seniority to apply to participate in the telework program when telework vacancies are declared.
Full negotiated Language can be found here:
https://www.unifor2002.org/resources/UNF/PDF/22-11-01_Unifor-AC-AE_LOU34-Work-at-home_Final.pdf
Solidarity with CUPE education workers
On Sunday, October 30, CUPE education workers served their 5-day strike notice ahead of a final week of mediation with the provincial government. These education workers are some of the first groups to negotiate with the province after facing four years of Bill 124’s 1% wage caps.
The Ontario Government's Education Minister Stephen Lecce invoked the Notwithstanding Clause and introduced back-to-work legislation to prohibit a strike and impose a contract on 55,000 education workers. No government in Canada has ever taken this egregious action before.
The Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly upheld workers' collective rights to engage in free and fair bargaining.
Unions across the province are standing up. You can help by making calls to support education workers. RSVP for the Justice for Workers Phone Zap on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
The right to strike must not be eroded. In Canada, workers agree to abide by an already rigid set of laws that govern the right to strike, and how and when it can be used. Invoking the Notwithstanding Clause revokes that right and we must all strongly oppose this attack on worker’s rights.
Unifor will stand with CUPE education workers as they determine their next steps in this fight. We know that the only place to reach a fair contract is at the bargaining table, but Minister Lecce refuses to meet education workers on equal footing.
Workers must remain united and be firm in our demands for fair wages.
Tweet from Unifor President Lana Payne:
The #notwithstandingclause was NEVER meant to be used to circumvent constitutionally guaranteed union rights. Those rights include the right to collective bargaining and to strike. What is happening in Ontario right now is an attack on workers rights everywhere. #onpoli #canlab
GIDIP Trustee
In the Central Region we are very fortunate to have Terry Carlucci as our GIDIP Trustee. Terry works as a CES in YOW and has been a GIDIP trustee for several years. If you have any questions like applying for, appealing or what can be done to ensure an easier return to work, please reach out to Terry. Please remember to use your personal email and not your AC email address when communicating with her.
All conversations with Terry are confidential and private.
For more information on the GIDIP program and your GIDIP benefits at a glance, see this page on the Unifor 2002 website: Unifor2002 - GIDIP
Women’s Advocate – Central Region
A Women’s Advocate is a specially trained workplace representative who assists women with concerns such as workplace harassment, intimate violence, abuse, suicide prevention, depression, pregnancy, stress, separation, and divorce.
Yolanda Cornwall is our Central Regions Women’s Advocate. She currently works out of YTO-RES but before 2020 she was a member at YYZ-ARPT. Contrary to her title she is available to help any members regardless of gender. Her number is 519-280-5134 and her email is yolanda@unifor2002.org
All communication with her is strictly confidential.
Here is a link for all regions’ contact details: