District 140 Negotiations Committee/Comité de négociation du District 140

UPDATE ON NEGOTS

Your negots team has been meeting non stop directly with the company since Monday June 01, 2009.

We were asked to meet and discuss coming to an agreement on the company’s need for Labour peace. We met throughout the day Monday until 02:00 Tuesday morning discussing issues not related to the pension plan. The company brought Aveos in to the discussions as some of the items are of concern to them. The process is very long, tiring and extremely trying on the teams’ patience as we explain our position to both groups.

There are some very contentious issues being discussed and as of the printing tonight of this we are stalled. We will resume our talks tomorrow. As you all know, the media is kept well informed about the severity of not coming to an agreement on Labour peace, yet so far movement on our issues is slow and cumbersome.

Our discussions have been severely challenged by the company’s financial situation and the views our members who are tired of hearing how bad the situation is with the company.

As quoted in one of the national papers, “Right now, unfortunately, there’s no trust between employees and management and that’s something that takes a long time to rebuild,” said Chuck Atkinson, president of District 140. We definitely see that here today.

Are they even interested in rebuilding that trust?

We will keep you informed as events unfold.

Gary Sinclair

Negots Co-Chair, District 140 General Chairperson