Richmond, Delta, Burnaby, Uh Oh

Walls Come Tumblin Down - John Mellencam

Now Burnaby settles and surprise, suprise the GVRD Labour Relations Bureau is not at the table.., while in Vancouver CUPE 1004 and the City of Vancouver will meet at the BC Labour Relations Bureau to argue over what staff can pick up garbage after the fireworks. ARGH!!

Mike Jackson with CUPE 1004 said they are taking the issue to the Labour Relations Board. He said they have a good case because they have the names and positions of the people who have been asked to collect trash and most of them normally work inside city hall

Source: CKWX News1130

Tentative Deal Worked Out for Burnaby Civic Employees
Monday, July 30 - 10:55:06 PM Tamiko Nicholson

BURNABY (NEWS1130) - City workers in Burnaby now have a tentative agreement. The union is recommending the deal and a vote is expected later in the week. Burnaby city council also still has to vote on the agreement.

CUPE 23 President Rick Kotar said they were able to work out a deal directly with the city, and that talks went better than with the GVRD Labour Relations Bureau. Kotar said they would not release details of the deal until after the member ratification, but that it does build on agreements reached in Richmond and Delta.

CUPE BC president Barry O'Neill said this could spell the beginning of the end for the Bureau. O’Neill referred to the rigid bargaining mandate imposed by the Bureau on all Lower Mainland communities.