Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448 - Bargaining Brief

Updated: May 24, 2023
Approx. Number of Members: 21
Current Contract Expires: first contract
MGEU Staff Negotiator: Katie Haig-Anderson
Elected Bargaining Committee Members: Corlette Clark, Shawn Harder, Lisa Roger

LATEST BARGAINING NEWS

Members of Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448 ratified their first collective agreement with the employer on May 23, 2023.

Overview of Bargaining

Members of Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448 had the opportunity to put forward their ideas and proposals for creating their first collective agreement with their employer on Tuesday, October 30, 2019. The Bargaining Committee then worked to pull together these proposals into a package, which they presented to the employer. 

After a number of unexpected delays, including the pandemic, the Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448 Bargaining Committee began negotiations with the employer on January 6 and 7, and continued on February 2, 3, 9 and 10, and March 4, 5, 10,11, 25, and 26, 2021. 

The KSMA - Local 448 Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the employer on April 12 and 15; June 7, 8 and 18; and August 16 and 20, 2021. 

The Bargaining  Committee resumed negotiations with the employer on November 2 and November 15, 2021.  

Due to illness, the meetings between the KSMA - Local 448 Bargaining  Committee and the employer scheduled for December 21 and 22, 2021 were postponed.

The Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448 Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations with the employer on February 7, 8 and 9, 2022. 

After many meetings with the employer, the Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448  Bargaining Committee and the employer had reached agreement on all but a few issues.

However, these outstanding issues involved several important matters, so the Bargaining Committee requested the aid of a third-party conciliator to help both sides reach a resolution.

A conciliator was appointed by the Manitoba Labour Board and  several meetings took place into December 2022.

On February 10, 2023, after many months of meetings between the Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448 Bargaining Committee and the employer, as well as discussions aided by a conciliator, the third-party conciliator declared that the parties had reached an impasse in negotiations.

As such, the Bargaining Committee applied to the Manitoba Labour Board to have the Board settle MGEU-KSMA’s first collective agreement.

Both sides met with a Labour Board Officer on April 27, 2023 to see if an agreement could be reached. A Labour Board hearing was scheduled for May 15 and 16, 2023 in case an agreement could not be reached.

The Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency Inc. (KSMA) - Local 448 Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement with the employer on May 8, 2023. 

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