GOLICO - Locals 56-61 - Bargaining Brief

Updated: May 30, 2023
Approx. Number of Members: 1,200
Current Contract Expires: March 24, 2022
MGEU Staff Negotiator: Kristin Sutton
Elected Bargaining Committee Members: David Hill, Component Director; Rick Cooke, Local 61 President; Kevin Kotyk, Local 58 President; Ed Miller, Local 59 President; Jordan King, Local 56 President; Diane MacMillan, Local 61 Vice-President; Ritchie Gural, Local 61 Member-at-Large

LATEST BARGAINING NEWS

The employer recently came to the table with a monetary mandate and presented it as a final offer.

The Bargaining Committee is strongly recommending that members reject the offer and provide the Committee with a strike mandate.

The Committee will be holding a number of meetings over the next few weeks at in-store locations to share details of the offer. There will be a presentation by the Bargaining Committee at each meeting, and members will be able to ask any questions they might have.

Dates, times, and locations of upcoming meetings:

•  Mon, June 5^th – Thompson 6:00pm
• Tues,  June 6^th – Flin Flon 12:00pm
• Tues, June 6th – The Pas 5:00pm
• Weds, June 7^th – Swan River 1:00pm
• Weds, June 7^th –Roblin 3:30pm
• Weds, June 7^th – Russell 5:30pm
• Thurs, June 8^th – Virden 11:00am
• Thurs, June 8^th – Brandon West Express 2:00pm
• Thurs, June 8^th – Brandon South 3:30pm
• Thurs, June 8^th – Brandon Victoria 5:00pm
• Thurs, June 8^th – Brandon Corral 6:30pm
• Fri, June 9^th – Killarney 11:00am
• Fri, June 9^th – Minnedosa 3:00pm
• Sat, June 10^th – Dauphin 11:00am
• Sat, June 10^th – Neepawa 2:00pm
• Sat, June 10^th –  Portage la Prairie West 4:00pm
• Sat, June 10^th – Portage la Prairie East 5:00pm
• Sun, June 11^th – Stonewall 11:00am
• Sun, June 11^th –Selkirk 1:00pm
• Sun, June 11^th – Gimli 3:30pm
• Mon, June 12^th – Pine Falls 11:00am
• Mon, June 12^th – Lac du Bonnet 1:00pm
• Mon, June 12^th – Beausejour 3:00pm
• Tues, June 13^th – Carmen 11:00am
• Tues, June 13^th – Morden 12:00pm
• Tues, June 13^th – Winkler 3:00pm
• Weds, June 14^th – Steinbach 12:00pm
• Mon, June 19^th – Winnipeg – Canad Inns Polo Park – Ambassador M  11:00am – 7:00pm
  Presentations at 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 5:00pm
• Tues, June 20^th – Winnipeg – Canad Inns Fort Garry – Ambassador E  11:00am – 7:00pm –Presentations at 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 5:00pm
• Weds, June 21^st – Winnipeg – Canad Inns Garden City – Private Dining Room 4  11:00am – 7:00pm
  Presentations at 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 5:00pm
• Thurs, June 22^nd – Winnipeg – Canad Inns Club Regent – Ambassador E – 11:00pm – 7:00pm
  Presentations at 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 5:00pm
• Sun, June 25^th – Winnipeg – Union Centre Room 107 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
  Presentation at 7:00pm 

Overview of Bargaining So Far

Members of GOLICO - Component 9 (Locals 56 - 61) had an opportunity to elect some of their Bargaining Committee and put forward their ideas and proposals for improving their collective agreement at a meeting on Thursday, January 27, 2022. A GOLICO Component meeting was held on February 25, 2022 and the Bargaining Committee met to go over bargaining proposals on March 23 and 24, 2022.

The GOLICO - Component 9 (Locals 56 - 61) Bargaining Committee continued to review bargaining proposals on May 26 and 27, 2022.

The Bargaining Committee met again to review the Component's bargaining proposal package on September 22 and 23, 2022, in preparation for exchaning proposal packages with the employer on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Negotiations continued on October 26 and 27 an November 1, 2 and 3, 2022. 

The Bargaining Committee met with the employer during the last week of October and first week of November 2022 and the two sides made significant progress, agreeing to most non-monetary items like contract language and working conditions.

The Bargaining Committee met with the employer met on January 17, 2023. At this point, the employer has not presented a funding mandate to begin discussions re: monetary items like wages and benefits.

Bargaining began again on March 20, 21 and 22, and continued on April 18, 19, and 20, 2023, and May 15 and 16, 2023. 

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