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