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Agreement signed with CUPE 1615
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| CUPE 1615
signed an agreement with Memorial University on Oct. 25, 2000:
Front row (L-R): Monty Green, Human Resources; Wayne Thistle,
vice-president (administration and finance); Dr. Axel Meisen,
president, Memorial University; Dave Reynolds, national representative
of CUPE; Ralph Tapper, CUPE president, Local 1615; Judy Windsor,
CUPE, QEII. Back row (L-R): Claude Horlick, Human Resources;
Roxanne Millan, Arts; Rob Shea, Student Affairs; Raelene Thomas,
Human Resources; John Butters, CUPE, Computing and Communications;
Irene Whitfield, CUPE, Labour/Le Travail; Brian Farewell, CUPE
national representative; Carol Kennedy, CUPE, QEII. |
This fall an agreement
was reached between Memorial University and its administrative,
technical and technical support employees represented by the
Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1615. The 750 employees
work at Memorial's campuses in St. John's and Corner Brook (Sir
Wilfred Grenfell College).
The agreement was ratified by the employees at meetings in Corner
Brook on Oct. 10 and St. John's on Oct. 11. It had already been
ratified by the labour relations committee of the university's
Board of Regents. The agreement was signed on Oct. 25.
The two-year contract, which expires Sept. 30, 2001, calls for
the following wage increases: two per cent retroactive to Oct.
1, 1999; one per cent retroactive to April 1, 2000; one per cent
retroactive to Oct. 1, 2000; and a wage re-opener clause that
takes effect July 1, 2001. Parties agree to re-open discussion
of wage increases in the context of any changes to general public
sector compensation.
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