EMCON: Bargaining goes badly – Join our town hall Dec. 8 & 9

Your team met with the employer for mediation on December 8 and 9. Your team worked hard, but our employer keeps putting up barriers to progress. For example, they say they would only make a deal if the union drops all the policy grievances we filed.

It’s time to talk about what to do next, including the possibility of going on strike.

Attend our Zoom town hall to join the discussion and have your say.

Bargaining Zoom Town Hall


Tuesday, December 16

7:00 p.m.

Please check your email for a link to the Zoom town hall. If you do not have the link, please contact a member of your negotiating team

Notes from mediation

EMCON’s monetary offer is not good enough, and they don’t seem interested in changing it.
Your team tried to negotiate. We tried to work with the employer and come up with proposals where we could meet in the middle, but EMCON would not budge.

We demanded full retro pay dating back to November 1, 2024, something that is very normal in new agreements. When EMCON finally agreed to consider full retro pay, they took a whole percentage point off of their proposal for raises. The employer really, really does not want to pay you the wages we deserve.

More mediation meetings are tentatively set for January 8 and 9. Your team will work on our next steps after we hear from you at our town hall.

Please contact a member of your team if you have questions.

AUPE NEGOTIATING TEAM - EMCON

Justin Jean
justinljean84@gmail.com

Bernie Quinn
garry223@telus.net

Angie Booth  
truckerchick73@gmail.com

AUPE RESOURCE STAFF

Kate Robinson Negotiations
k.robinson@aupe.org