Ua hōʻea ʻo VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) i nā ʻaelike no ka hana hou ʻana i ʻelua mau makahiki o ka ʻaelike me Unifor, ʻo ka uniona ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,400 mau limahana ʻo VIA Rail ma nā keʻena, ma nā kaʻaahi, ma nā kikowaena mālama a me nā keʻena hoʻomalu.
ʻO kēia mau ʻaelike kuikawa e hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia e nā koho balota ʻO VIA RailNā lālā Unifor.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hōʻea ʻana i kēia mau ʻaelike a nānā i mua i kā lākou hōʻoia ʻana," wahi a Patricia Jasmin, ka luna o ka manawa o ka luna limahana limahana. "Hōʻike kēia hana hoʻoikaika i ka kūpaʻa a me ka hana ikaika a nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i hōʻike ai i loko o kēia kaʻina hana."
Ma Malaki 2020, ma muli o ka Covid-19 outbreak, ua ʻae ʻo VIA Rail a me Unifor e hoʻopaneʻe i nā kūkākūkā no nā ʻaelike hui, i pau i ka lā 31 o Kēkēmapa 2019, me Unifor 1 (nā limahana kaʻaahi-ʻole), Unifor 2 (nā limahana o ke kaʻaahi onboard) a me Unifor 3 (nā limahana ʻoihana). Hoʻomau hou ke kaʻina hana hui kuʻikahi ma Q4 2020.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, VIA Rail and Unifor agreed to postpone the negotiations for the collective agreements, that expired on December 31, 2019, with Unifor 1 (off-train employees), Unifor 2 (onboard train employees) and Unifor 3 (shopcraft personnel).
- Ua hōʻea ʻo VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) i nā ʻaelike no ka hana hou ʻana i ʻelua mau makahiki o ka ʻaelike me Unifor, ʻo ka uniona ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,400 mau limahana ʻo VIA Rail ma nā keʻena, ma nā kaʻaahi, ma nā kikowaena mālama a me nā keʻena hoʻomalu.
- The usual collective agreement bargaining process then resumed in Q4 2020.
