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OT Averaging Agreement and MOA Roll-out – Update

The MOS’s and OT Averaging agreement is being rolled out jointly to the province with both Management and a Trained Union Representative in each session to explain in detail the process and to answer any questions you may have.

 

Recently the Company and Unifor National had agreed to settle several National Policy Grievances as well as adopt an Overtime Averaging Agreement.

Local 1996-O Executive and BTS management have been jointly reviewing the MOA’s and OT Averaging Agreement for the upcoming joint roll-out to the Union Membership.

The following will be discussed:
In an attempt to improve the working environment and relationship, the
Company and the Union have agreed to settle 4 National Policy Grievances,
and have clarified the language on scheduling practices going forward.

National Policy Grievance: Agreements between BTS and Unifor
➢ Assigned <8 hours for PT employees on DOR/NGR
➢ Assigned <8 hours for FT employees on DOR
➢ Assigning FT employees to work overtime weekend shifts in excess of the limits (per status) of the CBA (Article 16.02 (f))
➢ Assigning FT employees when junior employees are available to be scheduled on regular and OT hours
➢Overtime Averaging Agreement

Averaging of Hours Agreement 2017

BTS – Minutes of Settlement National Policy Grievances

 

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Welcome 1996-O Stewards

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The Local Executive is very pleased to welcome newly trained STEWARDS of the BTS craft unit in 1996-O,  Andrew McMahon and Daniel Desroches in the core, as well as Onorato Zannella and Alejandro Mena in the West. Please join us in welcoming these individuals who share the same focus and have made a commitment to proudly represent the Members of Local 1996-O.

The Executive would also like to extend a thank you to all the Stewards for the continuous work they do on behalf of the members they serve on a daily basis.

In Solidarity

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Bell’s acquisition of AlarmForce Industries

 

To:
All Bell team members
From:
George Cope

 

Hello everyone,
The connected home is quickly becoming a major frontier in broadband innovation and growth. Today, Bell took a significant step forward in the sector by announcing our acquisition of AlarmForce Industries.
AlarmForce is an established and well-known brand in security and home automation across Canada. Acquiring the company enables us to quickly enter the connected home marketplace in the Québec and Ontario markets, while accelerating our existing security and monitoring services in Atlantic Canada and Manitoba.
Driving connected home innovation is a natural next step for Bell. We’re a company trusted by more Canadians than any other to provide the crucial communications services they want and need in their homes. We have the networks, customer service and distribution strength to quickly compete in the marketplace, and the focus on service quality and innovation to lead the way into the future.
The connected home brings together interconnected devices, services and apps for security, monitoring and automation, media and entertainment, energy management, and healthcare – putting consumers in complete control of their home’s communications and technology ecosystem. New devices and network capabilities are making the connected home a reality, and Bell has taken an early lead in the Internet of Things networks and partnerships that are enabling connected homes, businesses and smart cities.
Bell currently competes in the home and business security market in Manitoba with AAA Security, a Bell MTS company, and in the Atlantic provinces with Bell Aliant NextGen Home Security. Joining with AlarmForce, the second-largest home security competitor in Canada, gains us more than 100,000 subscribers and AlarmForce’s technology in security and smoke, flood and carbon monoxide detection; lighting, climate and locking control systems; and medical alerting systems.
For now, it’s business as usual for Bell and for AlarmForce as we look forward to closing the transaction in January 2018. For more details, please see the BCE news release just issued and visit the AlarmForce website to learn more about the company.

 

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BTS Bargaining Update

October 31, 2017

Greetings,

Following the signing of the recent Minutes of Settlement on October 11th, resolving all National
Policy Grievances in Ontario and Quebec, we have continued to build on this momentum. With
the approval of Local Presidents across the province, the National office have worked with BTS
and have now agreed to begin bargaining for the renewal of the collective agreement on
December 4th with a common table for Ontario and Quebec. We have agreed to negotiate
continuously toward a deadline of January 31, 2018 maximizing efforts to achieve a
recommended tentative offer. The collective agreement continues to expire on May 6th as
scheduled.

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