There have been comments made regarding the amount of time that the Union is taking in holding the vote for the Company’s last best final offer. 

The fact of the matter is, the Union is not bringing a Memorandum of Agreement to the members. When the Union brings a memorandum to the members, the requirement to give notice is not the same as the notice requirement for Special General Membership meetings.

We are not bringing a Memorandum of Agreement to the members. We are bringing an offer from the Company to the negotiating committee which was then circulated by the Company to our members.

To be absolutely clear, the union is bringing the offer to the members recommending that the members reject it unanimously as it is not a good offer.

This creates the situation that this is a Special General Membership called by the President for the purpose of discussing an offer by the company that is not a memorandum, is not signed by any parties, and is resoundingly recommended to be rejected by the negotiating committee.

This offer was not made to the members at all, it was only advertised to the members. The offer was actually made to the negotiating committee.

It is common practice to give members two weeks’ notice for a Special General Membership Meeting and that is the reason for the date that the meeting has been scheduled.

In Solidarity

Your Negotiating Committee

Mike Da Prat

Mark Molinaro

Luca Robibaro

Bob Roussain

Marino DeGregorio

Janice Merrick