Good evening GardaWorld workers,

For some of you this is the first communication you will be receiving from Unifor. This is because we were only entitled to complete contact information from GardaWorld after the certification. We are now in receipt of this information and able to communicate with the entire membership.

We want to assure you that we are moving as quickly as possible to get things in order, address outstanding issues during CLAC’s representation and move forward. We recognize that many have questions and we are hopeful many of those will be answered below.

We recognize that while the majority voted for change in Unifor, there are workers that supported CLAC who would have preferred another outcome. To our supporters and to those we need to earn your support, we ask that you give us the time to show you exactly what kind of union Unifor is.

Local Union & Service Representative

You have been assigned to Unifor Local 2002 and will work with National Representative Karen Caig to achieve your first collective agreement. Many of you will know that Unifor Local 2002 for their presence at YYC with our current membership.

Going forward you will be connecting with your local union will facilitate your grievances and take carriage of the previous CLAC grievances. Karen and Tammy will be in touch soon regarding a meeting and planned in-person visits.

Tammy Moore // President Unifor Local 2002 // [email protected] // 506-333-1858 // www.unifor2002.org

Karen Caig // Unifor National Representative (Bargaining & Servicing) // [email protected] // 780-235-2312

Benefits Transition

Your CLAC health and dental benefits will cease at midnight on Tuesday May 31. Any claims dated prior to May 31 will be covered by the CLAC plan even if claimed afterwards. After midnight, you will begin you health and dental benefits with Unifor. The health and dental benefits provided at this point in time will remain with all the same coverage levels will be as they were with the previous CLAC coverage. The improvements made to the benefits plan will be determined by the membership at large and negotiated at the bargaining table.

Since the certification, we have been working with GardaWorld to transition all of the member documentation to get you enrolled and setup. This being said, we will need to register your dependents as transfer of any of this information is from either provider or GardaWorld or CLAC contravenes the privacy act. The form to enroll dependents will be made available as soon as with have the enrollment finalized. You will also be issued a new number for the new plan, as will your dependents. We are working as quickly as we can on this file.

For LTD/STD benefits, incidents occurring before midnight on May 31 are part of CLAC coverage, incidents after midnight will be part of the Unifor coverage. For life insurance, this will work the same way. We are again working with GardaWorld to transfer the appropriate information to the providers.

We know this is a critical issue and it is a top priority in the transition.

Grievance Transition

CLAC has transferred all outstanding grievances and your local union now has them. They are beginning to work through these and connect with the affected membership. For new grievances, you can connect with you local union or an existing shop steward, until your new ones are elected.

Shift Bid Grievance

As some of you are aware, the new shift bid process has changed from the understanding of the previously used system of allowing part-time workers to use their hire date seniority for full-time bids. We attempted to resolve this with GardaWorld and with assistance of members, however, no deal could be reached that would result in a fair shake for the members affected.

A grievance was filed on behalf of the affected members and will keep the membership up-to-date on this.

We will also make this a bargaining priority to develop fair collective agreement language for all members.

Nominations and Election for Bargaining Committee

We are looking forward to moving to bargaining as soon as possible, with this in mind we are opening the call for nominations for the five (5) Bargaining Committee positions.

To put forward the name of a co-worker or to put your own name forward please email [email protected] indicating that you wish to nominate for the position of bargaining committee member, and the member you wish to nominate or that you wish to stand for election yourself.

The nomination period is open Monday May 30 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT and will remain open until Friday June 3 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT. Voting will commence online from Tuesday June 7 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT and close on Friday June 10 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT.

Nominations and Election of Stewards

We also need to nominate stewards and we thank the previous stewards have assisted in the transition. We are opening the nomination for twenty-one (21) stewards.

To put forward the name of a co-worker or to put your own name forward please email [email protected] indicating that you wish to nomination for the position of steward, and the member you wish to nominate or that you wish to stand for election yourself.

The nomination period is open Monday May 30 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT and will remain open until Friday June 3 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT. Voting will commence online from Tuesday June 7 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT and close on Friday June 10 at 12:00 (Noon) MDT.

Terms for Bargaining Committee & Stewards, and Education

We wish to thank the CLAC stewards for continuing to assist the membership for their hard work and dedication.

For terms, the bargaining committee members will service until a collective agreement is successfully ratified. The stewards will serve until new elections are called for after the ratification of the collective agreement.

For education, this is a fundamental priority for Unifor. We will work with your newly elected representatives to get them the training they need to serve the membership.

More communication to follow soon.

We’ll be in touch again soon regarding follow-up!

Bruce Fafard //Unifor National Representative // [email protected] // 587-341-0945

Justin Gniposky // Unifor National Representative // [email protected] // 416-275-6389