Talks and Trucks Keep Rollin'
Wednesday, June 08, 2005 04:15 AM
Trucks keep rolling, so do talks....
A black out has been put in place on negotiations between the Prince George Trucking Association and at least one Prince George mill over a contract that would deal directly with the logging truckers who work in the region's forests.
Opinion 250 News has learned that Winton Global is back at the table with the group which represents about 102 of the 600 truckers and drivers who work in the region.
Similar talks have also been underway in the area to the west of Prince George including Houston.
In addition to seeking a new contract for the truck operators, the United Steelworkers of America has been trying to form a union under the Steelwworkers umbrella which also represent the mills who were formerly IWA members.
In the lower mainland Tuesday, truckers set up picket lines in an effort to stop dump trucks from hauling in that region. The United Steelworkers are also trying to unionize those drivers. The drivers there want a 13% increase in a special levy to offset fuel costs for all dump trucks in that area.
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Well it seems it's out of the closet with this article?
Play these little games in the ranks and test it's vigour?
Wait until Canfor comes to the table.
Hey, I got a new fictional version for you. CEP union is taking over the truckers because the IWA once represented them and weren't happy. So now they are going to try something else besides being a independant union.
We still believe in benefits packages. I heard from fictional sources PPWC are trying to get them as well? Oh my god, it's a union grab.
What the hell is wrong with a "union of people" who believe in advancing negotiated processes in a safe and gentlemanly fashion?
Even governments, like the liberals will tear your rights down, so maybe as a independant coat, this is some "fashionable way" to deal in negotiated processes?
"Negotiation 101: Here’s NOT how. . .
After hearing their war stories, I grabbed the dictionary.
“Negotiate”, according to Webster’s, means “to discuss something in
order to reach an agreement; confer.” Here are three common tactics
some mills use – you figure out whether it meets the definition:
· After months of on-and-off talking, the mill presents a contract and
says “sign this or we can’t let you go to work.” if signed, it’s a
contract reached under duress – an illegal document.
· Some mills refuse to discuss how they calculate logging or trucking
rates. Some won’t even explain their fuel cost adjustment process.
· Some mills tell contractors to keep bringing in cost details and rate
proposals, but the mill doesn’t make any counter-proposal. This is
either avoidance or indecision, and the only negotiating happening
is when the contractor talks his own rate proposals lower." by Roy Nagel
http://www.cila.bc.ca/fax/fax323.pdf
Here's another definition for union.
"Main Entry: labor union
Function: noun
Date: 1866
: an organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions" Mirriam Webster
Yeppers having the help of people experienced in negotiated processes is a bad thing, right?