It is important to note that once a KNA is reached, both the employer and the union are required to abide by this agreement. Therefore, an employer should hire a lawyer before participating in the collective bargaining process. A group of workers represented by the same union and covered by the same collective agreement. The types of jobs in a given bargaining unit are defined in the scope and/or recognition clause of the collective agreement for that tariff unit. Examples of bargaining units at the university are USW 1998 Staff-Appointed and Casual, CUPE 3261 Service Workers, CUPE 1230 Library Workers, OPSEU 519 Campus Police, Unifor 2003 Stationary Engineers, IBEW 353 Electricians, CUPE 3902 Sessionsal Lecturers, Postdoctoral Fellows and TAs, etc. Here you will find a complete list of our employee groups and bargaining units. An extension is only possible at the request of one or more parties (whether individual employers, employers` organisations or trade unions). Before proceeding with the matter, the Minister shall seek the opinion of the Fondation pour l`emploi on the application. A democratic authorization procedure in which members of the bargaining unit vote in favor of accepting or rejecting the terms of the provisional collective agreement adopted by the university and the union. The ratification vote comes at the end of collective bargaining, after the university and the union reached a provisional agreement. All members of the bargaining unit have the right to vote, with the exception of CUPE 3902, which requires that the provisional agreement be approved at a “promotion meeting” prior to the negotiation-wide vote. Each member of the bargaining unit receives one vote. At the University of Toronto, this is a very rarely used alternative to resolve labour disputes, which normally requires the agreement of the university and the union.
If both parties agree, they jointly select an arbitrator who will conduct a hearing and adopt a binding decision that will resolve all outstanding issues between the parties. Sometimes, and very rarely, the government passes an initiation law to end a strike or lockout, and this legislation usually refers outstanding issues to binding arbitration to resolve. A vote of workers in a bargaining unit to let the union know if they authorize the union to declare a strike. Workers cannot legally carry out strike activities unless the majority of those who vote vote “yes” in the strike vote. All staff in each bargaining unit have the right to vote.
