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But accepting two tier deals does not protect jobs. Consider the case of the United Auto Workers. They had 700,000 members at the Big Three (GM, Ford and Chrysler) in the US during the 1970s. In difficult bargaining in the 1980s and 1990s, the UAW accepted two-tier concessions in exchange for promises of job security.
Jun 23, 2021 · CUPE’s bargaining policy is straight-forward: we will not accept concessions or two-tier proposals at the bargaining table. We bargain forward, not backward. That means we will not negotiate away hard-won achievements from past rounds of bargaining. It also means we will not sell out younger or future members through two-tier proposals that ...
Nov 9, 2022 · The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing more than 50,000 education support staff, say they will not accept a ‘two-tier offer’ from the province — a two-tier wage increase was reported to be part of the latest offer from the Ford government. “We have been clear, a deal will be made which is a substantial flat rate ...
Nov 9, 2022 · The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing more than 50,000 education support staff, say they will not accept a ‘two-tier offer’ from the province — a two-tier wage increase was reported to be part of the latest offer from the Ford government.
Feb 15, 2024 · The latest offer from the employer is a direct attack on our solidarity. They want our coordinated efforts in community services to fall apart, so that they can get away with giving workers less. This offer is full of concessions, it backtracks on several previously negotiated issues, and is an attempt to force us to negotiate two-tier benefits ...
Two-tier contracts come back to bite workers on the top tier, too. Here are some of the worst impacts of two-tiers: Divide and conquer. In every workplace that has instituted two-tier systems, there is worker dissatisfaction because the lower-tier workers feel cheated that they are doing the same work as their co-workers but receiving less.
Aug 14, 2023 · That’s why CUPE’s bargaining policy also calls on the national union and its national membership of 715,000 members (and growing) to come together and support locals who are facing employers trying to force two-tier proposals. And since CUPE drew this line in the sand against two-tier contracts back in 2016, we have had incredible success fighting two-tier agreements because employers know ...
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