IMP

Members of Local 21018 work hard at the IMP Group facility in Comox, where they are a critical part of search and rescue in Canada's west and northern coast and interior areas, yet they have been without a contract for over a year. The employer continually dragged their feet and delayed the negotiation process.

Members of Local 21018 work hard at the IMP Group facility in Comox helping keep people safe by maintaining and repairing search and rescue aircraft, yet they have been without a contract for over a year. The employer continually dragged their feet and delayed the negotiation process.

PSAC's IMP bargaining team met with the company in Vancouver for three days with the help of a conciliator last week. The team was hopeful IMP would address their workplace concerns and that a new contract would be negotiated without having to go to arbitration. Unfortunately, based on the minimal movement by the employer, PSAC is filing for arbitration. The bargaining team is fighting for fair treatment of all members working at IMP. The table below shows the union's position on key issues, and the company’s response to them:

Bargaining has begun The PSAC/UNDE bargaining team representing members of Local 21018 working for IMP Group at CFB Comox held their first meeting with the employer May 29-31. The team is proposing a new 3-year agreement with improvements to wages and working condidtions, including.

We have just received the arbitration award from Arbitrator Judi Korbin. While we are very disappointed that many of our main issues were not addressed in this award, there were some important gains. We also want to point out that not a single one of the IMP’s concessions were granted!

Our bargaining team traveled to Vancouver for a one-day meeting with the arbitrator and the employer to go over our arbitration submissions. The meeting was requested by IMP, but they largely repeated what had already been said in their written arguments. We continued to push for improvements on our main issues:

In our last update we told you that IMP dragged its feet for months and months and the Arbitrator had no other choice but to order the employer to an arbitration at the end of February. Several weeks later, IMP informed us that its representatives were not available at that time.

In March the union and the employer selected Arbitrator Judi Korbin to settle our collective agreement, which expired June 30, 2015. We have been working for the past seven months to schedule arbitration dates! Finally, after IMP dragged its feet for months and months, the Arbitrator had no other choice but to order the employer to an arbitration at the end of February. It’s shameful that the employer doesn’t respect us enough as employees to agree to arbitration dates in a timely manner.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2017 COMOX, BC – Members of the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE) Local 21018, a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), who are employed by IMP Group International Inc. (IMP), will be rallying at the main gate of CFB Comox on Tuesday February 14th at 6:30AM