In the wake of ratifying the new Collective Agreement we understand that there are a lot of questions about what ratification means and what comes next. Here is some information intended to answer those questions.
Today, June 25, 2018, members of Unifor Local 1 voted in favour of ratifying a new four year collective agreement with Halifax Shipyard.
From assembling the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, to welcoming over 4,000 visitors during our Community Open House, it was a big year at the Halifax Shipyard. See the highlights in our 2017 Year in Review.
Halifax Shipyard will continue matching RRSP contributions on overtime pay until negotiations for the new collective agreement are concluded.
Halifax Shipyard’s facility modernization and the building of six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) is expected to boost economic activity across Canada by $3.42 billion between 2013 and 2022, according to a Conference Board of Canada report.
Scheduled conciliation meetings between the Halifax Shipyard and Unifor Local 1 bargaining committee concluded yesterday.
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I would like to set the record straight following the recent derogatory commentary published in the Chronicle Herald on the National Shipbuilding Strategy and our workforce at Halifax Shipyard, by Chairman of Davie Shipbuilding Alex Vicefield.
Last week, the bargaining committee for the Halifax Shipyard filed a request for a conciliator in our negotiations with Unifor Local 1. We believe a provincially appointed neutral third party can assist us in restarting negotiations.
The Halifax Shipyard has filed a request with Nova Scotia’s Minister of Labour and Advanced Education to appoint a conciliator in its contract negotiations with Unifor Local 1.
The below letter to the editor from Kevin McCoy, president of Irving Shipbuilding, was published in the October 31, 2017 edition of the Chronicle Herald.