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Lockout Ends at Marine Drive Golf Club: Workers Reach Settlement with Club

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August 19, 2013   http://www.uniteherelocal40.org

Clubhouse workers at Marine Drive Golf Club have reached a settlement with the Club, ending the three week lockout on Saturday, August 17.  A deal was reached as a result of the determination demonstrated by the picketers and their bargaining committee, with the support of SEIU Local 244 groundskeepers.  The union bargaining committee met with the Club, and with compromise from both sides, reached a settlement that includes wage increases, modest signing bonuses and more money going into workers’ retirement plan.  All dining room, kitchen staff, and locker room attendants are returning to work.

Marine Drive Golf Club Lockout Enters Third-Week: workers rallied at Club today

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August 12, 2013   http://www.uniteherelocal40.org/

The lockout of food and beverage workers by the exclusive Marine Drive Golf Club has now entered its third week. The Club, one of Vancouver’s most prestigious private golf clubs in which an initiation fee can cost $75,000, locked out its servers, cooks, bartenders, locker room attendants and janitors on July 26.  The lockout affects 48 workers who work in the Bullpen (Men’s Lounge), the Mixed Grill, the dining room as well as those who work in the women and men’s locker rooms.   Many of the workers are long-term employees of the Club, some with more than 30 years of service.

The Club has refused to let workers return to work and has terminated workers’ medical benefits.  The workers are members of UNITE HERE Local 40. 

Management enforced the lockout after workers turned down the company’s long-standing proposal offering average wage increases of only $0.17 cents.   The Club’s proposal reneges on an earlier promise made by Club Management in 2010 to offer a better agreement during this current round of bargaining.  In 2010, when the Club was struggling financially, workers agreed to minimal wage increases and made other sacrifices for the good of the Club.  At the time, the Chief Operating Officer of the Club told workers the Club would “do better” by the food and beverage staff during the 2013 round of bargaining.  Instead, the Club has locked out workers – a move that was particularly unexpected given relatively smooth labour-management relations in previous years. 

Meanwhile, the Club’s financial performance has bounced back.  In May, Club COO, Ron Pauls, told BC Business (May 6, 2013), that the Club had turned its performance around:

“In 2011, we hit it out of the park and added 160 new members.  We’re bucking the trend.  But for us it’s not about cash for the present, it’s about maintaining a fun, vibrant, healthy and sustainable club for years to come.” 

In spite of the lockout, workers and Local 40 have been willing to continue bargaining with the Club in order to reach a settlement and resolve outstanding issues.

Marine Drive Golf Club Locks Out Food & Beverage Workers

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August 7, 2013   http://www.uniteherelocal40.org

Marine Drive Golf Club, the exclusive club with a $75,000 initiation fee, has locked out its servers, cooks, bartenders, locker room attendants and janitors.   The lockout affects 48 workers who work in the Bullpen (Men’s Lounge), the Mixed Grill, the dining room as well as in the women and men’s locker rooms.   Many of the workers are long-term employees of the Club, some with more than 30 years of service.

Workers locked out at Marine Drive Golf Club.

Workers locked out at Marine Drive Golf Club.

The Club has refused to let workers return to work and has terminated workers’ medical benefits.  The workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 40, have been locked out since July 26. 

Management enforced the lockout after workers turned down the company’s long-standing proposal offering average wage increases of only $0.17 cents.   The Club’s proposal reneges on an earlier promise made by Club management in 2010 to offer a better agreement during this current round of bargaining.  In 2010, when the Club hit a rough patch, workers agreed to minimal wage increases and made other sacrifices for the good of the Club.  At the time, the Chief Operating Officer of the Club told workers the Club would “do better” by the food and beverage staff when the contract re-opened in 2013.  However, Club management has failed to stand by its word.  Meanwhile, the Club’s financial performance has steadily improved. 

In spite of the lockout, workers and Local 40 have been willing to continue bargaining with the Club in order to reach a settlement and resolve outstanding issues.