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Turn up the heat On North Shore Winter Club Board and melt their cold, cold hearts.

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Which ghosts will haunt these Scrooges this Christmas?

The Board of the North Shore Winter Club has locked out their 16 employees since May. They don’t care about working people, the quality of their sports facility or the safety to those who use it.

Turn up the heat and melt their cold, cold hearts.

Please don’t use the NSWC during this dispute, and send a message to the board members to let them know there is still time before Christmas to do the right thing for their professional, dedicated employees.

North Shore Winter Club Board members emails:

Cut and paste these email addresses above, write the NSWC board, and help them see the light.

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B.C.’s Longest Ongoing Labour Dispute Continues As Christmas Nears

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After more than seven months of locking out CUPE 389 members , it seems that the board of directors at the North Shore Winter Club in North Vancouver, B.C., are prepared to act like Grinch’s this Christmas and continue the labour dispute.

Mediation talks took place Monday Dec 2 but CUPE National Representative John Strohmaier said that the NSWC came back to negotiations with their most insulting offer yet.

“The union was cautiously optimistic that we would be able to reach an agreement this week and we are disappointed that the NSWC has decided to continue this senseless lockout,” says Strohmaier. “We trimmed our package down considerably and were ready to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement. With the package they presented the NSWC made it clear that they didn’t have those same intentions.”

Strohmaier says the club insists on slashing the unionized workforce in half and contracting out the work performed by the employees who will be terminated.

“The North Shore Winter Club is offering less and less to employees who have been locked out for 7 months. We were hopeful that the new board of directors elected in September would seek a resolution to this dispute. Unfortunately this board is just as aggressive and hostile to its employees.”

Video made after more than 150 days of being locked out, on September 30, 2013 CUPE members from across the metro area came together to send a message to the General manager and Board of directors of the North Shore Winter club.

Tell North Shore Winter Club managers and board that it’s time to end the lockout

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CUPE 389 members at the North Shore Winter Club (NSWC) in North Vancouver have been locked out by their employer since May 3, after only four days of negotiations. CUPE employees at the NSWC are dedicated professionals who ensure the health and safety of the family recreation centre.

The NSWC is attempting to force CUPE employees into accepting a subpar agreement which includes zero wage increase, proposed cuts to sick time and vacation time as well as changes to language which could result in reductions to CUPE employee’s work hours.

Since initiating the lockout, NSWC managers and the board of directors have been found guilty of hiring scabs to perform CUPE employees’ work. They have also violated provincial safe working practices and told long-term employees they “don’t care” about them.

It’s time to end this senseless lockout so CUPE employees can return to work and negotiate a fair and reasonable collective agreement. Please take a moment and send an email to NSWC managers and the board of directors telling them to end the lockout now. 

Go to: http://cupe.ca/action/nswc-lockout