A labour relations board ruling has changed the dynamic at the bargaining table for ICBC and the union representing its workers.
COPE Local 378 vice president Jeff Gillies says the board has ruled ICBC has been bargaining in bad faith.
Gillies says ICBC must put wages and benefits on the table after refusing to do so until the government’s core review of the Crown corporation is completed.
“They said to us they would like to talk to government, and internally, and they would like to come back to the table and formalize an amended wage offer. So our expectation is that they come back to the table and not only deal with wages, but there are serious workload concerns at ICBC.”
Gillies says he expects to be back at the table next week.
“We have bargaining dates scheduled for next week the 11th and 12th. Our expectation is that they come to the table and deal with the concerns that are most important to our members at the bargaining table. Up to now, they just haven’t. They have refused to deal with anything and offered our members five years of zeros and we think that is completely inappropriate.”
He says the union is looking for a four year deal with cost of living increase plus 2% in the last two years of the deal.
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