Section 1: Term of Agreement
This agreement shall be in effect from midnight May 1, 2025 to midnight April 30, 209 and thereafter from year to year subject to the conditions as set out in Sections 2 to 5 which follow hereunder.
Section 2: Labour Code
The parties agree that the operation of Sections 50 (2) and 50 (3) of the Labour Code of British Columbia is hereby excluded.
Section 3: Notice of Re-opening
This Agreement may be opened for collective bargaining as to changes as follows: Either party desiring any change shall mail to other party notice in writing, by registered mail, on or after January 1, 2029 but in any event no later than midnight April 30, 2029, that any change is desired, and if no such notice is given by either party on or after the said January 1 and before the said April 30, the earliest time at which such notice may be given by either party is the corresponding period in the following year. All notices given under the provisions herein on behalf of the Union shall be given by the Union ( or its representative ) and similarly notices on behalf of the Company shall be given by the President of the Company ( or their representative ).
Section 4: Collective Bargaining
If notice of desire for changes has been given in accordance with Section 3 above, the parties shall, as soon as agreeable to the parties following such date of notice, meet for collective bargaining, the Company being represented in such negotiations by a Bargaining Committee appointed by the Company, and the Union being represented by a Bargaining Committee selected by said Union. Any agreement on changes arrived at and approved in such negotiations shall be binding upon the parties to this Agreement. If such negotiations cannot be completed prior to May 1st following the date on which such notice was given, any changes in compensation to employees shall nevertheless be retroactive to the said May 1st.
Section 5: Termination
In case negotiations conducted in accordance with Section 4 above break down, either party may terminate this Agreement upon the expiration of ten (10) days’ notice in writing mailed by registered mail to the other party.