IWA Forest Pension & LTD Plan Bargaining Survey

Wage and Agreement Length

Every Collective Agreement has a defined term of one to three years. Check the box of the length of the time you would like to see for your Agreement:

One year

Two years

Three years

Would you be prepared to extend (roll over) the contract with no changes?:

Yes

Benefits, Pension and Retirement Provisions

Are changes needed to the current dental or extended health or vision care benefits?:

Yes

Please rate the benefits 1, 2 and 3 by the degree to which they need to be improved (e.g. Dental-2, Extended Health-1, Vision-3).

Dental:

Extended Health:

Vision:

Selecting only one of the below options, which of the following is the hightest priority for you?

select one:

Improved group life insurance coverage

Improved pension/retirement provisions

Improved long term disability coverage

Are changes to the current pension and retirement provisions needed?:

Refer to Art 10.4 of your Collective Agreement

Employment Security

Are you concerned at this time that COPE 378 work is being performed by management personnel or contractors, or may be performed in the future?:

Job Posting and Evaluation/Classification

Do you have any concerns with the current job evaluation/classification system?:

Refer to Art 11 & 12 of your Collective Agreement.

Please explain your answer, and if possible, suggest changes that should be made to the Collective Agreement that may improve the job evaluation/classification system:

Hours of Work

Do you have any concerns with the current Hours of Work provisions of the Collective Agreement?:

Refer to Art 6 of your Collective Agreement.

If yes, please explain:

Displacement, Layoff and Recall

If COPE 378 work is being performed by non-COPE personnel, please provide details:

Are you concerned at this time that you may be laid-off from your current position?:

Please explain your answer:

Are the Displacement, Layoff and Recall provisions of the Collective Agreement adequate?:

Refer to Art 12 of your Collective Agreement.

If no, please explain:

Health and Safety

Are changes needed to the Collective Agreement to ensure workplace safety and health?:

Yes

Don't know

If yes, please explain:

Training and Education

Does the Collective Agreement provide adequate opportunities and resources for Career Development?:

Yes

Don't know

If no, please explain:

Other Priorities

15. Excluding wages, what are the four most important areas or issues you would like to see your Union focus on and make gains in the upcoming negotiations with the Employer?

Please specify these items in descending order of importance, with A being the most important and D being the least.

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