This management decision came around 5 p.m. Tuesday, following a five-hour production stoppage by union members during the day. According FRP, this was the third event of its kind. The stoppage was called a pause by the Union of Pulp and Paper Workers of Alma (SNTTPP) to force the employer to negotiate.
By press release, the SNTTPP revealed that he had filed complaints with the Administrative Labor Tribunal.
None of the employer’s pending offers to date constitute a satisfactory avenue of settlement for our members. This is why a complaint for bad faith bargaining was filed with the Administrative Labor Tribunal on July 4. This complaint was also accompanied by a complaint for interference in union affairs
union president Jean-Pierre Rivard said in the document.
Locked-out paper mill workers from Resolute Forest Products demonstrate outside the Alma mill.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Steven Tremblay
Remember that the union has had in hand since May an unlimited general strike mandate adopted by 91.4%.
The union is currently busy organizing its strike in response to the lockout. The picket lines are quickly organized. The members are determined to assert their rights to bargain and to advance their demands until the employer decides to bargain in good faith.
continued the union president.
Wednesday, as much FRP that the union refused to grant interviews to Radio-Canada.
Resolute Forest Products has declared a lockout at its Alma plant.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Steven Tremblay
The papermaker had indicated Tuesday evening that it had submitted an offer which was not presented to the union members.
On June 19, we presented a competitive offer that reflects the very advantageous conditions that we offer to all our employees in the sector.
said in a press release added Daniel Ouellet, Senior Vice-President Human Resources at FRP.
elected officials react
In the Alma community, this conflict is causing some uncertainty, as mentioned by elected officials interviewed on the sidelines of a press conference on requests for aid to the forestry industry.
Personally, all I want is for the parties to sit down at the negotiating table, then to try to ensure that it takes as little time as possible.
implored Louis Ouellet, prefect of the MRC of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est and mayor of L’Ascension.
The Mayor of Alma, Sylvie Beaumont, invites the two parties to negotiate.
Photo: Radio-Canada
The goal is to find a solution, then you can’t find a solution if you don’t sit down and talk. I ask both parties to sit down together to quickly find a solution
urged the Mayor of Alma, Sylvie Beaumont.
With information from Claude Bouchard, Mireille Chayer and Roby St-Gelais
