A Queen's Plate Day to Remember

Woodbine's 50th Anniversary Queen's Plate Day has come and went. It was a memorable event for all the wrong reasons.

For the 1st time in the 50 years the race has been held at Woodbine, no representative of the Queen was in attendance. Why ? Because James Bartleman, Ontario's lieutenant governor will not cross a picket line.

Thank you brother Bartleman.

The ontrack handle for the card was down 34% from last year. - OUCH
The all-sources handle was down 14%.

What was going on out there ?











Ah yes, and inside ?

What could possibly be so embarrassing ?



Now that's something to remember.

In solidarity,
CRWU

Message from Brett Goodall

Message from Brett Goodall - past President of SEIU Local 528

As you all know, our membership has been divided since the vote was taken to leave Local 528.

At this time, I urge each and every WEG Mutuel employee to set aside those differences, and to work in solidarity during our upcoming war with Woodbine.

We must support our negotiating team's efforts by picketing when scheduled, and even more when possible.

There is only one enemy. WEG!!!!!!!

In Solidarity,

Brett Goodall

NOTICE OF MEETING & STRIKE ACTION

TO: ALL BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES OF CANADIAN RACETRACK WORKERS UNION

A MEETING WILL BE HELD ON: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21st at 7:30 pm at the

Holiday Inn Toronto Airport East - 600 Dixon Rd;
- located east of Carlingview and Hwy 27 and just west of Martingrove
on the north side of Dixon Rd.

Agenda:
· Report on negotiations
· Secret ballot vote on the Company’s final offer/or Memorandum of Settlement

NOTICE OF STRIKE

The bargaining unit will be on strike at 6:00 pm, Wednesday, June 21st

Any member who is working at that time is to stop working at 6:00 pm and attend the meeting detailed above.

Any member who is scheduled to work at or after 6:00 pm should not report for work and attend the meeting detailed above.

All bargaining unit members will be notified of the meeting and strike action by telephone.

Please convey this message to any co-workers that may not have access to our email and internet information.

Negotiations Update - June 14, 2006

NOTICE OF MEETING CANCELLATION & RESUMPTION OF TALKS

The Membership Meeting for Sunday, June 18 has been cancelled and your committee is scheduled to resume talks with the WEG on Tuesday, June 20.

We are planning NO JOB ACTION before meeting with Woodbine on Tuesday, June 20.

Disregard the mailing that was sent out earlier this week.

Please convey this message to any co-workers that may not have access to our email and internet information.

We will notify all members by telephone, as soon as possible, about the meeting cancellation.

Negotiations Update - June 10, 2006

Our bargaining committee presented Woodbine's offer of settlement to a well attended meeting held this morning ( Sat. June 10/06). Congratulations to all those who came out to support our committee and express themselves through their comments and the ballot box. Your committee thanks you for the many kind words of encouragement and your engagement in this process.

The bargaining committee did not recommend the acceptance of WEG's offer and requested a strike mandate.

Woodbine's offer was rejected by the membership.
The membership delivered a strike mandate.

Your committee is determined to reach an acceptable settlement and will resume negotiations.

We are on STRIKE ALERT. You will be notified immediately when job action is necessary.

Negotiations Update - June 03, 2006

Our bargaining committee met with WEG on May 30 and June 2.

We have meetings with WEG scheduled for June 7 and 9.

Woodbine has hired approximately 100 new mutuel employees in recent months. These new hirees are members of our bargaining unit and, as such, will be entitled to vote on any Collective Agreement under the Labour Laws of Ontario. It is extremely important that these new employees understand, as we all should, that we are determined to secure an agreement that benefits all members of the bargaining unit.

It is in the interest of all of us, including newly hired employees, to support our bargaining committee in its efforts.

Teamsters Canada, Local 419 has provided us with an office, a computer and other necessary equipment at the Teamsters Canada location on Airport Road. We will be setting up our office in the near future and will notify the membership with all the details as soon as they become available.

NOTICE: All members have been notified of a Bargaining Unit Meetting, June 10/06. Check our previous post for details.

NOTICE OF MEETING

TO: ALL BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES OF CANADIAN RACETRACK WORKERS UNION

A MEETING WILL BE HELD ON:
Saturday June 10th, 2006
AT 8:30 A.M.
Royal Canadian Legion
4025 Brandon Gate Dr I
Mississauga ON L4T 3Z9

AGENDA:

· Report on negotiations
· Secret ballot vote on the Company’s final offer/or Memorandum of Settlement
· Secret ballot vote to authorize a strike

NOTE: June 10, 2006 at 12:01 A.M. is the strike/lock-out deadline.

THIS IS YOUR COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT; PLEASE ATTEND YOUR UNION MEETING

Fraternally yours,
CANADIAN RACETRACK WORKERS UNION

Brian Henderson: President
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Notification of Meeting - June 10/06
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Map & Directions
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