Bargaining Bulletin #3
April 23, 2025
Time to fill out your bargaining survey!
Your CUPE 402-02 Library bargaining committee is excited to share the link to the 2025 bargaining survey with you. This survey is your opportunity to tell us what issues matter most to you. Whether it’s wages, benefits, job security, or workplace safety, your feedback helps us understand what’s most important to the membership.
Why should I fill out the survey?
Your voice shapes our priorities. The bargaining survey results will help the bargaining committee form our bargaining proposals. Bargaining proposals are the suggested changes or improvements we’ll take to the bargaining table. This is your chance to let us know how we can make your workplace better, and what improvements matter to you most.
Strength in solidarity
A strong response to the survey shows that we’re united and engaged. It shows that our priorities come directly from the membership and that we’re collectively invested in the outcomes. Your participation helps strengthen our position as we head into bargaining.
What happens next?
The survey is open until Friday, May 9th. Unfortunately we won’t be able to accept late responses, so please fill out your survey as soon as possible.
After the survey closes, we’ll analyze the results and work on putting together our bargaining proposals. This process will take some time as we want to put together a strong package and set ourselves up for a successful round of bargaining.
If you can’t complete the survey online, please contact a member of the bargaining committee and we’ll help make alternate arrangements.
We’ll continue to keep you updated as negotiations progress. Watch for another bargaining update soon.
In solidarity,
Your CUPE 402-02 Library Bargaining Committee
Bargaining FAQ
With preparation for bargaining in progress, we thought it would be a good time to talk about how we communicate with members, and what role bargaining surveys play and why it is important for you to participate.
1. What is bargaining?
Bargaining is a democratic process where working people, through their union, negotiate contracts with their employers that outline the terms and conditions of their employment. It is a dynamic process – every round is different.
2. What is a bargaining survey and why is it important?
Our bargaining survey is an important step in the bargaining process. This is the primary way we get information from members.
The bargaining committee develops the survey and sends it out to all members to help us develop bargaining proposals that best reflect your priorities and needs.
Data from the bargaining survey is one of the primary tools we use to develop bargaining proposals. Filling out the survey is the best way to make sure we hear directly from you about the changes you want to see to our contract during this round of negotiations.
The data we gather also helps ensure we are in the strongest possible position heading into bargaining. Your support and feedback matters and will make this a successful round of bargaining.
We also ask questions to better understand the demographics of the union and some basic union information with the aim to improve our education and outreach.