Showing posts with label termination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label termination. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

USW VS MNP (GENFAST)

Genfast Closed April 5th, 2007 sending hundreds of Salaried and Bargaining unit employees to the Unemployment Line. A trend that would continue in Brant County to present day.

The United Steelworkers on behalf of the former Bargaining Unit Employees is continuing forward in its court case against Parent Company MNP corporation for owed Severance and Termination Pay.

The dedication of the United Steelworkers successfully secured monies owing in wages, then half of the vacation pay, and then another 40% of vacation payed owed, and in November 2008 secured the final 10% of owed vacation pay.

Some Salaried Employees were not as fortuneate.

The United Steelworkers has scheduled Six More court dates.

These Court Dates are

February 2, 3, 4th, 2010
9:30AM, 2nd Floor Board Room,
505 University Ave, Toronto

And

February 8th, 9th, 10th
9:30 AM, 2nd Floor Board Room
505 University Ave, Toronto

Rob Mason has requested that anyone who volunteered help with regards to providing more information, as well as help with the corporate campaign, contact him at the earliest, earliest opportunity.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Bossnapping

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090325/business/economy_finance_france_labour_strike

PARIS (AFP) - Bosses across the world are having to break bad news to employees as companies go under. But that can be a risky business in France, where some furious workers have taken to holding their managers hostage to demand better pay-offs.


In the latest outbreak of "bossnapping", workers at a pharmaceutical factory were Wednesday holding their boss in his office for a second day to force him to improve their redundancy packages

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Claim Forms

I have received an email from John Carroll regarding the confusion over the claim forms sent out by KPMG on or about April 27.
Please understand this. The money indicated on page 2 as Gross Unpaid Wages and 50% of Gross Vacation Pay is being paid out of a $1,000,000 fund that the union negotiated and had set aside. The letter indicates clearly that if you will accept the figures given on page 2, then you do not need to do anything else. Sit back and chill.
At the creditors meeting that was held April 25 at the Holiday Inn, KPMG's Brad Newton pointed out two things which have not changed.
1.) They have $1,000,000 to pay out for an estimated $1,200,000 in wages and vacation. There are no additional funds for this purpose. If you want more, then everyone else will have to take less.
2.)Severence and Termination which would require the filing of a claim, are not going to happen for us during the bankruptcy proceedings. The receiver indicates on page three that they already have a legal opinion from their counsel that termination and severence from after April 5, are not valid. If you want that money you can wait to see what the USW can do or you can hire a lawyer and sue the directors yourself.
The USW has filed a group claim on your behalf, so I suggest that you wait.

If you disagree with the figures given on page 2 or if you want to renege on your loan, then you should file the form and in the case of the loan, you must give a written instruction.
Keep in mind that all such actions will delay the payment until all claims are settled.

If you are still unsure, email ; nicola.meckbach@genfastca.com

or come into the action center at 88 Morrell St. ( old Harding Carpets).

later dave