On May 3, 2007, the parties signed a new collective agreement that contained a change in the seniority rules.

The parties developed a seniority review process in which your seniority date could be changed or remain the same depending on your own specific situation.

This is a three-step process:

1 – Determination of seniority date

2 – Applications for review

3 – Appeal of the Working Committee’s decision

In step 1, the Corporation sent a letter to all regular employees confirming the new seniority date as determined under the newly negotiated rules. This was to be done within 20 calendar days of signing the collective agreement.

In step 2, the employee determined whether there had been an error in calculating his or her seniority date. If so, the employee filled out the second working committee in each region.

In step 3, the final step (appeal of the working committee’s decision), an employee who believed an error had been made in the new seniority date could appeal the decision by sending the appropriate form to the National Steering Committee.

At this stage, the process must change, therefore, as of Monday, February 11, 2008, please send your appeal to your respective region, which will assess your application and if necessary adjust your seniority date in the SAP system.