Holiday Pay

A reminder that over the next couple of days both Canada (July 1st) and the United States (July 4th) have contractual holidays. Whichever side of the border you live, if you are required to work on a contractual holiday, you are eligible for Holiday Pay as defined in Articles VIII-A and VIII-B of the IAPE/Dow Jones contract.

Any employee required to work on a contract-recognized holiday is entitled to time-and-one-half for all regular hours worked, plus double time for any extra hours. And by “any employee,” we mean ANY EMPLOYEE, regardless of your overtime status!

For giving up your day off, in addition to your holiday pay, you are also entitled to a comp day in lieu of the holiday or an extra day’s pay. For holidays worked before July 3 (we’re looking at you, Canada), management has the discretion to choose the comp day or day’s pay. For holidays worked after July 3, the choice belongs to the employee.

The IAPE office will be closed on Monday for our long weekend. We will return on Tuesday, July 5th to continue contract negotiations and will respond to messages as soon as possible.

On that note . . .

Contract News
The IAPE Board of Directors has been reviewing the company’s proposal for a one-year contract and considering whether a short-term deal makes sense for union members.

If you have an opinion on the matter, we’d love to hear from you. Send your thoughts to union@iape1096.org.

If you are wondering about the June 30, 2022 expiration date shown on the IAPE/DJ contract, don’t worry, we’ll still have an agreement in place tomorrow. Article XXVI of our collective agreement states that terms and conditions of the contract will be extended for 60 days.

Join Us For Steward 101!
As we continue to negotiate during that 60-day extension period, IAPE reps will be hard at work building our network of contacts among the ranks of our members. A strong steward and leadership structure is extremely important at all times, but especially during a contract bargaining year. If you’ve ever considered being involved with IAPE, you might be just the person we’re looking for to join our steward group!

To find out more about becoming an IAPE steward, please join us for IAPE Steward 101 next Wednesday, July 6 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. See our Events page to register.

If you’re unavailable this time around, don’t worry! We will have future IAPE Steward 101 and Steward 201 sessions, which we’ll post on the Events page and include in future member notes. Remember, there’s power in numbers. Let’s mobilize!