Item - 2022.EP22.8

The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place:

1.  Approved the terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Agreement, set out in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 1 – Appendix A to the report (January 26, 2022) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place, between the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 353.

2.  Authorized staff to make the necessary amendments to rates of pay and other issues identified as agreed changes to the collective agreement in the Memorandum of Agreement (Confidential Attachment 1 - Appendix A), and set out in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 26, 2022) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place, .

 
3.  Directed that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 1 - Appendix A to the report (January 26, 2022) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place,  be released publicly after ratification of the Memorandum of Agreement by the Board.

Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 1 - Appendix A to the report (January 26, 2022) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place are now public and can be accessed under Background Information.

The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place recessed its public meeting to meet in closed session to consider the item as it pertains to labour relations or employee negotiations.

The Collective Agreement between the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 353 ("IBEW 353") expired on December 31, 2018. 

This report outlines the terms of a Memorandum of Agreement attached as Appendix A that was ratified by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 353 on December 23, 2021, and pending Board approval, would be the basis of a Collective Agreement with the Board, for a three (3) year term from January 1, 2019 with an expiry date of December 31, 2021.