Item - 2022.EP25.6

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 (August 30, 2022) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place, between the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada.

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 - Appendix A) and set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (August 30, 2022) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place.

3.  Directed that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 1 - Appendix A to the report (August 30, 2022) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place be released publicly after the ratification of the Memorandum of Agreement by the Board.

Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 1 - Appendix A to the report (August 30, 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 United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local Union No. 46, expired on December 31, 2019.

This report outlines the terms of a Memorandum of Agreement attached as Appendix "A" that was ratified by the Union on August 16, 2022, and pending Board approval, would be the basis of a Collective Agreement with the Board for a five-year term, with an expiry date of December 31, 2024.

The bargaining process was positive with the principles of transparency, focus on sustainability of Exhibition Place business, with a strive for quality and the highest level of customer service the priority.