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Negotiations are at the core of what we do. Backed by extensive experience across all aspects of labour relations, we focus on achieving clear and practical outcomes while minimizing the need for litigation.

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We strengthen your position by complementing your in-house expertise, empowering your team to lead at the bargaining table and achieve your business goals.

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With unmatched experience on every side of labour disputes, our unique process creates strategies that align wages, benefits, and entitlements with your goals, ensuring long-term business success.

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With our support, your company takes command of the negotiation process. We equip you with the preparation, confidence, and strategic leadership needed to drive outcomes that align with your goals and maintain control at the table.

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We ensure every aspect of your collective agreement is legally sound, compliant, and tailored to protect your business with confidence.

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With clarity and resolve, we help you draw a firm line, ensuring your objectives are met and your voice is heard.

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A well-crafted collective agreement maintains managerial flexibility, keeps remuneration within market, and is fully defensible if challenged. This is achieved by use of reliable market research, disciplined strategy and skilled negotiation techniques available through an experienced labour negotiation firm. Every collective agreement provision, and all discipline and termination, can be enforced through arbitration. An expert in labour negotiation securely protects your rights.

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Labour Negotiation processes do not require the use of a lawyer. In-depth labour relations knowledge and strategic negotiation expertise are key to achieving your goals. The Ahrens Group team of experienced professionals will expertly guide you through all of the processes. Our methods are designed to avoid litigation. However, in the rare event necessitating legal representation, we have access to top tier legal resources.

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Yes. Certification can occur quickly. Once certified, the Labour Relations Code requires the parties to meet and exchange proposals almost immediately. Speed, without compromising thoroughness and quality, places your team in control of the process.

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The criteria to determine whether an Essential Services Agreement (ESA) is necessary for your organization is enumerated in the Labour Relations Code. Ahrens Group will evaluate this requirement and, if necessary, lead your ESA negotiations through to successful conclusion.

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Immediately upon a union’s application for certification, no changes can occur to employee rates of pay, terms, conditions, rights, or privileges (except in accordance with an established custom or practice). If the union is certified, and serves Notice to Bargain, the “freeze” continues an additional 120 days (unless a collective agreement is reached).

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The cost of negotiations is offset by a resultant collective agreement that preserves management rights, maintains fiscal responsibility and is defensible if challenged. Ahrens Group Negotiations focuses on negotiation, not litigation. We provide expert guidance at a low cost while delivering the best possible outcome to your organization.

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Yes! We stand by the contracts we negotiate and will provide continued support to ensure your business interests are protected. All labour relations services are available to clients of Ahrens Group Negotiations.

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Joe Ahrens

President

Joe Ahrens is a highly skilled negotiator with over 40 years of labour negotiation experience. Confident leadership, honed through hundreds of settlements across Canada, assures clients of strong control at the bargaining table and a successful outcome.

Joe assists unionized employers identify their bargaining goals to ensure negotiations end predictably and favourably. Through effective preparation and professional negotiation, employer goals are consistently secured. Settlements are well-researched and contract language meticulously designed resulting in ongoing smooth and efficient operational management.

With a degree in Labour Relations, and certification in all levels of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Joe has negotiated extensively within the healthcare, long-term care, housing, retail, and professional sectors. He has managed a large national team of negotiators, researchers, compensation analysts, classification officers, and pension/benefit advisors. Joe has significant experience in negotiation of Essential Services Agreements and the presentation of both rights and interest arbitration.

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Roxanna Baisi

Director of Labour Relations

Roxanna Baisi has practiced Labour Relations in Nunavat and the Northwest Territories for over 30 years in both public and private sectors. Roxanna has significant labour relations experience in health care, seniors care, housing, trades, corrections, energy, mining, administrative support, firefighting, college, social work, and food preparation sectors.

Roxanna’s experience includes 32 years practicing informal dispute resolution, grievance management, workplace investigations, labour relations education, classification, and exclusions. Roxanna has led teams in all Labour Relations disciplines as both senior manager and advisor.

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Dustin J. Ahrens

Chief Financial Officer

At Ahrens Group, strategic negotiations are powered by data-driven insights. Dustin, our Chief Financial Officer, plays a crucial role in ensuring our expert negotiator is equipped with the financial and market intelligence needed to deliver superior outcomes for our clients.

With a strong background in finance, Dustin provides meticulous data analysis and market evaluation, ensuring that every proposal is backed by solid financial reasoning and industry insights.

By integrating data-driven strategy into the negotiation process, Dustin helps create a competitive advantage, ultimately securing better terms, increased value, and stronger client outcomes. This collaboration between finance and negotiation expertise sets Ahrens Group Negotiations apart as a leader in delivering exceptional results.