Collective bargaining with Treasury Board resumed this week and PSAC put forward its proposals for the Education and Library Science (EB), Program and Administrative Services (PA), Operational Services (SV), and Technical Services (TC) groups, along as its common proposals for all Treasury Board groups, which cover about 90,000 workers in the federal public service.
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On June 20 and 21, PSAC bargaining teams from four federal public service bargaining groups will meet with Treasury Board negotiators to continue initial talks. The teams – PA (Program and Administrative Services), TC (Technical Services), SV (Operational Services), and EB (Education and Library Science) – are negotiating new collective agreements covering 90,000 federal government employees. After suffering for over two years with Phoenix, we expect the government to come to the table ready to deliver an agreement that recognizes the commitment of our members and the value of their work.
The parties will exchange proposals on common issues shared by all tables. We anticipate that we will be able to provide an update, including all bargaining proposals, on our website by Friday, June 22.
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A version of this article was first posted on the PSAC website.
Collective bargaining has officially begun for 90,000 PSAC members. This week, PSAC bargaining teams met with Treasury Board officials. Both the union and the employer exchanged their bargaining proposals and clarified initial questions.
Federal public service workers in the Program and Administrative Services (PA), Technical Services (TC), Education and Library Science (EB) and Operational Services (SV) bargaining units are seeking new collective agreements in this round of bargaining.
Their current contracts will expire within the next four months.
This is the first of three negotiation meetings scheduled throughout the summer to discuss group-specific proposals and common issues affecting all employees.
The next scheduled meetings are to take place from June 20 to 21 and July 10 to 12.
For more than two years our members have endured countless hardships because of the Phoenix pay system fiasco, but they continued to show up to work every day and deliver the critical services Canadians depend on. We expect the Liberal government to come to the table with a deal that reflects that level of commitment and the value of their work.
A version of this article was first posted on the PSAC website.
There have been a number of questions concerning what was achieved for FB-04s and FB-05s (including Intelligence Officers, Investigations Officers and Hearings Officers) in our recent settlement.
While the agreement itself will be available once fully translated, in terms of wage increases the following applies to FB-04s and -05s:
These increases greatly exceed what was provided to personnel at other federal law agencies – including both RCMP Constables and Corrections Officers – for the same time period. What’s more, as part of the 2009 conversion a number of jobs in both FB-04 and FB-05 received greater increases than FB-03s.
Our bargaining team is recommending ratification of the agreement. All members will have a vote and, as the voting process rolls out there will be ample opportunity for members to ask questions to bargaining team members and union representatives.
Today, our FB Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement with the Treasury Board and CBSA for salary increases that greatly exceed those provided to all other federal law enforcement agencies for 2014-2018.
This significant victory came after four years of talks, two court challenges, a charter challenge, several unfair labour practice charges, the mobilization of thousands of members, two media campaigns and over a full week of non-stop negotiations.
The FB Bargaining Team unanimously recommends the ratification of this new agreement.
A full explanation of the new agreement, and a copy of the new language, will be provided over the coming weeks once it has been fully translated.
The agreement is a four-year collective agreement with an expiration date of June 21, 2018.
These increases in salary greatly exceed increases provided to all other federal law enforcement agencies for 2014-2018.
These are only the highlights. More information will be forthcoming once we have all documentation translated.
There are no concessions in our new tentative agreement. That includes our rights provided for under Article 41 – Leave without pay for the care of family.
Again, our team unanimously recommends ratification of our new contract.
The FB Bargaining Team, from left to right: Chris Aylward (PSAC National Executive Vice-President), Morgan Gay (PSAC National Negotiator), Lauren Baert (BSO, Sarnia, ON), Charles Khoury (Senior Program Officer, HQ), Brea Lewis (BSO, Willow Creek, SK), Richard Sutcliffe (Inland Enforcement, Toronto, ON), Diane Lacombe (BSO, Trudeau Airport, Montreal), David-Alexandre Leblanc (PSAC Senior Research Officer), Joey Dunphy (BSO, Edmundston, NB), Dave VanHelvert (BSO, Fort Erie, ON), Jean-Pierre Fortin (CIU National President, BSO, Clarenceville, QC) (Absent – Brett Evans, BSO, Halifax Marine, NS).
