Bargaining

I had a meeting with Andrew Treusch yesterday to discuss bargaining.
We both agreed that we would only make the following public statement.. “We met on February 18th, and agreed to meet again very soon.”

In Solidarity,

Robert Campbell
National President, UTE

PSAC-UTE members from across the country joined a series of virtual town halls this June to learn about the latest bargaining updates as the union prepares to table its wage offer in July.

“It's really encouraging to see the turnout and interest from our membership,” said UTE National President, Marc Brière. “Our members are our strength, so seeing this level of engagement is promising for the road ahead.”

The members of UTE have voted to reject the contract offer from the CRA. The members have spoken and stated that they are not willing to accept less than what others have received and are not willing to give up their right to bargain on their own behalf. The member turnout for the vote was very high. In fact, we believe it was one of the highest in our history. This speaks volumes to the engagement of the membership in their collective agreement.

 For MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

The Union of Taxation Employees (“The Union”)

And

Canada Revenue Agency (“The Employer”)

Herein after collectively referred to as “The Parties”

Changes to Section 5.5.4 of The Employer’s Procedures for staffing (Staffing Program)

First I would like to say thank you to the UTE Bargaining Team for all of the hard work, and effort that they have put in over the last 41 months as they attempted to negotiate a new contract.   Most members will never realize the frustration that they must endure during this process. Their continued patience and dedication to make improvements and protect the benefits that have been previously obtained in your contract must be applauded.

To all the members of UTE:

(Letter sent to the press on March 11, 2014 from UTE National President Robert Campbell)

I am writing to stand up for the 25,000 Union of Taxation Employees members that are employed with the Canada Revenue Agency, in light of recent negative press coverage.