Employer refuses to agree to protections that have been agreed to by other federal employers.
This past week (May 27th through 30th) our Bargaining Team spent four days in negotiations with CRA. We spent much of the time discussing new protections against the contracting out of jobs and for hours of work.
In May, PSAC introduced a system allowing members to report any discrepancies in their strike pay. Any outstanding issues are being investigated and resolved, and all PSAC members who took part in the strike action have now received their strike pay.
In August, PSAC also introduced a system to compensate members who incurred loss of salary on May 1st or May 4th as a result of delays in returning to work following the conclusion of the strike.
To: Executive Council
Alternate Regional Vice-Presidents
Local Presidents
Labour Relations Officers
Re: Official Process of Collection of Bargaining Demands – Input Call
Dear Sisters/Brothers/Friends,
The National President of the Union of Taxation Employees has now received from the Negotiator assigned to UTE by the PSAC National President the Input Call for the collection of bargaining demands.
Sisters and Brothers,
Believe it or not, our contract is going to expire soon. It sounds crazy, but we can’t argue with the calendar.
As in past rounds, we have what we refer to as an ongoing demand process. Basically, we collect demands at any point during the year and any point of the contract, to be considered for the following round of talks.
Well, now that the contract is ratified, your question is probably what happens with the next round?
April 20, 2013
PSAC/UTE Bargaining Team pushing for increased flexibility for employees, increased protections.
This past week (April 15th through 18th) our Bargaining Team spent four days in negotiations with CRA. The parties spent much of the time discussing issues related to hours of work and scheduling.
As we embark on the Public Interest Commission process, mediation dates have been set for December 20-23 in Ottawa. At this meeting we will endeavour, as always, to make gains at the table for the membership.
A majority of PSAC members in the Program and Administrative (PA), Technical Services (TC), Education and Library Science (EB), and PSAC-UTE (Canada Revenue Agency) bargaining units have voted in favour of their respective tentative agre
The PSAC-UTE bargaining team is seeking legal counsel about Canada Revenue Agency’s telework plans following the latest bargaining session, May 10-12.
The PSAC-UTE bargaining team has been trying to enshrine telework protections in the collective agreement and we have made it clear we believe CRA cannot make changes around telework without the union’s consent.
Sisters, Brothers and Friends,
This morning PSAC announced that bargaining with Treasury Board over the weekend did not achieve the results they were hoping for. While there was some progress made, there was no significant movement on the primary issues of wages, remote work and there are still major concessions on the table.
It seems that the government is still dragging its feet.
