Bargaining
Canada Revenue Agency
CRA bargaining team, From left to right: Dawn Hardy, David-Alexandre Leblanc (PSAC), Pietro Masdea, Morgan Gay (PSAC), Sabri Khayat, Jean-Pierre Fraser, Doug Gaetz, Denis Lalancette, Robin Johnson, Lyson Paquette (UTE)
There are over 25,000 members in this bargaining unit, the second largest unit at the PSAC. Our members review and process tax returns, provide tax information services for the public, and intake the billions of dollars of government revenue collected by the CRA. They also run the offices, maintain the equipment and buildings, and carry out the administrative work of the CRA. The unit falls under the Public Service Labour Relations Act.
More about the Canada Revenue Agency Bargaining
CRA negotiations: What's happening?
- Did you know?
That cuts to services at Canada Revenue Agency through the Economic Action Plan will affect you: - NEW PROTECTIONS OUR jobs and OUR services
- PSAC bargaining proposals, September 2012
- APPENDIX C
Workforce Adjustment - CRA bargaining proposals, September 2012
- Collective agreement
(Expiry Date: October 31, 2012) - Work Force Adjustment Appendix Fact Sheets
May 9, 2013
April 30 wasn’t just the last day to file your income tax return
PSAC-UTE members across the country organized on April 30 to speak out against cuts to services and to support the bargaining team
April 24, 2013
Essential Services Frequently Asked Questions:
Questions and answers about essential services for federal public service bargaining units.
April 23, 2013
CRA bargaining update
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.
March 25, 2013
Cuts to Canada Revenue Agency will erode efforts to fight tax evasion, critics say
The Conservative government is facing mounting questions over its budget arithmetic and how it will increase efforts to combat tax evasion while cutting more than $250 million from the Canada Revenue Agency over the next few years.
March 4, 2013
Bargaining Team Raises Need for New Job Protections at CRA in Context of Cuts
This past week, our bargaining team spent four days in talks with CRA. As well, Treasury Board President Tony Clement announced $98 million in reduced spending for CRA in the coming fiscal year.
February 4, 2013
Bargaining Team Spends Week in Talks with CRA
PSAC/UTE Bargaining Team continues push for leave improvements, raises issues concerning health and safety and union communication in the workplace.
December 20, 2012
PSAC/UTE Bargaining Team Pushes for Leave Improvements
The parties spent the week in negotiations over a number of issues, including leave provisions, access to the collective agreement and union communication in the workplace.
November 30, 2012
PSAC/UTE Bargaining Team Denounces Cuts at CRA, Proposes New Job Protections
We denounced cuts by CRA and the federal government and indicated that we are determined in this round of bargaining to achieve a contract that protects our jobs and the services that we provide.
October 29, 2012
Additional Dates Set for CRA Bargaining
This week our Team received confirmation from CRA that they are prepared to meet and bargain the week of January 28th. Consequently we have 3 weeks scheduled for CRA bargaining: the weeks of November 26th, December 17th and January 28th.
October 25, 2012
Omnibus bill would reduce CRA's independence
UTE is very disappointed that one of the changes in the Harper government's latest omnibus legislation would compromise the independence of the Canada Revenue Agency. The change, in Division 24 of Part four would make CRA get Treasury Board approval for its negotiating mandate as well as requiring the employer to consult Treasury Board on other issues. "This move to put the CRA back under the thumb of Treasury Board makes no sense" said UTE president Robert Campbell in a bulletin posted to the UTE website.
October 4, 2012
Letter from the component president to members of UTE
The last two rounds of negotiations with the CRA brought several important improvements to our collective agreement and marked a historic new approach to bargaining.
October 1st, 2012
PSAC/UTE Bargaining Team spends week in talks with Canada Revenue Agency, proposes new protections and new rights
Our Bargaining Team spent last week (September 24th through 28th) in talks with CRA as we kicked off contract negotiations.
September 26, 2012
PSAC/UTE bargaining proposals presented to CRA
We have presented our package of bargaining proposals to CRA.
September 25, 2012
UTE/PSAC Bargaining Team Reviews Demands in Preparation for Negotiations
Our Team met in Ottawa today to finalize our package of demands in anticipation of meeting with CRA this week.
August 29, 2012
We've Set Dates to Start Bargaining
Parties to exchange proposals and begin the bargaining process the last week of September.
July 12, 2012
PSAC takes first step to start bargaining with CRA
On July 3, PSAC started the process of negotiating a new collective agreement with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
July 11, 2012
Progress on Essential Services Agreements for Treasury Board and Agency units
CRA and the PSAC signed an Essential Services Agreement in January 2011.
Date Modified : 2013/05/13
