July 19, 2006

PSAC/Treasury Board and Agency bargaining – It's just around the corner!

The PSAC/Treasury Board and Agency collective agreements expire between December 2006 and October, 2007 and PSAC is committed to getting to the bargaining table before the expiry of these agreements. The union has already started preparing for the next round of negotiations for these units. Part of that preparation is a survey of members by Environics Research Group for the PSAC. The survey will be conducted by phone from mid-August until the end of September. More information about the survey can be found at www.psac-afpc.com,(PDF).

The PSAC will shortly be sending a letter to Components with Treasury Board and Parks Agency members, asking them to start the bargaining input process in their Locals/Branches. The PSAC has also prepared a Program of Demands document for use by the Components and their Locals/Branches. It is being mailed directly to the Presidents of all affected Locals/Branches in mid-August.

The Program of Demands document has been developed to facilitate the work of the Locals/Branches and includes a general list of wage and non-wage bargaining demands. It also provides instructions about how to respond to the input call from your Component, information about using input forms and information about what makes a good demand. Members are encouraged to attend their Local/Branch meetings to discuss the upcoming round of negotiations and consider the demands contained in the Program of Demands, as well as develop other bargaining demands. All proposals for bargaining demands are to be submitted to your Local/Branch. Your Local/Branch will then send the proposed demands to the Component. No proposals for demands should be sent directly to the PSAC.

Members who want to know when their Local/Branch will be holding a meeting to solicit input for bargaining demands should contact a member of their Local/Branch executive. Local/Branch meetings for the Parks and Treasury Board units are expected to be scheduled in September or October.

Here is what's happening with our Treasury Board and Agency bargaining units.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency:

A Program of Demands is being finalized for the CFIA Unit. The input call process is underway.

The CFIA National Bargaining Conference will be held from September 12-15, 2006 in Ottawa,

Treasury Board and Parks Canada Agency:

Two regional bargaining conferences for the TB units and Parks will be held. One will take place in Montreal on November 25-26 and the other in Vancouver on December 2-3, 2006.

The National Bargaining Conference for TB units and Parks will be held in Ottawa, from February 1-4, 2007.

Canada Revenue Agency:

Our agreement with CRA expires on October 31, 2007. A Program of Demands will be developed and an input call issued later this year.