Other Issues

Your contract

Salary and job security issues are crucial for us, but a good contract should have more. Unfortunately, our employer doesn’t think so. At the table, the Treasury Board has turned away our proposals on important issues. We deserve better.

What are we asking for?

• Leave: Members deserve time away from work, both for relief from their workloads and to meet needs presented by children and aging parents. We have proposed a number of improvements in areas such as vacation and family related leave. In addition, we have asked that unused sick leave credits be paid out on retirement, death or other termination of employment.
• Hours of work: We are proposing a 35-hour work week to bring us into line with many others performing similar work in Canada.
• Term employees: The employer continues to abuse term employees by requiring three years of service before gaining indeterminate status. We are seeking to reduce that to two years.
• Whistleblower protection: We are asking for whistleblower protection in our contracts to shield members who come forward in the interest of the public.

What the employer is offering

The employer has not responded positively to any of these proposals. Instead, they have proposed roll-backs.

For members working variable hours, the Treasury Board wants to roll back the contract to circumvent the cases we won at adjudication on the “day is a day” issue. They are also seeking roll-backs on marriage leave provisions.

This is no way to negotiate.

We deserve better

We are looking for a reasonable agreement on these issues, nothing more. The employer is looking for something quite different. Send them the message that serious bargaining is needed.