February 12, 2008
PSAC Parks Canada Bargaining Unit
Parks Canada Agency puts up wall at bargaining, union ready to tear it down
From January 28 to February 1, 2008, your bargaining team faced an inflexible Employer across the table as the last of our demands were tabled. Important issues, such as “no contracting out,” the elimination of pay zones and pay increases, among others, either got a “No” from the Employer or a “We'll get back to you on that in the next round.”
Your team was also encouraged and felt they had the members' full support as it heard reports of the success of the plantgating by members across the country. The flyer on the “Student Hiring” issue elicited a response from the Employer entitled “Setting the Record Straight.” Our members, however, were not fooled by the so-called “facts” that the Employer claims, knowing full well that what we experience in the field and what we hear them say at the negotiating table fully contradict what they say in this paper. Our members know that the Employer is hiring students as flexible and cheap labour to do bargaining unit work.
More flyers on our bargaining issues will come out soon and in the course of negotiations for our members to distribute in their workplaces and to show their support for the bargaining team. Your bargaining team, in turn, is ready to go to bat for the membership and will not back down. The team will return to the table the week of February 18th.
For more information on Parks collective bargaining and to find out how you can participate in mobilization activities, please contact your Bargaining Team member, your local executive, or the PSAC local regional office, or visit our website.
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Date Modified : 2008/07/30
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