October 8, 2008
PSAC Bargaining Units with Treasury Board (PA, SV, TC, EB, FB)
Talks with CBSA/Treasury Board Resume
FB Bargaining Team Discusses Operational Issues with CBSA Management at Bargaining Table.
This past Tuesday through Friday (September 30th through October 3rd) our bargaining team met with Treasury Board/CBSA in an effort to bring the parties closer to a first contract. The parties spent the week discussing hours of work – including VSSA's, ‘day is a day', seniority protections and issues related to ensuring safe working conditions for enforcement workers (‘Doubling Up'). Our team reiterated at the table that we will not agree to remove the language in our contract that ensures that VSSA's are negotiated between Union and employer. We also reiterated that, like hundreds of thousands of other unionized workers across Canada, CBSA workers deserve to have a say in the hours that they work, including the line they are assigned and the shifts that they work.
While progress was not made with respect to specific contract language, there was for the first time a willingness on the part of management's team to discuss and gain an understanding of our issues and what we need addressed in our contract regarding hours of work and the doubling up initiative. We return to the table in three weeks time.
There has been a change in leadership at CBSA. Our bargaining team remains hopeful that the new leadership at CBSA will demonstrate a willingness to work with us in addressing the core issues of its employees. A recent study named CBSA as the second worst agency in the public service for employee engagement. This round of bargaining is an opportunity for us to turn things around and make CBSA a better place to work.
If you have any questions contact a member of our bargaining team or your Shop Steward. For more information go to: www.ceuda.psac.com.
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