Treasury Board Bargaining
November 8, 2010
John Gordon on the Treasury Board agreements
PSAC National President John Gordon explains why the union bargained early, and why trade voluntary severance for a wage increase.
The union has posted this 1:42 video to explain PSAC's reasoning behind bargaining early and agreeing to changes to voluntary severance pay.
Video captions
| 0:00:03.280 | When Treasury Board approached us |
| 0:00:08.889 | we had think to think about it |
| 0:00:13.139 | and hear what they had to say. |
| 0:00:15.009 | I asked our Board of Directors if that was the way we should go. |
| 0:00:18.730 | They said "Sure. You've got to listen" |
| 0:00:20.539 | I talked to them. |
| 0:00:22.449 | I also understood |
| 0:00:23.820 | the economic climate |
| 0:00:25.499 | not only in Canada around the world |
| 0:00:27.709 | The financial meltdown taking place |
| 0:00:32.749 | the job losses, the signals from |
| 0:00:33.949 | governments about upcoming budgets |
| 0:00:39.379 | all of those things played into |
| 0:00:44.679 | the idea of talking early |
| 0:00:46.490 | to see what we can do. |
| 0:00:49.539 | Because I feared the worst the longer you wait |
| 0:00:58.860 | Getting extra money that trades off for severance gives you |
| 0:01:03.530 | extra money in your pocket now |
| 0:01:07.030 | for the whole of your career |
| 0:01:08.940 | If you're a new employee coming in you're going to have extra on your wages |
| 0:01:14.020 | paid on every hour you work whether that be overtime or normal work |
| 0:01:18.970 | and that extra money will be pensionable |
| 0:01:22.999 | Right now your severance is not pensionable |
Date Modified : 2010/11/25
