TB Bargaining: EB - A glimmer of movement at the bargaining table
Published by Patrick May 20th, 2008 in Bargaining, Treasury Board Tags: Bargaining, eb, Treasury Board.Treasury Board has appointed a new negotiator to lead its bargaining committee at the EB Table. Todd Burke has replaced Monique Forgues-Paradis, who left her position to pursue another employment opportunity.
As a result, your bargaining team spent a considerable amount of time reviewing our proposals with the Employer’s committee in our last session from April 29 to May 2, 2008.
Although no language was signed off, there was a glimmer of movement at the bargaining table, with both sides responding with counterproposals.
Negotiations ended with two proposals packages in the Employer’s court. One deals with hours of work for 10-month ED-ESTs and EUs at First Nation schools, as well as 12-month ED-ESTs at Corrections Canada including the pedagogical break; the other deals with various proposals for education and career development leave. We are hoping for a positive response from the Employer when we meet again the week of May 20.
Your bargaining team also discussed at length our proposed changes to the anti-discrimination article in the collective agreement and impressed upon the Employer’s committee the importance of adding gender identity to the no-discrimination language.
Although your bargaining team has been preparing a wage proposal, we are still awaiting the results of the pay study for the 12-month ED-ESTs before tabling the demand. We are hoping that study will be completed before the end of the summer.