TB Bargaining: Labour Board Settlement Reached over CBSA Arming Intranet Posting
Published by Patrick November 3rd, 2008 in Bargaining, Treasury Board Tags: Bargaining, fb, Treasury Board.CBSA to Remove Arming Q & A from Atlas Website.
Last year our Union filed an Unfair Labour Practice charge with the Public Service Labour Relations Board alleging bad faith bargaining on the part of Treasury Board and CBSA. The charge was filed in response to CBSA’s posting of a Question and Answer document dealing with the impact of the Arming Initiative on it’s employees, including PSAC members, while our Union and Treasury Board were engaged in collective bargaining over the issue of job security of CBSA employees in the context of the arming initiative.
After a mediation session convened by the Labour Board this past summer and subsequent talks this week (October 28th), we have reached an agreement with CBSA resolving our Unfair Labour Practice charge filed with the Board.
The agreement states, among other things, that CBSA will be removing the current Q & A document on Atlas and replace it with a statement from management indicating that it is being removed “in the interest of good labour relations and good faith collective bargaining”. The agreement also iterates a commitment to “bargain collectively in good faith”.
While our dispute with the employer regarding the impact of the Arming Initiative on union members at CBSA is far from settled, this agreement is a step forward. We remain hopeful that the new leadership at CBSA will demonstrate a willingness to work with us at the bargaining table in ensuring job security for PSAC members as firearms are implemented.
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.
PSAC at CBSA
United for a Fair Contract