Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

The delegates to the National Bargaining Conference (NBC) represent over 95,000 workers at Treasury Board and Parks Canada. They were elected and/or selcted from amongst those attending Regional Bargaining Conferences held late last year in Montreal and Vancouver.

Hundreds of members from the PA (Table 1), SV (Table 2), TC (Table 3), EB (Table 5) and FB bargaining units throughout Canada submitted bargaining proposals to their Locals. Following a review by the Components, these proposals were sorted by bargaining unit for analysis by the National Bargaining Conference TB delegates.

One of the final steps in preparation towards the next round of bargaining with the government of Canada, the National Bargaining Conference for Treasury Board and Parks Canada units will start next Thursday, February 1, in Ottawa.

Two hundred delegates representing more than 95,000 Treasury Board and Parks workers, will be present until Sunday to discuss the priorities of the next round. They will also elect their representatives to the five different bargaining units.

For more information, you can read the updates on the Eastern and Western Regional Conferences.

The Conference objectives are:

1. Review with the participants the bargaining vision of the union, which includes reinforcing our commitment to defending quality public services, playing an active role in the federal election and promoting equity;
2. Provide members with the tools to assess and develop good bargaining demands, which includes providing information on collective agreements, grievances and bargaining process;
3. Provide the members in attendance with the tools and the background information needed to play on ongoing role in mobilization and strategy development, whether or not they are elected to bargaining teams;
4. Begin the process of establishing bargaining priorities; and
5. Elect negotiating teams and alternates.

Results of the election of Negotiating Team members for the PA, SV, TC, EB, FB and Parks bargaining unit will be made soon after the Conference.