Bargaining Updates – Page 18 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

Strike or not? Trick or treat: GLPA members looking for a deal.

Strike or not? Trick or treat: GLPA members looking for a deal.

We are in the Halloween mood. I don’t know if the new employer negotiation team are scaring us or we just need to prepare for a surprise. After years without a collective agreement, members at the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority...

October 18, 2019

Bargaining Updates

SUMMARY OF THE DECISION – PSAC VS YQB

PUBLIC SERVICE ALLIANCE OF CANADA (PSAC) VS AÉROPORTS DE QUÉBEC INC (YQB) Context This grievance concerns a temporary firefighter at the Québec City Airport (YQB), dismissed on November 18, 2016 following his refusal to sign a commitment to accept a...

October 17, 2019

Bargaining Updates Human rights

They need to STOP, or we are going ON STRIKE

Many UCTE members are in situations that need employers to stop. Members at Parks Canada, Saint John Airport, Treasury Board and Great Lakes Pilotage are in tenuous positions with their employers who are refusing to engage fairly with our members. Recently, we have designed...

September 25, 2019

Bargaining Updates

Who is Stéphane?

Do you remember the employer who refused to take collective agreement negotiations seriously? We recently posted an article that compared the employer’s willingness to engage meaningfully to the amount of time it took to get fast food. Stéphane Bissonette, the...

September 13, 2019

Bargaining Updates Uncategorized

One demand for peace of mind

Members at Saint John Airport have taken the fight for good quality pensions to heart. Negotiations have not gone smoothly and the employer filed for conciliation in May. The bargaining team re-evaluated their package of demands and withdrew all proposals...

August 30, 2019

Negotiations are getting cold with GLPA – a bargaining update

Bargaining Updates

Negotiations are getting cold with GLPA – a bargaining update

To say that negotiations with the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority (GLPA) are difficult is an understatement. The current collective agreement expired in 2016. 3 years later, negotiations are still ongoing, and it has not been easy. It is like watching...

August 23, 2019

Parks Canada bargaining: what it means for canal members

Bargaining Updates

Parks Canada bargaining: what it means for canal members

PSAC began negotiations with Parks Canada in January 2019 after the collective agreement expired August 4, 2018. Specifically, UCTE represents the Parks canal workers who work along the Rideau, the Chambly and the Sault Ste. Marie canal systems as well...

August 23, 2019

Congrats to Thunder Bay International Airport Authority’s employees

Bargaining Updates

Congrats to Thunder Bay International Airport Authority’s employees

Congratulations to the bargaining team who reached a tentative agreement with the employer today. Special thank you to Ryan Brady, Rob Kennedy, Martin Mika and Jawara Gairey for all of your hard work. The ratification kit will be ready shortly...

August 9, 2019

Another Victory for UCTE Members and the travelling public in Canada

Bargaining Updates

Another Victory for UCTE Members and the travelling public in Canada

We are very pleased to report that as a result of intensive lobbying by UCTE members who work at airports and those who work as inspectors in civil aviation, the Government of Canada has recognized that the Canadian Aviation Regulations...

August 1, 2019

Great Lakes Pilotage Authority’s employees aren’t taken seriously by their employer

Bargaining Updates

Great Lakes Pilotage Authority’s employees aren’t taken seriously by their employer

RESISTANT. The Great Lakes Pilotage Authority didn’t take the time to participate in the bargaining process especially during the last conciliation. 10 minutes. The employer left the table after 10 minutes. It’s not even the time allowed for a 15...

July 24, 2019