UPDATE: Ottawa Airport – Tentative Agreement Ratified
Good news! Members of Ottawa Airport, Local 70701 voted in favor of their tentative agreement. UCTE members will sign the new collective agreements in the coming weeks.
Category: Collective Bargaining
Victory: PSAC / UCTE reaches pay equity settlement with NAV CANADA
PSAC / UCTE and NAV CANADA have reached a pay equity settlement involving current and former members at the agency. The Canadian Human Rights Commission-approved settlement is applicable to employees who occupied a position in the CR2, CR3, CR4, CR5...
Great news for our members at Hay River Shipyard
Our Local x3040 members, who work at the shipyard in Hay River, Northwest Territories for Offshore Recruiting Services Inc. (ORSI) were unsettled by a recent announcement. The 80 to 100 employees formerly worked for the Northern Transportation Company Ltd. (NTCL),...
Welcome Calgary Airport Firefighters!
In the Spring of 2019, UCTE was advised that Calgary Airport would not be renewing their contract with the City of Calgary to provide airport rescue and firefighting services. Instead the Airport Authority awarded the contract Pro-Tec Fire Services of...
Ratification Vote Procedure for Ottawa Airport
As mentioned in a previous post, members at Ottawa airport Local 70701 reached a tentative agreement on December 2, 2020. The ratification vote process is going to be different than in previous years. Please take notes of the following: In...
Tentative agreement reached for Ottawa airport
The negotiating team representing members at Ottawa airport reached a tentative agreement with the employer on November 24, 2020. A meeting will be arranging shortly with your negotiating team who will present full details of the agreement and where members...
Union sounds alarm about firefighter cuts at St. John’s Airport
November 30, 2020 – The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) is concerned about the recent reduction in airport firefighting capability at St. John’s International Airport especially after a recent incident that occurred over the weekend. Citing the reduction in...
Collective agreements signed for the SV and EB groups
We have good news! The collective agreements for the SV and EB groups have been signed. These collective agreements were ratified by the PSAC on September 29 and October 5. Treasury Board now has 180 days to apply the adjustments...
Parks Canada – Ratification of a new collective agreement
Congratulations to our Parks Canada members! On November 4, 2020, they successfully ratified a new collective agreement. The agreement, which covers the period from 2018 to 2021, achieved improvements in wages and working conditions. Once the contract has been signed,...
Phoenix: Temporary halt to automatic leave cash-out for members of Treasury Board
As many of you know, there are still many outstanding pay issues as a result of the Phoenix pay system. Compensation advisors are doing their best but are still under tremendous pressure. In order to alleviate some of the pressure...