Collective Bargaining – Page 19 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

NAV Members: Update on the Arbitration Award Payout

In 2013, PSAC received an arbitration decision over the classification system at NAV Canada. In PSAC’s view, that decision was at odds with pay equity principles and, as a union with a longstanding commitment to fighting for gender neutral classifications,...

November 25, 2019

Bargaining Updates Job Action

UPDATE: Our members of Great Lakes Pilotage (GLPA) on strike!

Local 00057 Members of UCTE Local 00057 have been on strike since Monday November 19, 2019. After several rounds of negotiations, the employer walked away from the table after presenting its final offer. Members are asking the employer to give...

November 22, 2019

Bargaining Updates Job Action

Local 00057 (GLPA) serves STRIKE notice

Local 00057 Today, the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority (GLPA) was served notice that Local 00057 will go on strike at 6 p.m. on Monday November 18th. Members have been without a collective agreement since June 2016. Of concern for the...

November 15, 2019

Bargaining Updates

UCTE members at Saskatoon Airport have a new collective agreement

On the picture Richard Townsend; Isaac Armstrong (negotiator); Ayold Elgersma and Mike Tennant. LOCAL 40404 Congratulations to the members of UCTE Local 40404, working at the Saskatoon Airport who ratified a new collective agreement. The four-year collective agreement was approved...

November 15, 2019

Bargaining Updates

Congrats to Saskatoon Airport’s employees

LOCAL 40404 Congratulations to the bargaining team representing members at Local 40404, Saskatoon Airport, who reached a tentative agreement with the employer. If ratified, the agreement will expire in June 2023. A part from economic increases, the team has negotiated...

November 8, 2019

Bargaining Updates Campaigns Pensions

Negotiations slow moving with Saint John Airport Authority

LOCAL 60615 Members at the Saint John Airport Authority in New Brunswick are cautiously optimistic about progress of their negotiations. Recapitulation You may recall that negotiations for this team have not gone well. The two sides have met a few...

October 25, 2019

UPDATE – GLPA negotiations move forward after members voted strike

Bargaining Updates Job Action

UPDATE – GLPA negotiations move forward after members voted strike

LOCAL 00057 After a little bit of prodding, the employer has agreed to meet on November 15th to continue negotiations. Negotiations with the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority (GLPA) have been long and painful. Members have been without an agreement since...

October 24, 2019

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

Bargaining Updates Human rights Job Action

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