Latest UCTE News

Mediation with NAV CANADA continues

Alongside a mediator, the UCTE/PSAC bargaining team met with NAV CANADA in Ottawa on August 27 and 28. While some progress was made, mediation will need to continue the week of September 24 – 28. During this time, we will...

September 6, 2018

Bargaining Updates

Update on Benefits Bargaining at NAV CANADA

The current agreement on benefits expired December 31, 2016. Health and dental benefits should have been negotiated and put to bed a long time ago. Benefits are negotiated for all NAV CANADA employees at the same time through the NAV...

September 5, 2018

Agreement reached for people of Churchill, Union cautiously optimistic

Bargaining Updates

Agreement reached for people of Churchill, Union cautiously optimistic

UCTE welcomes today’s announcement that the federal government has brokered a deal to transfer the Hudson Bay Rail, the Port of Churchill and the Churchill Marine Tank Farm from OmniTRAX Inc. to a Canadian consortium effective Friday. “Despite this news,...

August 31, 2018

UCTE/PSAC members at Prince Rupert Airport have a new collective agreement

Bargaining Updates

UCTE/PSAC members at Prince Rupert Airport have a new collective agreement

Congratulations to the members of PSAC/UCTE Local 20215, working at the Prince Rupert Airport who ratified a new collective agreement. The new contract, which expires in December 2021, contains a wage increase of 10.75% over four years, improvements to the...

August 30, 2018

Union demands Canada take Wheat Board back from Saudis

Campaigns

Union demands Canada take Wheat Board back from Saudis

The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) are calling on the federal government to buy back the Canadian Wheat Board from a Saudi consortium. UCTE represents the workers at the port, Transport Canada and the Marine Tank Farm in Churchill,...

August 23, 2018

Mr. Trudeau, enough is enough. Fix the Churchill rail line

Campaigns

Mr. Trudeau, enough is enough. Fix the Churchill rail line

VIA EMAIL August 20, 2018 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of CanadaLangevin Block80 Wellington StreetOttawa, Ontario K1A 0A2Mr. Trudeau, A year ago, you met with Marianne Hladun and Dave Clark. Among other items, we discussed the critical...

August 21, 2018

Bargaining Updates

NAV CANADA bargaining: unable to find common ground

Our bargaining team met with the employer July 3 – 6 in Ottawa to continue negotiations. Despite the progress that was made during the last set of meetings, the employer was unwilling to agree on key proposals that would give NAV...

August 2, 2018

Phoenix

Senate report on Phoenix praises PSAC members

The Senate National Finance Committee has made a number of recommendations in its recent report on Phoenix. “The recommendations of the Senate Committee are not surprising. They reiterate what we already know: the government was negligent in the development and implementation of...

August 2, 2018

UCTE responding to Pilotage Act Review Final Report

Health and safety

UCTE responding to Pilotage Act Review Final Report

Further to the review of the Canada Transportation Act, in 2016 the federal government undertook a review of the Pilotage Act. The purpose of the review was to “modernize the legislation to better align with the existing and future realities of...

July 24, 2018

Bargaining Updates Phoenix

Treasury Board bargaining update

Collective bargaining with Treasury Board resumed this week and PSAC put forward its proposals for all Treasury Board groups, which cover about 90,000 workers in the federal public service. After more than two years of hardships under Phoenix, our members...

June 27, 2018