Update on EC Classification Reform, October 2005
October 26, 2005
The Public Service Human Resources Management Agency provided CAPE with a copy of the fourth draft of the new EC Classification Standard.

Memorandum
To : EC Local Leadership
From :Claude Danik, Director of Professional Services
October 11, 2005
Pursuant to Paragraph (i) of By-law 7.1.1, and on behalf of the National Executive Committee, I call for volunteers from the membership of the EC bargaining unit for the purpose of establishing a bargaining committee.

EC Classification Reform Update, July 2005
July 20, 2005
Work on the new EC Classification Standard continues, and is on schedule for completion in time for the next round of collective bargaining.

Marriage Leave in the EC Collective Agreement vs. 5 days leave granted to members of other Bargaining Agents
June 23, 2005
When the EC’s went to the bargaining table, they were offered three days, once in a career, in exchange for marriage leave. The EC Negotiation Team’s position was to extend marriage leave to same-sex couples.

Extra Increment for Some Promotions to ES-03/SI-04
February 25, 2005
The Canadian Association of Professional Employees and Treasury Board signed a Memorandum of Agreement on February 23rd, 2004, which makes the arbitral decision regarding promotions from the ES-02/SI-02 pay line to the ES-03/SI-04 pay line effective June 22, 2003.

Pay Increases and New Entitlements
November 18, 2004
The new EC Collective Agreement will be signed on November 29, 2004. In response to questions regarding the period during which the employer must implement the pay provisions, please note that the pay adjustments must be implemented within 90 days of the arbitral decision (October 14, 2004), not within 150 days.

The new EC Collective Agreement - Frequently Asked Questions
November 2, 2004
Many members have called with questions regarding the new EC collective agreement. Some of your questions have been fairly general in nature, and some have required more detailed information. We’ve tried to clarify the answers, and have compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions.

Economics and Social Science Services Group Annual Rates of Pay
November 2, 2004

The date of signing of the new EC collective agreement will be posted on CAPE’s web site as soon as it is confirmed.
October 29, 2004
Treasury Board has advised CAPE that the various steps leading to the signing of the new EC collective agreement should be completed before the end of November.

Changes to the EC(ES/SI)Collective Agreement
October 22, 2004
Improvements Gained by CAPE for the EC Group

PRESS RELEASE
October 21, 2004
For Immediate Release : October 21, 2004

On October 20, 2004, The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) received the report of a surprising and disappointing arbitral award for its EC members.

EC Arbitration
October 1, 2004
The Chair of the Arbitration Board invited both parties to resolve outstanding issues with the board nominees acting as mediators.

Update on EC Arbitration
September 23, 2004
While Treasury Board increases tensions across the labour relations horizon in the federal public service, CAPE prepares for arbitration. The Association and the Treasury Board exchanged arbitration briefs on Tuesday September 21. The parties will review each others brief, and prepare rebuttal arguments prior to the arbitration hearings which take place next week on September 27, 28 and 29.

Hearing Dates for EC Arbitration
July 29, 2004
CAPE EC Negotiating Team will present its case to an arbitration board on September 27, 28 and 29, 2004.

EC Negotiations – Harassment
July 20, 2004
CAPE has proposed to expand the definition of harassment in the collective agreement to include the notions of personal harassment and abuse of authority.

EC Collective Bargaining: Parental Leave and Parental Allowance
July 13, 2004
There were two outstanding issues regarding parental leave and its related allowance when talks broke off at the bargaining table.

Economics and Social Science Services Group Definition

A fair pay increase for the EC Group
June 29, 2004
On a pay increase, we proposed a reasonable pay increase in a two year agreement. We also noted specific problems in the pay scales that needed to be addressed.

Call-back and Standby
June 22, 2004
We came to the bargaining table this time looking for reasonable improvements that recognize the need to balance work and family life.

A day is a day - The EC Group
June 15, 2004
One of the Employer's key proposal at the bargaining table was to express all leave provisions in the collective agreement in hours, with one day being equal to 7.5 hours.

CAPE is proceeding to arbitration on behalf of the EC Group
June 8, 2004
CAPE has just received confirmation from the Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB) that an Arbitration Board will be established for the arbitration of the matters still in dispute between us and the Employer. We are referring 15 matters to arbitration.

Leave for Spousal Union – the EC Group
June 1, 2004
The problem we had with this proposal is how Treasury Board proposed to eliminate discrimination – 1) by taking away an entitlement from heterosexual EC members rather than extending it to all EC members in a non-discriminatory fashion and 2) by lowering the current entitlement of a group against which there is no discrimination.

Vacation Leave - the EC group
May 26, 2004
As a major component of the EC theme for work and life balance, we proposed to our vacation leave provisions.

Volunteer Leave and Personal Leave - the EC group
May 19, 2004
Not a day goes by without having CAPE EC members being reminded that we do not have the 2 days of leave per year, one to work as a volunteer for a charitable organization (volunteer leave) and one for reasons of a personal nature (personal leave).

EC Bargaining Proposals and Member Values
May 11, 2004
Although we promised you an explanatory article regarding our demands vis-à-vis Volunteer Leave and Personal Leave, we thought perhaps we should first provide you with an overview of the thinking behind the proposals that your negotiating team brought to the table on your behalf. Next week - Volunteer Leave and Personal Leave.

To bargain or not to bargain
May 4, 2004
It is a difficult decision to withdraw from the negotiating table. Members of the negotiating team are well aware of their responsibility to bargain on behalf of the membership of the bargaining unit. The negotiating team invested considerable time in preparation for negotiations.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION - ARBITRATION
April 29, 2004
The decision to choose arbitration rather than the alternate, conciliation/strike, is done by the Association prior to each new round of collective bargaining. CAPE EC members voted before this round of negotiations on which of the two dispute resolution methods they prefer should an impasse be reached. Arbitration was chosen as the preferred route for this round.

EC Negotiations at an Impasse - Next Stop: Arbitration
April 23, 2004
After four frustrating days of negotiations over the last two weeks your EC bargaining team has concluded that Treasury Board negotiators are unable or unwilling to move any further toward reaching a new collective agreement. We are at an impasse in negotiations and will proceed to arbitration shortly.

EC Negotiations
April 22, 2004
Cape’s EC bargaining team met with Treasury Board negotiators on April 14 and 15, and again on April 20 and 21.

More EC Collective Bargaining Scheduled
March 10, 2004
In addition to April 14th and 15th, The Employer has confirmed 2 additional dates in April for collective bargaining: April 20th and 21st.

EC Negotiations to Resume in April
March 8, 2004
The EC Bargaining Team will be holding an all day meeting on April 1st to prepare for the next round of bargaining with the Employer on April 14 and 15.

EC Collective Bargaining Update: Treasury Board Tables Pay Offer
February 19, 2004
CAPE hosted the February 17th and 18th negotiation sessions with the Employer in its new offices.

EC negotiations with Treasury Board will resume on February 17th and 18th
February 3, 2004
EC negotiations with Treasury Board will resume on February 17th and 18th.

Collective Bargaining Delays - Little Impact on CAPE
January 16, 2004
CAPE has decided to postpone to February the EC collective bargaining sessions that were scheduled to resume in late January after learning that Treasury Board would not be in a position to discuss any proposal that has a monetary implication (including salaries and, for example, leaves).

Summary of EC (ES/SI) Negotiations December 9 and 10, 2003
December 18, 2003
Your EC bargaining committee met with Treasury Board negotiators (the Employer) for a third round of bargaining on December 9 and 10, 2003.

Summary of EC (ES/SI) Negotiations November 13 and 14, 2003
November 21, 2003
The full EC Collective Bargaining Committee met on November 12 to confirm travel time and pay proposals. The next day, the smaller Negotiating Team met with the Treasury Board negotiators.

Summary of EC (ES/SI) Negotiations September 30 – October 2, 2003
October 15, 2003
At the meetings on September 30 and October 1 both Treasury Board and CAPE negotiators explained their proposals in some detail. This took some time as the EC Collective Bargaining Committee assembled a significant proposals package.

CAPE PROPOSALS ON BEHALF OF THE EC (ES AND SI) GROUP
October 6, 2003
Your union, CAPE, exchanged bargaining proposals with the Employer on September 26th, 2003, with the exception of monetary proposals. Traditionally the Employer will not discuss pay issues until the majority of non-monetary items are settled. We do not expect their approach to be any different this time. Therefore, our pay proposal is still being developed. Once our pay proposal is presented to the Employer, details will be posted on our website.

CAPE's 15 proposed amendments

Leave with Income Averaging, Pre-Retirement Transition Leave: SIs and ESs ARE Entitled
July 2001
Be assured that you are entitled to these leaves.

Association Ratifies New SI/ES Collective Agreement
June 2001
On June 27th the Association signed a new SI/ES Collective Agreement with Treasury Board. The agreement was ratified by an overwhelming majority of the voting members.

The Association and Treasury Board have signed a three year tentative agreement for the Social Science Support Group (SI) and the Economics, Sociology and Statistics Group (ES).
May 22, 2001
The agreement, if ratified by the membership, will come into effect retroactive to June 22, 2000, and follows months of complicated negotiations.

ES SI Collective Bargaining Update: Wage Harmonization
May 22, 2001
Treasury Board and the Association agreed to start addressing immediately pay issues arising out of the fusion of the ES and SI groups. The resulting wage harmonization establishes a single set of pay ranges for SIs and ESs, completed and effective June 21, 2001.

Collective Bargaining Update: ES-SI, April 2001
April 23, 2001
The SSEA Collective Bargaining Committee met with Treasury Board on April 23, in the hopes of furthering the collective bargaining process. Treasury Board responded in a positive manner presenting proposals that improved upon a previous offer of a 2% salary increase per year - an offer that we made clear was unacceptable.

Collective Bargaining Update ES SI, November 2000
November 6, 2000
Notice to bargain was given in the Spring. Initial meetings to map out an agenda did not allow for progress as the Department of Finance had yet to give Treasury Board a mandate for negotiations with the Association as late as the first week of July.

Collective Bargaining for ESs and SIs Scheduled for October
October 2000
Collective Agreements for the Association's members in the ES and SI groups expired on June 22, 1999. Prior to this date, by a majority of 99%, the Association's membership approved the use of binding arbitration to resolve any disputes with the federal government employer.