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.
Several issues are before the arbitration board for a decision, final and binding on the parties. The most important issue to our members as expressed in their response to the input survey is… pay. The Association’s proposals going to arbitration are wage adjustments of 3% in 2003, 3% in 2004 and 3% in 2005, plus an increment at the top of each pay line, effective June 22 2003.
The employer’s position is 2%, 1.5% and 1.5%, and absolutely no increments. It should be noted that the pay adjustments for the three years are less than what has been offered by Treasury Board to other public service employees in the current round of negotiations. Added to the employer’s refusal to agree to clauses that are found in many if not most other agreements since the last round, the position of the employer can only be described politely as irrational.
Once CAPE has presented its brief to the Arbitration Board, a more detailed update will be posted on the website.
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.
Several issues are before the arbitration board for a decision, final and binding on the parties. The most important issue to our members as expressed in their response to the input survey is… pay. The Association’s proposals going to arbitration are wage adjustments of 3% in 2003, 3% in 2004 and 3% in 2005, plus an increment at the top of each pay line, effective June 22 2003.
The employer’s position is 2%, 1.5% and 1.5%, and absolutely no increments. It should be noted that the pay adjustments for the three years are less than what has been offered by Treasury Board to other public service employees in the current round of negotiations. Added to the employer’s refusal to agree to clauses that are found in many if not most other agreements since the last round, the position of the employer can only be described politely as irrational.
Once CAPE has presented its brief to the Arbitration Board, a more detailed update will be posted on the website.