Ballots on the TR tentative collective agreement have been tallied – The TR’s have a NEW Collective Agreement.
June 23, 2006
A strong majority of voting TR members voted in favour of ratification of the tentative agreement signed on May 25.
The newly negotiated collective agreement is of a two year duration, with salary adjustments of 2.4% effective April 19 2005 and 2.5% effective April 19, 2006. The contract expires April 18, 2007.
“The membership’s support is crucial; I know that the bargaining committee will feel energized with the results of the vote,” commented CAPE’s chief negotiator Claude Danik. “The support is particularly important at this time because the national office is already getting ready for the next round of bargaining”.
Among other changes, the new collective agreement sees the addition of five (5) days to the annual leave clause of the collective agreement. These five days may be taken once at any time in a career. They are to be used as annual leave and will require no more explanation to the employer than annual leave. The addition of the five days of annual leave is a net gain to all TR employees. The collective agreement also includes new provisions to address the matter of the special translation service pilot project.
“I wish to thank the members of CAPE’s TR bargaining committee for the many hours of work that they committed to furthering the interests of their colleagues at the bargaining table,” said CAPE president José Aggrey. “This has been a difficult round; however, the bargaining committee was able to obtain the best deal possible in the current collective bargaining environment.”
The Collective Agreement will be signed on June 29. The employer then has 90 days to implement the changes. New provisions are effective as of June 29, 2006 with the exception of pay adjustments which are retroactive to April 19, 2005 and April 19, 2006 respectively.
June 23, 2006
A strong majority of voting TR members voted in favour of ratification of the tentative agreement signed on May 25.
The newly negotiated collective agreement is of a two year duration, with salary adjustments of 2.4% effective April 19 2005 and 2.5% effective April 19, 2006. The contract expires April 18, 2007.
“The membership’s support is crucial; I know that the bargaining committee will feel energized with the results of the vote,” commented CAPE’s chief negotiator Claude Danik. “The support is particularly important at this time because the national office is already getting ready for the next round of bargaining”.
Among other changes, the new collective agreement sees the addition of five (5) days to the annual leave clause of the collective agreement. These five days may be taken once at any time in a career. They are to be used as annual leave and will require no more explanation to the employer than annual leave. The addition of the five days of annual leave is a net gain to all TR employees. The collective agreement also includes new provisions to address the matter of the special translation service pilot project.
“I wish to thank the members of CAPE’s TR bargaining committee for the many hours of work that they committed to furthering the interests of their colleagues at the bargaining table,” said CAPE president José Aggrey. “This has been a difficult round; however, the bargaining committee was able to obtain the best deal possible in the current collective bargaining environment.”
The Collective Agreement will be signed on June 29. The employer then has 90 days to implement the changes. New provisions are effective as of June 29, 2006 with the exception of pay adjustments which are retroactive to April 19, 2005 and April 19, 2006 respectively.