Press Release
CAPE Signs Four Year Tentative Agreement On Behalf of the TR Group
November 28, 2008
For Immediate Release
Ottawa, Ontario, November 28, 2008. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees’ (CAPE) TR Group has signed a tentative agreement aimed at renewing the TR collective agreement. The TR Group includes 1,100 Translators, Interpreters and Terminologists of the Federal Public Service.
The TR Negotiating Team, headed by Claude Danik, CAPE Executive Director, will submit the tentative agreement to CAPE’s TR membership for its decision. Details of the settlement include: a four year collective agreement ending April 18th, 2011; a yearly salary increase of 2.3% effective April 19th, 2007, and three successive years of salary increases of 1.5% effective April 19th, 2008, 2009 and 2010; a new provision for compassionate care leave; and an improvement to the TR overtime clause.
The TR bargaining team was frustrated to have bargaining cut off as it was about to move into a crucial and final stage. “Negotiations came to a sudden halt with the employer’s final offer,” explained Mr. Danik. “The TR bargaining team was frustrated, having spent twenty-five days at the table that have translated into very few changes to the collective agreement. It will be particularly irritating if the expected legislation only comes down in February which will mean that two to three more months of bargaining were thrown away.”
On November 18, Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, announced that the employer would be presenting final offers to the bargaining agents of the core public administration.
CAPE’s TR bargaining team chose the prudent line of action and decided to provide TR members with the opportunity to vote on the final offer. The alternative was to wait for the special compensation legislation announced by the government which is expected to impose conditions that are even less attractive than those of the final offer.
"The Conservative government is claiming that what we are experiencing as heavy handed action is a thoughtful and responsible manner of dealing with a problem, when everyone suspects that the problem goes well beyond any effect that the final offer will have,” said Claude Danik. ”What is the actual difference in cost between the final offer and what could reasonably have been expected to be negotiated? CAPE’s assessment is that it is approximately 2%. What proportion of the current and future budget does this saving represent?”
For further information contact Claude Danik, Executive Director, CAPE, at 1-800-265-9181 or 613-236-9181.
CAPE Signs Four Year Tentative Agreement On Behalf of the TR Group
November 28, 2008
For Immediate Release
Ottawa, Ontario, November 28, 2008. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees’ (CAPE) TR Group has signed a tentative agreement aimed at renewing the TR collective agreement. The TR Group includes 1,100 Translators, Interpreters and Terminologists of the Federal Public Service.
The TR Negotiating Team, headed by Claude Danik, CAPE Executive Director, will submit the tentative agreement to CAPE’s TR membership for its decision. Details of the settlement include: a four year collective agreement ending April 18th, 2011; a yearly salary increase of 2.3% effective April 19th, 2007, and three successive years of salary increases of 1.5% effective April 19th, 2008, 2009 and 2010; a new provision for compassionate care leave; and an improvement to the TR overtime clause.
The TR bargaining team was frustrated to have bargaining cut off as it was about to move into a crucial and final stage. “Negotiations came to a sudden halt with the employer’s final offer,” explained Mr. Danik. “The TR bargaining team was frustrated, having spent twenty-five days at the table that have translated into very few changes to the collective agreement. It will be particularly irritating if the expected legislation only comes down in February which will mean that two to three more months of bargaining were thrown away.”
On November 18, Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, announced that the employer would be presenting final offers to the bargaining agents of the core public administration.
CAPE’s TR bargaining team chose the prudent line of action and decided to provide TR members with the opportunity to vote on the final offer. The alternative was to wait for the special compensation legislation announced by the government which is expected to impose conditions that are even less attractive than those of the final offer.
"The Conservative government is claiming that what we are experiencing as heavy handed action is a thoughtful and responsible manner of dealing with a problem, when everyone suspects that the problem goes well beyond any effect that the final offer will have,” said Claude Danik. ”What is the actual difference in cost between the final offer and what could reasonably have been expected to be negotiated? CAPE’s assessment is that it is approximately 2%. What proportion of the current and future budget does this saving represent?”
For further information contact Claude Danik, Executive Director, CAPE, at 1-800-265-9181 or 613-236-9181.
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