PRESS RELEASE
TENTATIVE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE TRANSLATORS, INTERPRETERS AND TERMINOLOGISTS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
For immediate release
Ottawa, Ontario
May 26, 2006
Ottawa, Ontario, May 26, 2006. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees’ (CAPE) TR Group has concluded an agreement in principle 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 Committee, headed by Claude Danik, recommends the agreement in principle. Highlights of the settlement include: a two year collective agreement ending April 18th, 2007; a yearly salary increase of 2.4% effective April 19th, 2005, and of 2.5% effective April 19th, 2006; various improvements to Article 12, which better addresses the issues surrounding hours of work, as well as improvements to the maternity and parental leave articles.
" Negotiations were interrupted by the elections, and then were further delayed as we waited for the Treasury Board to redefine the mandate of its negotiating team,” explained Mr. Danik. “Despite the significant work done at the table, CAPE cannot help but conclude that the inexperience of the new government prevented it from using the imagination necessary to address certain problems.”
Again, this collective agreement is of a two-year duration, which means that the parties will begin preparations for the next round of bargaining this autumn.
"CAPE had hoped to obtain a three year agreement, and we had to wait until the end of May to receive a salary adjustment offer for this third year - one that we could only refuse, and that does not auger well for the 2007 negotiations in the federal public service,” said Claude Danik. “Almost all of the federal public service is preparing to negotiate in 2007, and if Treasury Board does not significantly enhance its offer, negotiations may prove to be arduous.”
For additional information, please contact Claude Danik, Executive Director of CAPE, at (613) 236-9181 or at 1-800-265-9181.
TENTATIVE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE TRANSLATORS, INTERPRETERS AND TERMINOLOGISTS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
For immediate release
Ottawa, Ontario
May 26, 2006
Ottawa, Ontario, May 26, 2006. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees’ (CAPE) TR Group has concluded an agreement in principle 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 Committee, headed by Claude Danik, recommends the agreement in principle. Highlights of the settlement include: a two year collective agreement ending April 18th, 2007; a yearly salary increase of 2.4% effective April 19th, 2005, and of 2.5% effective April 19th, 2006; various improvements to Article 12, which better addresses the issues surrounding hours of work, as well as improvements to the maternity and parental leave articles.
" Negotiations were interrupted by the elections, and then were further delayed as we waited for the Treasury Board to redefine the mandate of its negotiating team,” explained Mr. Danik. “Despite the significant work done at the table, CAPE cannot help but conclude that the inexperience of the new government prevented it from using the imagination necessary to address certain problems.”
Again, this collective agreement is of a two-year duration, which means that the parties will begin preparations for the next round of bargaining this autumn.
"CAPE had hoped to obtain a three year agreement, and we had to wait until the end of May to receive a salary adjustment offer for this third year - one that we could only refuse, and that does not auger well for the 2007 negotiations in the federal public service,” said Claude Danik. “Almost all of the federal public service is preparing to negotiate in 2007, and if Treasury Board does not significantly enhance its offer, negotiations may prove to be arduous.”
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For additional information, please contact Claude Danik, Executive Director of CAPE, at (613) 236-9181 or at 1-800-265-9181.