Bargaining Updates

CAPE has put together this short Frequently Asked Questions document for you about retroactive pay.

The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) and the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) have signed the new collective agreements for the Economic and Social Science Services (EC) group and the Translation (TR) group.

Members of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) belonging to the Translation (TR) bargaining unit, have voted in favour of ratifying the tentative agreement that was reached with the Treasury Board Secretariat in May.

Additional resources have now been added to the website, including recordings of the information sessions that were held last week.

Following the announcement that CAPE had reached a tentative collective agreement for our TR members on May 19 – and two information sessions on June 1 and June 2 where members had…

Before voting is open, CAPE will be hosting two webinars – one general session for the TR group and one specifically for interpreters. These virtual information sessions will provide more details about the agreement, and the bargaining team will be available to answer your questions.

The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) announced today that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Treasury Board Secretariat for the Translation group, also known in the federal public sector as the TR group.

The TR bargaining team met again with the Employer and the mediator on March 21, 22 and 23. The tone was civil, and the Employer submitted updated versions of its offers on the two remaining contentious issues: remote simultaneous interpretation and wages.

As mentioned in our previous message, we met with the Employer and the mediator on February 7 and 8, and for an additional half day on the 9th.