Bargaining Updates

Members of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) belonging to the Library of Parliament (LoP) bargaining unit, have voted in favour of ratifying the tentative agreement that was reached with the Library of Parliament in November.

On November 08, CAPE announced that it had reached a tentative collective agreement for members of the Library of Parliament. Details of the new agreement are available here.

The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) announced today that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Library of Parliament for the Analyst group.

After more than a year of negotiations, the CAPE LoP bargaining team reached an impasse in negotiations with the employer. The parties were unable to agree on several key issues including, most notably, on wages.

The Library of Parliament bargaining team met the Employer in October for a two-day session and in December for a half-day session.

We wanted to provide you with an update on bargaining since our last update in August. On October 24, CAPE's LoP collective bargaining team will sit with the Employer's team to continue negotiations. Three more days of bargaining are scheduled for October 28, November 8 and 9. CAPE plans to submit its pay and compensation proposal on these dates

We are pleased to inform you that negotiations have begun for the renewal of the LoP collective agreement which expired on June 16, 2022.

The bargaining committee wants to know your priorities for the upcoming round.