Treasury Board Bargaining
November 10, 2010
John Gordon: why PSAC is recommending 'yes'
PSAC National President John Gordon explains why the union's national leadership is recommending Treasury Board members vote yes to the agreements and what will happen if the agreements are rejected.
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| 0:00:05.110 | PSAC is recommending that our members vote in favour of those agreements |
| 0:00:09.900 | The teams that we had worked very hard on behalf of the membership |
| 0:00:14.649 | and we believe they did the best job under the circumstances |
| 0:00:19.400 | and they did a better job now than they would have been able to do |
| 0:00:23.630 | next year in the regular round of bargaining |
| 0:00:28.320 | Anything can happen. There could be an election next year |
| 0:00:30.189 | There's a budget coming down and the signals are |
| 0:00:37.859 | there may very well be some tough pills for the public service |
| 0:00:43.469 | in that budget. |
| 0:00:48.249 | So we think it's better getting a deal now, |
| 0:00:49.210 | getting it to the members, and voting on it. |
| 0:00:51.140 | And I hope the membership |
| 0:00:52.190 | approve the deal. |
| 0:00:59.550 | If the members say that they can't accept this deal for whatever reason |
| 0:01:03.390 | then we will be going directly into the bargaining process |
| 0:01:06.710 | well we'll be following up. the contract expires |
| 0:01:09.320 | in June of next year for the PA group June, July and August |
| 0:01:12.040 | ...the old contracts |
| 0:01:16.720 | We'll take them on in bargaining And see what we can do. |
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| 0:00:03.280 | When Treasury Board approached us |
| 0:00:08.889 | we had think to think about it |
| 0:00:13.139 | and hear what they had to say. |
| 0:00:15.009 | I asked our Board of Directors if that was the way we should go. |
| 0:00:18.730 | They said "Sure. You've got to listen" |
| 0:00:20.539 | I talked to them. |
| 0:00:22.449 | I also understood |
| 0:00:23.820 | the economic climate |
| 0:00:25.499 | not only in Canada around the world |
| 0:00:27.709 | The financial meltdown taking place |
| 0:00:32.749 | the job losses, the signals from |
| 0:00:33.949 | governments about upcoming budgets |
| 0:00:39.379 | all of those things played into |
| 0:00:44.679 | the idea of talking early |
| 0:00:46.490 | to see what we can do. |
| 0:00:49.539 | Because I feared the worst the longer you wait |
| 0:00:58.860 | Getting extra money that trades off for severance gives you |
| 0:01:03.530 | extra money in your pocket now |
| 0:01:07.030 | for the whole of your career |
| 0:01:08.940 | If you're a new employee coming in you're going to have extra on your wages |
| 0:01:14.020 | paid on every hour you work whether that be overtime or normal work |
| 0:01:18.970 | and that extra money will be pensionable |
| 0:01:22.999 | Right now your severance is not pensionable |
Date Modified : 2010/11/18
