The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has the primary responsibility for collective bargaining.
However, the Union of National Employees (UNE) supports this process in several ways:
- Before negotiations begin, the UNE is responsible for soliciting bargaining demands from its members.
- This is your chance to have your say and address specific issues that require improvement in your collective agreement.
- Your PSAC bargaining teams, which include UNE members, negotiate with your employer to bring about the change that the members demand.
- This Input Call is your chance to make your voice heard and submit demands for the upcoming round of bargaining.
The primary purpose of this communiqué is to explain what you or your Local members need to do, to submit your demands and how local members can get involved in the process.
Key Dates:
Deadline for Submission of Bargaining Demands through the PSAC portal – November 15, 2024.
Deadline for National Bargaining Conference Applications – December 13, 2024.
How Can I Submit Demands?
- Locals are encouraged to schedule a membership meeting to discuss their priorities and proposed bargaining demands.
- Individual members are also permitted to submit demands
- Once bargaining demands are agreed upon or crafted, members are encouraged to submit their bargaining input by submitting them to:
Proposal for Collective Bargaining | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)
What Happens After I Submit My Demands?
- The UNE reviews all the demands submitted.
- During this review process, the UNE ensures that the demands conform to the needs and values of the union.
- The UNE also conducts basic editing and establishes a priority list based on the bargaining demands submitted.
- For the upcoming round of bargaining, PSAC has established that demands will be capped at 25 demands per bargaining unit (25 for PA, 25 for TC, 25 for SV and 25 for EB).
- Therefore, all demands will be evaluated to ensure they represent the interests of the membership, as a whole.
How Does PSAC Prioritize Demands?
- PSAC holds a National Bargaining Conference, currently scheduled for February 19-23, 2025, at the Westin Montréal.
- It’s during this bargaining conference that delegates review bargaining demands, identify priorities, and plan the upcoming round of bargaining.
How Can I Get Involved?
- National Bargaining Conferences are where members of the bargaining team are elected.
- If you attend this conference as a delegate, you may decide to run for a spot on the bargaining team.
- If you would like to attend this conference, please submit your name to the UNE for consideration by filling out the attached questionnaire.
- The UNE national officers will review all applications and select delegates to the bargaining conference.
- Please note that UNE Policy NG 1 dictates that when delegates are selected by UNE to attend national bargaining conferences, priority will be given to delegates from locals that have submitted bargaining proposals.
- Space is limited! Therefore, selection is conducted with the goal of ensuring geographic, occupational and equity group diversity.
Please send applications to Emily Gault-Due at Emily.Gault-Due@une-sen.org