{"id":8804,"date":"2021-01-18T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=8804"},"modified":"2021-01-18T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:18:04","slug":"psac-and-parks-canada-agency-sign-new-collective-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8804","title":{"rendered":"PSAC and Parks Canada Agency sign new collective agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dsc_3731-edit_4_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dsc_3731-edit_4_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dsc_3731-edit_4_2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dsc_3731-edit_4_2-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>January 18, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new collective agreement between PSAC and Parks Canada Agency was signed late last week. The deal was&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/psac-members-ratify-new-agreements-parks-canada\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ratified by Parks members on November 4<\/strong><\/a>. The new collective agreement gives over 6,000 Parks workers a competitive economic increase, greater parity with the core public service, no concessions, and improved working conditions and job security.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Implementation period begins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The formal signing of the agreement means new contract terms are now in effect, with the exception of monetary provisions which are retroactive. Parks Canada has 180 days to implement wage increases, wage adjustments and allowances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/parks-canada-ratification-kit-including-full-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>As explained in the contract ratification kit<\/strong><\/a>, in view of this extended implementation timeline, PSAC negotiated a $500 lump sum payment for members into these new contracts. An additional $50 will be added for every subsequent 90-day delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please keep your contact information up to date via the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/user\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>member portal<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to continue receiving information about implementation of collective agreements and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/phoenix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Phoenix settlement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/psac-and-parks-canada-agency-sign-new-collective\">PSAC and Parks Canada Agency sign new collective agreement | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 18, 2021 The new collective agreement between PSAC and Parks Canada Agency was signed late last week. The deal was&nbsp;ratified by Parks members on November 4. The new collective agreement gives over 6,000 Parks workers a competitive economic increase, greater parity with the core public service, no concessions, and improved working conditions and job &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8804\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PSAC and Parks Canada Agency sign new collective agreement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,12,17,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8804"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8809,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions\/8809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}