{"id":8922,"date":"2021-02-23T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=8922"},"modified":"2025-12-23T09:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:23:37","slug":"sso-bargaining-online-information-sessions-available-new-bargaining-dates-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8922","title":{"rendered":"SSO bargaining: Online information sessions available, new bargaining dates set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>February 19, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC\u2019s Statistical Survey Operations bargaining team will be holding online bargaining information sessions&nbsp;across the country to bring members up to speed on the issues at the table.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Negotiations between&nbsp;PSAC&nbsp;(Regional Offices and Field Units&nbsp;at SSO)&nbsp;and the employer&nbsp;kicked off in early December, with bargaining continuing&nbsp;January 27-28. New dates have also been&nbsp;set&nbsp;for&nbsp;the first week of March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Negotiations were delayed in part due to the pandemic and the lengthy hiring process of a new employer negotiator.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the information sessions,&nbsp;SSO members will have the opportunity to discuss the bargaining proposals put forward by both PSAC and the employer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>PSAC\u2019s core bargaining demands include:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Better job security,&nbsp;hours of work and&nbsp;schedules;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Improved maternity and parental leave&nbsp;benefits;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Greater protections against harassment and abuse of&nbsp;authority;&nbsp;<\/li><li>10 paid days of domestic violence&nbsp;leave;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Improved shift premiums for evenings and&nbsp;weekend;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Leave improvements&nbsp;for&nbsp;sick leave,&nbsp;family leave,&nbsp;vacation leave and&nbsp;compassionate&nbsp;care&nbsp;and caregiving&nbsp;leave.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussions&nbsp;continue on&nbsp;these and other proposals as the negotiation process gets underway.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>PSAC proposals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sites\/psac\/files\/2020-12-01_sso_ro_psac_bargaining_proposals_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>R.O. Interviewers<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sites\/psac\/files\/2020-12-02_sso-fi_psac_bargaining_proposals_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Field Survey Interviewers<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Employer proposals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sites\/psac\/files\/employer_proposals_sso-office_bargaining_unit_e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>R.O. Interviewers<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sites\/psac\/files\/employer_proposals_sso-field_bargaining_unit_e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Field Survey Interviewers<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Online information sessions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC national negotiator Hassan Husseini is working with bargaining team members across&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;to&nbsp;organize the&nbsp;online bargaining information sessions over the next few weeks. Please stay tuned for&nbsp;announcements from your local about&nbsp;upcoming meetings in your region.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to&nbsp;make every effort to attend&nbsp;and&nbsp;stay informed about the issues&nbsp;at stake.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sso-bargaining-online-information-sessions\">SSO bargaining: Online information sessions available, new bargaining dates set | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19, 2021 PSAC\u2019s Statistical Survey Operations bargaining team will be holding online bargaining information sessions&nbsp;across the country to bring members up to speed on the issues at the table.&nbsp;&nbsp; Negotiations between&nbsp;PSAC&nbsp;(Regional Offices and Field Units&nbsp;at SSO)&nbsp;and the employer&nbsp;kicked off in early December, with bargaining continuing&nbsp;January 27-28. New dates have also been&nbsp;set&nbsp;for&nbsp;the first week of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8922\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SSO bargaining: Online information sessions available, new bargaining dates set&#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":[2,12,18,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922"}],"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=8922"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12971,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922\/revisions\/12971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}