{"id":9415,"date":"2021-07-14T12:45:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T17:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9415"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T17:46:17","slug":"labour-board-approves-application-to-combine-sso-bargaining-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9415","title":{"rendered":"Labour board approves application to combine SSO bargaining units"},"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\/07\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_sso-oes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_sso-oes.png 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_sso-oes-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_sso-oes-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>July 14, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, PSAC and the employer&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sso-proposes-merge-bargaining-units-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submitted a joint application<\/a>&nbsp;to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB) to combine the two Statistical Survey Operations (SSO) bargaining units. The FPSLREB approved the application on June 10, 2021, and we are awaiting the official certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling combines the Regional Offices and Field teams into one bargaining unit. The consolidated unit will provide an opportunity to negotiate a better contract for 1,950 SSO members and give us greater strength in numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC met with the employer to continue negotiations for a consolidated collective agreement in May and July. Our next scheduled meeting is August 17-18 and then again in September, though the dates have not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/mailing-list\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to our mailing list<\/a>, read our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/faq-statistical-survey-operations-bargaining-and\" target=\"_blank\">frequently asked questions section<\/a>&nbsp;on SSO bargaining and the merger, or check our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/statistical-survey-operations-1\" target=\"_blank\">SSO page<\/a>&nbsp;for the latest updates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/labour-board-approves-application-combine-sso\">Labour board approves application to combine SSO bargaining units | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 14, 2021 Earlier this year, PSAC and the employer&nbsp;submitted a joint application&nbsp;to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB) to combine the two Statistical Survey Operations (SSO) bargaining units. The FPSLREB approved the application on June 10, 2021, and we are awaiting the official certificate. The ruling combines the Regional Offices &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9415\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labour board approves application to combine SSO bargaining units&#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":[2,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415"}],"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=9415"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9422,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415\/revisions\/9422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}