{"id":9552,"date":"2021-09-22T11:45:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9552"},"modified":"2021-09-22T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:45:06","slug":"tc-group-team-discusses-flexible-work-health-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9552","title":{"rendered":"TC group: Team discusses flexible work, health and safety"},"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\/09\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_tc_1_0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_tc_1_0.png 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_tc_1_0-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_tc_1_0-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>September 17, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Technical Services (TC)&nbsp;bargaining&nbsp;team met with the&nbsp;Treasury Board&nbsp;September&nbsp;14-16&nbsp;to continue&nbsp;negotiations.<br><br>Only non-monetary issues were discussed&nbsp;this round.&nbsp;The&nbsp;bargaining team is looking to make progress on these important issues before moving into discussions around wages and other monetary changes.<br><br>Some issues&nbsp;the&nbsp;bargaining&nbsp;team is&nbsp;prioritizing&nbsp;include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Maintaining flexibility for hours of work<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure members have numerous options to do their work. Members have shown resilience and dedication to their work throughout the pandemic and should have maximum flexibility going forward.<\/li><li><strong>Improving health and safety for all members<\/strong>&nbsp;by including&nbsp;clear language ensuring that the employer is obligated to provide personal protective equipment to employees, and that they also provide proper training for workplace health and safety representatives.<\/li><li><strong>Language protecting members who blow the whistle on wrongdoing<\/strong>.&nbsp;The existing&nbsp;whistleblower&nbsp;system does not adequately protect members who report wrongdoing in the workplace.&nbsp;All members&nbsp;should&nbsp;be protected from reprisals in such situations.<\/li><li><strong>Occupational Group Structure (OGS)<\/strong>&nbsp;because&nbsp;getting a fair and modern classification system is at the root of getting members paid fairly for the work that they do. The OGS is the first step of this process.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;bargaining&nbsp;team expects to meet with the employer&nbsp;again&nbsp;in the fall.&nbsp;They are&nbsp;firmly focused on getting a strong and fair deal for all&nbsp;TC&nbsp;members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Show your support<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Member support through this process is critical to our success.&nbsp;Meet&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/meet-new-tc-bargaining-team\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">your bargaining team<\/a>&nbsp;and learn why they got involved in this round of&nbsp;negotiations. And show your support with our bargaining graphics:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunionafpc.sharepoint.com\/:i:\/t\/-SHAREDDRIVECPAC\/EX7j1cl2eqJDnK0a5-IprBUB8GQJNuZFZjg3oVwwrRNmkg?e=8PshwG\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Video background<\/a>&nbsp;for all your work meetings&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunionafpc.sharepoint.com\/:i:\/t\/-SHAREDDRIVECPAC\/EQ22LF6n7HVCklgXBTFzHLQBeyT4agM1ABgE564YOfzw4g?e=ynz4nF\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Social media frame<\/a>&nbsp;for your social media profile picture&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunionafpc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/t\/-SHAREDDRIVECPAC\/EZ6RqbXDmZZHjM4n_gyJCx4Bo_341jmCbNkWk97K8zCanA?e=5PRUmR\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Printable poster<\/a>&nbsp;for your work area&nbsp;or selfies&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please be sure to keep your contact information up to date&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/user\" target=\"_blank\">via the member portal<\/a>\u202fto receive\u202fall the latest\u202fupdates as we negotiate your next contract.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/tc-bargaining-update-flexible-work\">TC group: Team&nbsp;discusses flexible work, health and safety | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 17, 2021 The&nbsp;Technical Services (TC)&nbsp;bargaining&nbsp;team met with the&nbsp;Treasury Board&nbsp;September&nbsp;14-16&nbsp;to continue&nbsp;negotiations. Only non-monetary issues were discussed&nbsp;this round.&nbsp;The&nbsp;bargaining team is looking to make progress on these important issues before moving into discussions around wages and other monetary changes. Some issues&nbsp;the&nbsp;bargaining&nbsp;team is&nbsp;prioritizing&nbsp;include: Maintaining flexibility for hours of work&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure members have numerous options to do their work. Members &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9552\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TC group: Team discusses flexible work, health and safety&#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":[2,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9552"}],"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=9552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9558,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9552\/revisions\/9558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}