{"id":9817,"date":"2021-12-20T09:15:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9817"},"modified":"2021-12-20T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:15:23","slug":"parks-canada-team-sets-priorities-for-new-round-of-bargaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9817","title":{"rendered":"Parks Canada team sets priorities for new round of bargaining"},"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\/12\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_parks-parcs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_parks-parcs.png 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_parks-parcs-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-bargaining-scrape-960x488_parks-parcs-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>December 17, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parks Canada&nbsp;bargaining&nbsp;team&nbsp;met to&nbsp;prioritize&nbsp;the bargaining&nbsp;issues&nbsp;that will drive the next round&nbsp;of bargaining with the employer&nbsp;November 29 to December 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside growing concerns about&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/parks-canada-members-elect-bargaining-team-and-set-priorities\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">job security and&nbsp;precarious work<\/a>, the&nbsp;team discussed the importance of getting Parks Canada representation on the National Joint Council and the Joint Learning Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many&nbsp;crucial&nbsp;issues, like&nbsp;harassment and discrimination, acting pay, Indigenous language allowances, vacation leave, parental leave,&nbsp;workplace accommodation&nbsp;and equity&nbsp;were also addressed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, Parks Canada members redoubled their efforts to ensure that the public had safe access to the country&#8217;s national parks, canals, marine areas and national historic sites.&nbsp;The pandemic required unprecedented restrictions on indoor gatherings, making nature and protected places even more important for physical and mental health.&nbsp;Despite the crucial role that members have had throughout this pandemic, seasonal and term employees make up almost half of Parks Canada\u2019s workforce.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team&nbsp;is set to&nbsp;meet again&nbsp;in January&nbsp;to finalize the&nbsp;package of&nbsp;proposals&nbsp;they will present to the employer&nbsp;in early 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please\u00a0be\u00a0sure to\u00a0keep\u00a0your\u00a0contact information up to date\u00a0through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/user\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our\u00a0member\u00a0login<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0receive\u00a0all the\u00a0latest\u00a0updates about\u00a0Parks Canada\u00a0bargaining.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/parks-canada-team-sets-priorities-new-round\">Parks Canada team sets priorities for new round of bargaining | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 17, 2021 The Parks Canada&nbsp;bargaining&nbsp;team&nbsp;met to&nbsp;prioritize&nbsp;the bargaining&nbsp;issues&nbsp;that will drive the next round&nbsp;of bargaining with the employer&nbsp;November 29 to December 1.&nbsp;&nbsp; Alongside growing concerns about&nbsp;job security and&nbsp;precarious work, the&nbsp;team discussed the importance of getting Parks Canada representation on the National Joint Council and the Joint Learning Program. Many&nbsp;crucial&nbsp;issues, like&nbsp;harassment and discrimination, acting pay, Indigenous language &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9817\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Parks Canada team sets priorities for new round of bargaining&#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\/9817"}],"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=9817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9819,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817\/revisions\/9819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}