Collective Bargaining: Committee named plus next steps

Collective Bargaining

Jul 6, 2018

ACFO would like to thank everyone who put their name forward for consideration for the public service FI collective bargaining committee. We’re pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has appointed the committee (listed below), which will oversee the next round of collective bargaining with Treasury Board. The committee includes representatives from a range of departments and regions and with a variety of experience in the FI Community.

Last week, ACFO served notice to the Treasury Board to begin collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of public service FIs. The committee’s first meeting will take place August 11-12, with formal bargaining anticipated to begin in September, well in advance of the agreement’s expiration in November. In the meantime, ACFO staff continue to review the many great suggestions made by the 1,200 members who completed the collective bargaining survey and to conduct a comparative analysis of other public service collective agreements and industry comparators.

We are grateful to all who took the time to share their thoughts in the survey and volunteered to be part of the bargaining process. If you have questions about the process or how the committee was selected, please contact Nicole Bishop-Tempke (nbishoptempke@acfo-acaf.com).

We would also like to note that the National Joint Council’s Commuting Assistance Directive will soon be undergoing a review. The Directive is co-developed by bargaining agents and public service employers, and helps defray excessive costs incurred by employees travelling to and from remote worksites. If you would like to provide proposals for consideration during the review process, please contact Nicolas Brunette-D’Souza (nbrunette@acfo-acaf.com).

Name	FI Level	Department	Region
Nicole Bishop-Tempke (Chair)	3	INAC	Prairies
Imran Ahmad	3	DND	NCR
Tricia Anderson	2	DND	Ontario
Joelle Auger	2	GAC	NCR
Andrew Burt	2	ESDC	Atlantic
Steven Chao	3	CBSA	Ontario
Venus Denis	2	TC	Prairies
Deborah Elie	2	TC	Quebec
José Furtado	4	HC	NCR
Claire Gauthier	4	DND	NCR
Tessie Genisse	1	AAFC	Prairies
Nicole Gowan	1	DFO	Atlantic
Pat Grantis	3	HC	NCR
Karen Hall	2	CSC	Pacific
Rob Hawkins	2	CSC	Ontario
Jenette Jesuratnam	2	ESDC	Quebec
Norman Khan	2	StatCan	NCR
Wendy Anne Leask	4	TBS	NCR
Pierre Liu	3	RCMP	NCR
Carole Mailloux	1	VAC	Quebec
Anna Marinelli	4	DND	NCR
Yvonne Morkos	4	IRCC	NCR
Mathilde Ngo Mbom	1	ECCC	NCR
Preet Phungura	2	ESDC	Pacific
Richard Rizok	3	OIC	NCR
Carol Robinson	1	ESDC	NCR
Henri Roumi	3	PSPC	NCR
Anna Soukhovtseva	4	GAC	NCR
Nathalie Stella Tremblay	3	PSPC	NCR
Heather Van Wouw	3	INAC	Prairies
Robert Walters	4	TBS	NCR
William Wong	3	DND	NCR
Wendy Woodley-Coffin	2	DFO	Atlantic