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AV Group AGM Bargaining Committee Report

June 5, 2019

Dear Colleagues,

The Bargaining Committee Members are: Peter Gabriel (PG), Gord Sanford (PG), James Bright (PG), Andree Doucet (CO), Gerry Morrissey (CO), Jason Huang (CO) and Raymond Poon (AU). Our PIPSC Staff Negotiator is Cara Ryan, and our PIPSC Research Analyst Nicolas Daignault, with input from PIPSC Economist Ryan Campbell and our very own National President Debi Daviau.

With the strategy to re-balance the CO cadre, as promised to our members for the past three years, and to make up for the shortfall to the CO1,3,4 and also the PG5,6 members in the last round, we believe we have kept our promise as a bargaining team.

All members did well this round, with the CO’s and PG’s all doing better than last round. The AU’s did well too.

And when you add the additional $400 per member payable in the first 180 days, plus the normal retro pay we will receive, the bargaining team did very well. The compounded amounts below go up slightly higher too.

We are proud to share and thanks to the hard work of your bargaining team, we have secured a strong tentative collective agreement that will see salary increases of:

General economic increase: CO:

June 22, 2018 - increase to rates of pay:3.5%

June 22, 2019 - increase to rates of pay:2%

June 22, 2020 - increase to rates of pay:.75%

June 22, 2021 - increase to rates of pay:.75%

Classification specific increases:CO:

June 22, 2018 – increase to rates of pay:.5%

At Implementation: (approx. early 2020, approx. 180 days after signing)

CO1 – increase to rates of pay:1.25%

CO3 – increase to rates of pay:1.75%

CO4 –increase to rates of pay:1.5%

PG1-6: 7.75% over four years, (7.98% compounded) including 4.75% in the first two years.

  • June 22, 2018 – increase to rates of pay: 2.0%
  • June 22, 2018 – wage adjustment of 0.75%
  • June 22, 2019 – increase to rates of pay: 2.0%
  • June 22, 2020 – increase to rates of pay: 1.5%
  • June 22, 2021 – increase to rates of pay: 1.5%

AU1-6: 7.75% over four years, (7.98% compounded) including 4.75% in the first two years.

  • June 22, 2018 – increase to rates of pay: 2.0%
  • June 22, 2018 – wage adjustment of 0.75%
  • June 22, 2019 – increase to rates of pay: 2.0%
  • June 22, 2020 – increase to rates of pay: 1.5%
  • June 22, 2021 – increase to rates of pay: 1.5%

Additional Highlights

  • All members receive additional $400 for extending implementation from 120 days to 180 days
  • All retro pay procedures remain as per normal, payable in 180 days
  • Enhancement to Article 21 Registration Fees
  • Enhancement to family leave
  • 10 days of paid leave for Domestic Violence
  • Add a Designated Paid Holiday 7.5 hours
  • Labour Relation Leave in place
  • Add Caregiver Leave

I would like to thank the Bargaining Team members for volunteering their time since June 2018 of over 25 days of bargaining with Treasury Board, including Bargaining Team Training and Strategic Bargaining Committee meetings with PIPSC Group President’s and PIPSC President Debi Daviau and Director of Negotiations Richard Beaule.

We did “Do Better”!

Peter Gabriel

President and Bargaining Team Committee Chair