Canadian Labour Reporter

2 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 Treasury Board, PSAC reach tentative agreements OTTAWA — The Public Ser- vice Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Treasury Board have reached a tentative agreement for the technical services group, which covers more than 11,000 federal public service workers. The deal includes significant breakthroughs on sick leave and workforce adjustment, the de- tails of which were hammered out by the common issues com- mittee last December, said the union. The technical services group bargaining team was also able to make meaningful improvements to monetary compensation, en- hancing existing allowances and creating new allowances for spe- cific groups of members, accord- ing to the union. Also announced, PSAC and Treasury Board have reached a tentative agreement for the edu- cation and library science group, which covers more than 900 fed- eral public service workers. The agreement with the edu- cation and library science group includes a minimum wage in- crease of 5.5 per cent over the four years of the collective agreement, plus a $650 signing bonus. The wage increase is 1.25 per cent for each year, plus a 0.5 to four per cent market adjust- ments for 2016, said the union. Technical services group members will receive a 1.25 per cent economic increase per year, over four years, as well as a 0.5 per cent market adjustment in the third year. A signing bonus of $650 will be paid to those mem- bers who do not receive a group specific salary adjustment, ac- cording to PSAC. Nova Scotia teachers end strike action HALIFAX — The province and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) — representing public school teachers — have reached a tentative agreement for about 9,300 public school teachers in Nova Scotia. The current work-to-rule strike action will be phased out beginning Jan. 23, said the union. "In reaching this tentative agreement, we are suspend- ing our work-to-rule job action pending the upcoming ratifica- tion vote," said Liette Doucet, NSTU president. The NSTU has been focused on resolving this issue and get- ting a new agreement for the members. "Both parties worked day and night over the last week to come to this new tentative agreement," said Doucet. The tentative agreement will be provided to NSTU public school members in regional meetings around the province to be scheduled within the next two weeks, in advance of the ratification vote scheduled for Feb. 8. Details of the tentative agreement will not be released until the agreement is ratified by union members, according to the union. The previous agreement ex- pired on July 31, 2015. Bell deal reached with Unifor MONTREAL — After four months of bargaining a tentative agreement has been reached to renew the Bell craft and servic- es workers contract, following several days of negotiations in Montreal. Details of the new tentative agreement will be released at ratification meetings in the com- ing weeks. The deal covers more than 3,800 technicians in Ontario and Quebec who are represented by Unifor. Photo: Jonathan Ernst (Reuters) LABOUR LENS U.S. President Donald Trump (C), anked by Gary Masino (L) of the Sheet Metal Workers Union and Telma Mata (R) of the Heat and Frost Insulators Allied Workers, Local 24, holds a roundtable meeting with labour leaders at the White House in Washington, on Jan. 23. LABOUR BRIEFS FORMERLY CLV REPORTS Serving labour relations professionals since 1956 www.labour-reporter.com Published weekly by omson Reuters Canada Ltd. Subscription rate: $595 per year Customer Service Tel: (416) 609-3800 (Toronto) (800) 387-5164 (outside Toronto) Fax: (416) 298-5106 Email: customersupport.legaltaxcanada @tr.com Website: www.carswell.com Director, Media Solutions, Canada Karen Lorimer Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Todd Humber Editor/Supervisor Sarah Dobson | (416) 649-7896 sarah.dobson@thomsonreuters.com News Editor John Dujay | (416) 298-5129 john.dujay@thomsonreuters.com Contributing Editor Jeff rey R. Smith Marketing Co-ordinator Keith Fulford | (416) 649-9585 keith.fulford@thomsonreuters.com © 2017 omson Reuters Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. e publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice. If legal or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. e analysis contained herein represents the opinion of the authors and should in no way be construed as being either offi cial or unoffi cial policy of any governmental body. ISSN 0045-5113 Publications Registration 2089 Canadian Labour Reporter is part of the Canadian HR Reporter group of publications. Visit www.hrreporter.com for more information. Labour Reporter Canadian www.labour-reporter.com

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