The Factual Report on Corrections Negotiations
Issue 5 - October 18, 2001
Essential services: we don’t like them either
There have many inquiries as to why your Corrections Team is negotiating essential services with the employer. A lot of members are under the misconception that OPSEU supports the provision of essential services during a strike or lockout.
Does the union agree with Essential Services?
No! Nevertheless, the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act (CECBA) dictates that, “An employer of Crown employees and a trade union representing employees who have or are negotiating a collective agreement shall make an essential services agreement.” Simply put, if we want to negotiate a new collective
agreement, we must negotiate an essential services agreement.
How is an Essential Services Agreement arrived at?
CECBA outlines the bargaining parameters for essential service negotiations. CECBA dictates, “The employer and the trade union shall bargain in good faith and make every reasonable effort to make an essential services agreement”. This means that the normal bargaining process is applied to essential services
negotiations.
Your Corrections Team will continue to move towards wrapping up essential service bargaining so that we can start talking about the real issues.
More next week.
Correction
Last week the Real Deal mistakenly identified Mark Kotanen as the vice-chair of the Corrections MERC Team. Dave Graves is the vice-chair of that team, and Mark is a member. We apologize for the error.
Corrections team members
Region 1: Jack Hopkins, L. 122
Region 2: Barry Scanlon, L. 230 (chair)
Region 3: Larry Cripps, L. 309
Region 4: Jim Bothwell, L. 467
Region 5: Dave Graves, L. 521 (vice-chair)
Region 6: Rick Dagenais, L. 642
Region 7: Len Mason, L. 737
You can reach the bargaining team at (416) 815-0284 or by e-mail at correctionsteam@opseu.org.
The Correct View is your only accurate source of Corrections Team information during this round of bargaining. If you don’t read it here, you can't be sure it's true. Don’t rely on gossip and rumours. We will provide the facts.
The Correct View will be available by fax, by e-mail, and on the OPSEU web site at www.opseu.org . To receive it directly, send your secure fax number to Lesley Williams at (416) 443-1762 or send your e-mail address to
lwilliams@opseu.org.
The Correct View is authorized for distribution by Barry Scanlon, chair, Corrections team, and Leah Casselman, president.
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