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CONTRACT OFFER
The CRG Executive would like to thank CRG Members for their patience over
the last few weeks. A lot of movement has occurred. Your patience allowed us to
accurately review and thoroughly digest this information, as it was happening.
Accordingly, we now release our consensus-based conclusions.
As you are aware, OPSEU and the Government have both committed to
support a Corrections Only Collective Agreement (COR-Only C.A.). We applaud
this long-overdue bilateral commitment. Assuredly, it will correct bargaining
legislation currently used to violate our rights under Canadas Charter of Rights and
Freedoms. However, we must stress that the relocation of Correctional
workers from the Unified Bargaining Unit to a Corrections bargaining unit,
on its own, will not resolve the divisive Essential Service language in the
Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act (CECBA). This language
prevents us from exercising our Charter right to strike in concert with
members of our bargaining unit. It also still denies us a meaningful
dispute resolution mechanism while classified as essential during what
has otherwise always been, ineffective CECBA-governed strikes.
This is significant in reviewing the recently announced tentative
Unified/Central contract offer in relation to how you should vote. Many members
have expressed concerns over how this proposal may impact on CRGs efforts to
amend CECBA legislation while trying to achieve a COR- Only C.A..
The CRG Executive, in consultation with our legal team, has reviewed this
contract offer.
We have concluded that this contract offer must be turned down by ALL
correctional employees.