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CAPE stands in solidarity with CUPE workers who are having their rights trampled on as they seek a fair deal for their critical work in the education sector. CAPE condemns the Ontario government’s invoking of the notwithstanding clause through the passage of Keeping Students in Class Act to override their right to collective bargaining, imposes a four-year contract and bars any constitutional challenge. The Ontario government knows that without this clause their legislation would not stand up to a Constitutional challenge.

In case you missed it, here is the video recording of the EC Directors’ Election Debate.

Your representatives, the research team and the negotiator spent October 24, 25 and 26 at the offices of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board.

The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) calls on the Translation Bureau to immediately interrupt all parliamentary meetings deemed unsafe to interpreters after a freelance interpreter had to be transported to hospital by ambulance following exposure to dangerous levels of toxic sound during a meeting yesterday.

As per our update in August concerning the tentative agreement on the modernized Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP), CAPE would like to confirm that it has now indeed been approved.

As we communicated previously, the TR group reached an impasse after four months of negotiations in June due to a near-total rejection of our proposals, unacceptable concessions sought by the Employer, notably on wage offer as well as a refusal to include provisions on remote interpretation in the collective agreement.

We wanted to provide you with an update on bargaining since our last update in August. On October 24, CAPE's LoP collective bargaining team will sit with the Employer's team to continue negotiations. Three more days of bargaining are scheduled for October 28, November 8 and 9. CAPE plans to submit its pay and compensation proposal on these dates

Since our last meeting on June 22, CAPE's EC bargaining team and the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) have jointly submitted a request to proceed with the appointment of a mediator. In our last update, we highlighted that progress had been made on several important issues and that we would continue our discussions with the Employer regarding some of our key priorities including compensation, remote work and the right to disconnect.

On Thursday, October 6th, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) testified before the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) as part of its “Review of the virtual House of Commons hybrid proceedings for the House and its committees” study.

For a society to move forward and evolve, it is important to understand its history and the defining moments that shaped it. One of those defining moments for Canada is the tragic history of the Indigenous People and the residential schools.