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CAPE sat down with CAPE member Richard Sharpe, also Co-Founder of the Federal Black Employees Caucus (FBEC), to talk about the work he is doing to help build a thriving Black community within the Canadian Federal workforce. Richard Sharpe has been working for the federal government for 23 years and is a CAPE vice-president for Local 521.

Your bargaining team met with the employer on February 5, 6 and 7. It is clear that the conclusion of an agreement is slow and discussions are prolonged unnecessarily.

CAPE’s EC bargaining team met with the Employer for four days of bargaining on January 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Your TR bargaining team met with the employer on December 18, 19 and 20, 2018 to begin consolidating their files to prepare for a new collective agreement. The parties also took the opportunity to file their respective salary proposals.

As you know, this year again, millions of people will take the streets in various countries around the world to march for women and human rights on Saturday, January 19, 2019.

From December 5, 2018 to December 18, 2018, CAPE members were asked to review and vote on CAPE National Executive Committee business, specifically the annual budget, audited financial statements, appointed auditors, and a resolution on climate change.

Please find below a joint letter from CAPE, PSAC, PIPSC and ACFO urging the Ontario Premier to consider budget cuts affecting the Franco-Ontarian community.

CAPE is excited to announce that after months-long negotiations with Treasury Board, working alongside PIPSC and other union partners at the National Joint Council Dental Care Board of Management, improvements to the dental plan benefits have finally been approved and will be offered through members’ dental plan.

The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) stands in solidarity with postal workers and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) as they negotiate for fair contracts.