Spring 2021 Vigilance | Information was central to our strategy

When negotiating a collective agreement, keeping members informed of developments is vitally important. Members received a regular stream of reports...

Spring 2021 Vigilance | Ratification tour in the age of COVID

The general meetings on the agreements in principle reached in the last round of bargaining will go down in history...

Spring 2021 Vigilance | Mobilizing during negotiations: it works!

After numerous changes in the employer’s spokespersons, negotiations finally got underway last spring, right in the middle of the pandemic....

Spring 2021 Vigilance | Winning the race despite the obstacles

We began the process of renewing our collective agreement with a consultation tour of all 49 institutions from September 17...

Spring 2021 Vigilance | Word from the president

UCCO-SACC-CSN is fast approaching its 20th anniversary. Some will remember our first real contract signed in 2006 after a four-year...

The Collective agreement will be signed on January 5th, 2021

On December 10, Treasury Board officially adopted the agreement reached on October 17th. The new contract will be signed on...

Negotiation - Agreements ratified at 79%

After more than 90 general assemblies held in the last three weeks, UCCO-SACC-CSN’s members have ratified the agreements reached with...

Negotiation Report #9 - Tentative agreements

As previously updated, UCCO-SACC-CSN’s bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with the Treasury Board for our Collective agreement, and...

Negotiation Report #8 | Agreement with CSC

The Bargaining Committee has finally reached an agreement with the employer, Correctional Service Canada, concerning our Global Agreement. After a...

Agreement in principle with Treasury Board

Your negotiation committee reached an agreement in principle with Treasury Board around 4 am. We have yet to come to...

Negotiation - Visits to politicians

On the week of October 5, Correctional Officers from across the country paid visits to Liberal MPs. They delivered a...

Negotiation - A memorable week of mobilization

During the week of September 28th, a succession of mobilization actions took place in the 49 federal institutions across the...

Negotiation Report #7 - We will not be satisfied with just any offer…

UCCO-SACC-CSN met with Treasury Board over the past week, on September 15 to 17. The discussions are progressing, and we...

Negotiation report #6 - CSC…Show us some respect and do your homework!

August 2020 UCCO-SACC-CSN met with Treasury Board on the 11, 12 and 13 of August. As mentioned in our video...

Negotiation report #5 - A strange week to say the least!

July 2020. We went back to the table this past Tuesday, expecting to move forward. Unexpectedly, the negotiator who was...

Negotiation - A RETURN TO THE TABLE—FINALLY!

After 3 months of battling COVID-19, which put our negotiations on hold, your bargaining committee returned to the table on...

Pension Plan - The government is blocking our path

The government will have succeeded in preventing us from negotiating our pension plan. In a decision rendered on February 13,...

Negotiations - A real start finally!

At long last, the real discussions have started. This is what comes out of our three days of negotiations, held...

Negotiations - Respect goes both ways!

The Union met with Treasury Board representatives in Ottawa on October 29, 2019, as well as with CSC on the...

Negotiation with Treasury Board - We'll have to be patient

A series of meetings were held last week with Treasury Board. Understanding that the government is now under the “caretaker...

Negotiation

A few days ago, members of the UCCO-SACC-CSN National bargaining committee met the Treasury Board negotiator and his team at...

Pension Plan - We will fight this to the very end!

The Superior Court’s June 6, 2018, decision which allowed UCCO-SACC-CSN to negotiate its pension plan and the endowment was overturned...

Bargaining demands tabled!

The Union met with Treasury Board representatives in Ottawa on March 25th, 2019, and officially tabled our targeted negotiation project....

The Court recognizes the Right of Correctional Officers to negotiate their pension plan

The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN) strongly welcomes the decision handed down by Quebec Superior Court Justice Thomas M. Davis in...