FPSLREB Decisions
Decision Information
Amendment to description of bargaining unit - Amendment to certification - Subsection 103(2) of the Public Service Reform Act (PSRA) - Translation Group - pursuant to section 101 of the PSRA, the Treasury Board specified and defined the occupational group known as the Translation Group - immediately prior to this, the Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees was the bargaining agent certified for the Translation Group bargaining unit, which is now covered by the new Translation Group - the bargaining agent's certification had not been revoked under the Public Service Staff Relations Act and has been continued by virtue of subsection 103(1) of the PSRA - the Board amended the description of the bargaining unit and the certification of the bargaining agent to refer to the new Translation Group bargaining unit. Description of the bargaining unit amended. Certification amended.
Decision Content
Public Service Staff Relations Act
- Date: 2003-06-19
- File: 142-2-329, 144-2-170
- Citation: 2003 PSSRB 47
Before the Public Service Staff Relations Board
BETWEEN
CANADIAN UNION OF PROFESSIONAL AND
TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES
Bargaining Agent
and
TREASURY BOARD
Employer
RE: Alteration of the Dispute Resolution Process -
Translation Group
Decided without a hearing
[1] In Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees v. Treasury Board (142-2-329, May 17, 1999), the Board confirmed the certification of the Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees (bargaining agent) as the bargaining agent for the bargaining unit (bargaining unit) defined as follows:
all employees of the employer included in the Translation Group, as defined in the Canada Gazette of March 27, 1999.
[2] On March 3, 2003, the bargaining agent asked the Board to record an alteration in the dispute resolution process that applies to the bargaining unit. The bargaining agent explained that referral to arbitration would henceforth apply in the case of disputes to which it may be party by reason of the bargaining unit.
[3] Pursuant to section 39 of the Public Service Staff Relations Act (Act), the Board records referral to arbitration as the dispute resolution process chosen by the bargaining agent.
[4] The dispute resolution process recorded above by the Board becomes effective for the bargaining unit as of the date on which notice to bargain collectively is given next following March 3, 2003, and remains in effect for the bargaining unit until an alteration is again made pursuant to section 39 of the Act.
Joseph W. Potter
Vice-Chairperson
OTTAWA, June 19, 2003.
P.S.S.R.B. TRANSLATION