It's an embarrassing situation when the paid staff of trade unions (CSU, ATSU, and COPE) are forced in a position to withhold their employment and hit a picket line. It's even more embarrassing when it's your own union that is facing a strike from it's employees. However, since CUPE national is forcing concessions on it's employees, these employees really ought to stand up to their employer, and if necessary, go on strike. And we need to be clear that just because they work for a union, they are still employees and the union is the employer. It seems to me to be extremely hypocritical for Mr. Moist and M. Generaux at CUPE national to be seeking concessions; these are the exact things they ought to be fighting. I hope that CUPE does the right thing and offers their employees a fair, concession free contract. In the meantime, here's what needs to be overcome....
Key issues outstanding
In addition to pension, we have several issues outstanding, including workload, temps, training, ATSU sabbatical, retiree benefits, process for complaints about staff, and electronic surveillance. The employer is still seeking concessions in some key areas.
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