Your Community Social Services Bargaining Association is continuing to meet with the employers’ association.
 
We are pushing to achieve the non-monetary priorities that you identified as important measures to address the challenges in the community social services sector.
 
By the end of last week, your bargaining association tabled all non-monetary topics and interests for consideration. We are continuing in-depth discussions this week on these critical issues and have several days of negotiations scheduled.
 
Worker stories are a powerful tool for the negotiating table. We have heard from many of you that the global health pandemic has affected your working conditions in areas such as staffing, mental health, violence in the workplace and workloads.
 
To show the employer how badly change is needed, we want to share real-life examples of the challenges we face in these areas, but first we need to gather stories from members like you.
 
Have you personally experienced challenges related to the pandemic?  Click here to share your story using our simple online form.

Once we have dealt with the non-monetary issues, we will move on to wages, benefits and other monetary topics. To this point, our discussions have been productive and cooperative. However, your bargaining association has also heard you clearly that cost of living protections is critical to achieving the agreement you deserve.
 
To keep you up to date on the latest bargaining news, we need effective methods of communication.
 
Please remind your coworkers to sign up to get updates by email and ensure that your contact information is current, so you can get regular updates during bargaining. You can also check the CSSBA website for up-to-date information on bargaining: https://cssfairdeal.ca/
 
In solidarity,

Your Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) Negotiating Committee

 

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