CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - After two years of payment errors due to the scandal-plagued Phoenix system, the union representing workers at Veterans Affairs Canada’s office in Charlottetown says the federal government is continuing to slow-walk collective bargaining negotiations.
Employees and union staff of the Union of Veterans Affairs Employees, a union affiliated with the Public Service Alliance of Canada, held a mellow noontime rally in the atrium of the DVA building on Wednesday. As DVA staff munched on pizza, union officials called on the federal government to return to the bargaining table.
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Toufic El-Daher, regional vice-president of the Union of Veterans Affairs Employees (UVAE), said the slow pace of bargaining has belied official apologies that have been delivered by federal officials following the Phoenix pay system scandal.
El-Daher said Treasury Board negotiators have not delivered concrete proposals during the most recent round of bargaining talks.
"The Liberals always said they would respect public servants, federal employees. But, in fact, we don't see that in reality. Trudeau has to give the mandate to the Treasury Board to negotiate," El-Daher said.