September 2003
Results of the recent Membership Survey affirmed that Job Security is one of the most important issues, but it also identified the majority of the members did not know that we in fact have job security in our contract.
WE DO!
Our job security clause is called,
THE WORKFORCE ADJUSTMENT APPENDIX (W.F.A.A.)
It can be found in our Contract as APPENDIX E.
Over the last few years our employer has implemented a number of "Initiatives”: the Warehouse Project, Client Service Delivery, Administrative Reform and Renewal, and Compensation Service Delivery. All have had an impact on job security, and makes the application of WFAA critical to us all.
As defined,
A WORKFORCE ADJUSTMENT SITUATION is,
“Where the services of one or more indeterminate employees will no longer be required beyond a specified date because of a lack of work, the discontinuance of a function or a relocation of work”.
The employer does not always agree that situations like the ones previously mentioned are workforce adjustment situations. The contractual obligations found in the WFAA only come into effect when a staffing activity is unilaterally recognized as a WFA situation. Once a workforce adjustment situation is identified, employees become “affected employees” with specific rights. This makes the application of “OUR” collective agreement critical to us.
The Union of Taxation Employees has always been aware of the importance of job security to the membership. We have a National WFA Committee who’s mandate is to protect our WFAA rights, ensure the employer meets its obligations in Work Force adjustment situations, and to continually strive for improvements to the current contract specifically as it relates to the WFAA.
YOU NOW KNOW:
- WE HAVE JOB SECURITY,
- YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS CALLED,
- YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS.