Statistical Survey Operations

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Field Survey Interviewers – The over 700 members in this unit work for Statistics Canada collecting information for national surveys. The data they collect is used to provide national statistics on a wide range of issues, such as the labour force, unemployment, and consumer expenditures. Field interviewers work directly with interview subjects, and work out of their own home.

Regional Office Interviewers  – The members of this unit of approximately 500 members work in Statistics Canada offices around the country collecting information for national surveys.  They are responsible largely for telephone interviews which collect the raw data that is subsequently used to provide statistics on everything from literacy to consumer expenditures. 

Updates

September 19, 2017

Employer’s bargaining team acknowledges SSO workers as ‘public servants’

Our bargaining team resumed bargaining with SSO during the week of Sept. 11.

August 31, 2017

PSAC-SSO joint statement on pay equity calculations

Concerns have been raised over pay equity settlement payment calculations that were based on the number of hours worked and do not include paid leave, overtime rates, and designated paid holidays.

July 18, 2017

SSO Pay Equity Settlement Appeals- Questions and Answers

We recommend that members file an appeal within 120 calendar days of their receipt of payment.

July 12, 2017

*REVISED* - Update on SSO pay equity settlement

It has recently come to the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s attention that SSO’s pay equity settlement calculations fail to include paid leaves, overtime rates, full compensation for designated paid holidays and other forms of compensation.

June 30, 2017

SSO bargaining: Union files unfair labour practice

PSAC has filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the Public Service Labour and Employment Relations Board due to the employer’s ongoing refusal to allow the union to post bargaining updates in the workplace.

May 18, 2017

Bargaining session with SSO in June cancelled

At the request of the employer, the SSO bargaining session scheduled from June 13 to 15, 2017, has been cancelled due to changes on the employer’s bargaining team.

May 9, 2017

SSO bargaining: We are federal public servants!

Our bargaining team met with SSO during the week of May 1. The team started the week in caucus, where we had planned to review SSO’s proposals, but unfortunately the documents provided by our employer contained many errors and lacked clarity.

April 3, 2017

PSAC and SSO exchange proposals

Our CAPI and CATI bargaining teams met with SSO March 17, 2017, to open this round of bargaining and exchange our initial proposals. Regrettably, the employer’s team was not even half there, which we told SSO was very disrespectful to us and to the bargaining process.

June 28, 2016

Victory! PSAC and Statistical Survey Operations (SSO) reach pay equity settlement

PSAC has negotiated a settlement with Statistical Survey Operations (SSO) that will put outstanding pay equity money into the hands of our members.

January 20, 2016

SSO interviewers demand respect and fair treatment

They are one group of workers in the federal public service who have fallen victim to the prvious government’s efforts to trim the budget. Statistical Survey Operators are amongst the lowest paid, with the least job security.