Statistical Survey Operations

SSO Bargaining Team members

Erin Sirett (negotiator), Claude André Leduc, Anna Goldfeld, Alice Vallée, Shalane Rooney, Mary Anne Walker and Linda Woods. Biographical Notes

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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

June 19, 2018

PSAC and SSO negotiations: Heading to arbitration

The bargaining teams met in Ottawa from June 12 to 14, 2018, in a last ditch effort to reach a collective agreement that addresses long standing concerns of our hard-working members across the country in both office and field units.

June 18, 2018

PSAC wins additional compensation in SSO pay equity case

Arbitrator Joy Noonan ruled on June 13, 2018, that current and former Statistical Survey Operations (SSO) employees eligible for pay equity shall be entitled to additional compensation for paid leaves not included in SSO’s initial pay equity payments.

May 14, 2018

Talks moving forward between PSAC and SSO

Just two weeks after our April session, our bargaining team met with the employer again in Ottawa from May 8 to 10, 2018, to continue bargaining.

April 23, 2018

Slow progress in negotiations between PSAC and SSO

Our bargaining team met with the employer in Ottawa from April 17 to 19, 2018.

February 19, 2018

SSO Bargaining: Negotiations continue

Our bargaining team met with the employer in Ottawa from February 13 to 15.

December 18, 2017

It’s time to make precarious work history at SSO!

Our bargaining team returned to the negotiating table for three days during the week of December 12.

November 28, 2017

We’ve made a commitment to SSO; isn’t it time SSO made a commitment to us?

Our bargaining team held three days of bargaining with SSO during the week of November 20. We focused on our key bargaining issues: hours of work, job security and term employment.

November 20, 2017

PSAC taking pay equity dispute with SSO to an independent third party

This summer PSAC became aware that Statistical Survey Operations’s (SSO) pay equity settlement calculations failed to include paid leaves, overtimes rates, full compensation for designated paid holidays and other forms of compensation. 

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.

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