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THE HERALD Wednesday August lttOPige 11 Federal employees streamline the bargaining process Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of Canada has signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will streamline the process for the next round of collective bargaining Under the terms of the agreement bargaining units representing some 158000 federal employees will be combined to form seven negotiating tables and employees who would continue to work in the event of a strike will be identified before negotiations begin am very pleased that we have been able to agree on a process for the next round of bargaining Treasury Board President Robert tie Cotret said Both parties are determined to avoid the kind of lengthy delays that occurred in the past and this new process pro mises to do just that The President of the Alliance Bean said The of Understanding enables us to remove a major hindrance to ef negotiations This is good news for our members As a result of the agreement seven bargaining tables will be set up each regrouping a number of bargaining units to negotiate seven agreements Should the par ties at a given table not be able to agree through direct negotiations a single conciliation panel would be put in place to ding issues for that table The issue of designated employees will also be settled before formal negotiations begin Designated employees are those who perform duties necessary in the interest of the or securi ty of the public and who therefore are prohibited from striking In the past designations were finalized after talks had broken down and this often involved lengthy at a critical stage in the process This time the list of designations will be negotiated between October and December 1990 several months before formal negotiations begin Designations not agreed upon by will be refer red designations review panels which will be required to render binding decisions by February 28 1991 Pierre Insurance Claims Free Graphic Am Body PRICKS LOWER THAN A SNAKES BELLY IN A WAGON RUT Good service good coverage good price- Thats State Farm insurance SI Georgetown 8731833 Like a good neighbor State Farm is there STATE FARM GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE Monday to Friday jiiftuRifflSr- gii