March 2003

The bargaining sessions that were scheduled for March 24 and 25 have been postponed. We expected that NRC would have a mandate by now and that they would be able to address many of the outstanding bargaining demands. In fact, NRC has not yet even approached Treasury Board for its mandate. They tell us that they are still reviewing our proposals. We have made it very clear to NRC that this is unacceptable and that we expect them to make every effort to secure the mandate and to bargain with us in a timely manner.