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Michael W. Brunt, MSc Animal Welfare
Campus Animal Facilities
University of Guelph
CCAC National Workshop April 26-27, 2012
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Objectives
• Definitions
•National Survey Results
•University of Guelph Experience 2011
•Discussion
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Who’s Definition?
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Definition – People
Unions Management
www.financialpost.ca www.tbray.org
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Definition – People
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Definition – Essential Service
• A class of occupations that are imperative for the safety
or security of an institution (or public)
•Non-essential services may become essential if
minimum services not met – not absolute and
circumstantial ILO-United Nations, 2006
•Challenging to navigate
•Labour law primarily provincial jurisdiction
•Each institution negotiates own language of the
essential service agreement
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Definition – ES Agreement
•An agreement between the employer and the bargaining
agent which identifies
a) The types of positions necessary to provide
essential services
b) The number of those positions
c) The specific positions that are necessary for that
purpose
d) The process to follow www.tbs-sct.gc.ca
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Canada 2012
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Survey – Purpose
•To gain a snapshot of ESA from across Canada
•Distributed on Canadian Animal Ethics Coordinators'
Listserv
•25 of 78 institutions on Listserv responded to anonymous
survey = 32%
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Survey – Results
75%
17%
8%
Institution Type
Academic Government Industry
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Survey – Results
0102030405060708090
100
Unionized WorkersEmployed
Animal Care
Technical
Administrative
Support Staff
NoneUnionized
54%
46%
Do These Contracts Have ESA
Yes No
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Survey – Results
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Should Be ES ES in CurrentAgreement
Animal Care
Technical
Administrative
Support Staff
Contract Work
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Survey – Results
72%
16%
12%
Prepared for Labour Disruption
Yes No N/A
43%
57%
Preparedness Tested
Yes No
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Survey – Results
67%
33%
Should CCAC Provide ES Guidelines
Yes No
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May – September, 2011
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UofG – Past Negotiations
• 4-6 weeks prior to deadline HR consult with
management of areas housing animals on campus
• 1.5-4 weeks prior to deadline list of ES positions
submitted to union (Protocol for EAC in collective agreement)
• Quickly negotiate and settle on position classifications
and number of positions
•Information distributed to facilitate contingency planning
if labour disruption occurs
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UofG – 2011 Negotiations
• Expectations – same a previous years, not urgent issue
and delayed in being brought to table
• At 3-4 weeks a realization that labour disruption VERY
possible: all issues become emergency issues
• 10 days prior to deadline request for ES positions
submitted to union
• Both parties had very different definitions of ES
•Agreement on ES position reached 1 hour before
strike/lockout deadline
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UofG - Communication
What are ES?
HR Negotiation
Team
Senior Admin,
Directors, Facility
Managers
Unionized Workers
Union Negotiation
Team
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UofG – Summary
• Effective, rapid and genuine lines of communication
• ES discussions should be tabled first
• Clear definitions of what are ES
•Summer 2012 formation of Joint Committee on ES to
update our current protocol from 1993
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CCAC National Workshop April 26-27, 2012
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Thank you
• Animal Care Services – Survey facilitation
• Campus Animal Facilities – Functional support
• Office of Research – Information access
• CCAC – Forum for discussion of ES
• All survey participants