May 20, 2020 Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program Phase Two NAV Canada has informed CATCA it will be proceeding with phase two of the Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program as early as tomorrow. The intended completion time for phase two is June 10th. Program details are attached below. Eligible members are reminded that they will […]
May 13, 2020 CATCA 2020 – 2021 Scholarship Awards Program The W. Christopher Lilwall and Eric Paraskevopoulos Memorial Scholarship Awards Program sponsored by CATCA provides financial assistance to dependent children of active and retired members of the Association who are in pursuit of full-time post-secondary education. Each of the two $2,000.00 awards will be renewable […]
May 12, 2020 COVID 19 – Union Update #7 We thank the members for their patience as we worked with NAV CANADA to attempt to get scheduling issues resolved. Unfortunately, one region in particular remains a problem for us as management in the Montreal FIR are being extremely difficult and hard to work with. We […]
May 6, 2020 Schedules and Leave CATCA and NAV Canada have signed an agreement today to keep all COVID-19 schedules in place across the country until September 15, 2020. This agreement comes with the same proviso that existed before that if the unforeseen happens or as traffic returns, either side may exit the agreement by […]
April 12, 2020 Results of the Referendum Vote Referendum voting closed at 12:00 EDT today. 93% of the membership voted and the results are as follows. Do you support granting permission to NAV Canada that payment of retroactive salary that has arisen from the settling of the collective agreement be delayed until September 30, 2020? […]
April 30, 2020 Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program Rollout As previously communicated last week, NAV Canada approached all unions and proposed a Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERI). The attached document outlines the framework for the ERI program. For those eligible, the program is intended to provide employees with an incentive to retire earlier than […]
April 24, 2020 Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program Earlier this week NAV Canada approached all unions and proposed a Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERI). As we all know the COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant financial impact on NAV Canada. For those eligible, the ERI program is intended to provide employees with an incentive […]
April 24, 2020 Pay Action Resulting From Referendum Vote As communicated in the B&F released April 11, CATCA members have voted in favour of delaying the retroactive payment that has arisen from the settling of the collective agreement. Additionally, members have voted in favour of granting permission to NAV Canada to defer payment of this […]
April 7, 2020 OSFI Update – Commuted Values Yesterday NAV Canada published information on the announcement concerning the freeze of commuted value transfers as mandated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI). The notice and the subsequent Q&A can be read here. To be clear, CATCA has not received any specific information […]
April 5, 2020 Referendum Vote on Deferral Request by NAV Canada National Referendum Electronic Voting on the deferral request by NAV Canada will commence Tuesday, April 7, 12:00 EDT and close Sunday, April 12 at 12:00 EDT. The voting period for the referendum is 5 days as required by CATCA’s policy manual. Please note: Voter […]