Why aren't CAPE's historical EC arbitration briefs accessible to members?
From what I understand, based on arbitration briefs that have been made accessible by other unions, a union's historical arbitration briefs, as well as historical briefs submitted by the employer, can help union members better understand what leverage the arbitration route gives a union during the collective bargaining process, as well as what limitations it imposes.
I am therefore curious as to why CAPE hasn't made these briefs available to its members, since the current collective bargaining process is supposed to be "open" and "transparent."
In addition, if the conciliation/strike route were truly the best option for obtaining what we want, you would think that publishing these documents would help support this case, unless, of course, doing so would make it more difficult to "inform" members by giving those opposed to the strike/conciliation route stronger arguments they can use.
And if this is due to CAPE's leadership using different definitions of the words "open" and "transparent," as it does with the word "democratic," could it please publish those definitions on its website?
Thank you,