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March
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March

SV group: next round of Treasury Board bargaining 

PSAC members from the Operational Services (SV) group met in Montreal from February 19-23 for the Treasury Board National Bargaining Conference to discuss the important priorities for the next round of bargaining and for SV members to elect their bargaining team. 

March
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March

Tailoring spaces for women union leaders at PSAC’s first Women’s Leadership Forum

PSAC welcomed women from all corners of the country in Ottawa on March 1-2, to take part in the very first Women’s Leadership Forum.

March
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March

PSAC Leadership Forum: Working together to Building a leadership program for racialized members by racialized members

PSAC welcomed nearly 40 racialized members from all over the country for the very first Racialized Members’ Leadership Forum in Ottawa March 3-4, 2025.
March
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March

Public service workers ready to deliver supports in the face of tariffs

In response to the U.S. tariffs, the federal government has announced $6 billion in aid for businesses and loosening some employment insurance (EI) requirements for workers seeing fewer work hours. These programs are another example of the crucial public services that PSAC members deliver every day.

March
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March

Five generations is too long: how union action fast-tracks gender equality

The following op-ed by Sharon DeSousa, PSAC national president, was published on

March
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March

PSAC and UPCE fighting for the future of Canada Post

The Industrial Inquiry Commission (IIC) was established following the bargaining dispute between Canada Post and the Canadia

March
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March

PSAC files policy grievance to halt layoffs at IRCC 

PSAC has filed a policy grievance against Treasury Board over Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) failure to follow the Workforce Adjustment Appendix when implementing its Voluntary Departure Program. 
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March

DeSousa: 9 years of Phoenix, the payroll disaster that's burning workers

The following op-ed by Sharon DeSousa, PSAC National President, was published in the Ottawa Citizen and other Postmedia papers. 
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March

SOS Medicare: unions unite to defend public health care

PSAC members joined other health care unions, academics, and activists at the Canadian Health Coalition conference, held in

February
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February

Government downplays Phoenix pay system failures while workers continue to suffer nine years later 

As the Phoenix pay system marks its ninth anniversary, PSAC continues to call for compensation for tens of thousands of federal public service workers still being impacted by pay problems.
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February

Parks Canada bargaining: Tell us how to improve your next contract

PSAC is getting ready for the next round of bargaining for over 4,000 members working at Parks Canada.
February
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February

PSAC serves notice to bargain with Treasury Board 

This week, PSAC served notice to begin bargaining with Treasury Board on behalf of more than 125,000 federal public service workers across the country in the Program and Administrative Services (PA) and Technical Services (TC) bargaining groups.