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Our PSAC-UPCE bargaining team has declared impasse after the employer failed to make meaningful progress on key issues at the table.
For 100 days, workers at the Bank of Canada have been on the picket line fighting for a fair agreement and respect. They have shown solidarity and incredible determination. Our members have put solutions on the table, but the Bank refuses to end this strike.
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we are reminded that reconciliation begins with listening to survivors, learning the truth about the residential school system, and carrying that truth into our workplaces and communities.
PSAC was in mediation with Treasury Board for two more days on September 21–22. Our bargaining team is committed to making sure we’ve explored every path toward a fair negotiated deal for more than 110,000 PA members.
I am heartbroken by the tragic death of Leïla Ben Salem, a member of the Union of Taxation Employees Local 10008.
The federal government cannot claim to defend Canadian jobs while weakening workers’ right to fight for fair wages, safe wor
After bargaining was deferred last year, our PSAC-UPCE bargaining team is gearing up to return to the bargaining table with Canada Post.
Our SV bargaining team met with Treasury Board on September 15–17, and once again saw no meaningful movement on members’ key priorities.
A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) confirms that women in Canada still make $19,000 less a year than men, on average, a gap of 28 per cent.
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The results of the 2022 Public Service Employee Survey show that – even seven years on – the effects of the Phoenix pay disaster still impact a significant number of federal public service workers.
In 2020, PSAC negotiated Phoenix general damages for approximately 165,000 PSAC members to compensate for the stress, aggravation and pain and suffering they endured because of the broken pay system.
We are marking yet another bleak anniversary – the seventh year of the Phoenix pay disaster.
Seven years of Phoenix pay issues add insult to injury for federal workers fighting for decent wages
By Chris Aylward, National President, Public Service Alliance of Canada
PSAC members who have suffered personal or financial consequences due to Phoenix, whether they are current or former employe
We are in the second year of the government’s aggressive and heavy-handed plan to recover overpayments caused by Phoenix.
Thousands of retired and former PSAC members are eligible for up to $2,500 in Phoenix general damages but may not know they can make a claim.
PSAC is working with the Minister of National Revenue to establish a process to resolve the taxation of Phoenix damages.
PSAC has filed policy grievances against Treasury Board, Parks Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for their heavy-handed mismanagement of the Phoenix overpayment process.
The rushed Phoenix overpayment recovery plan launched earlier this year by the employer is already producing major errors and misleading information. Some overpayment recovery letters sent by the Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Pay Centre contain amounts that the employer has no legal recourse to recover as they are outside of the six-year limitation period.
In the fall of 2021, the Public Service Pay Centre launched the recovery process for Phoenix overpayments for thousands of PSAC members they believe were overpaid by the Phoenix pay system in 2016.
Every day, PSAC members come to our Phoenix team for help with their pay issues when they have nowhere else to turn.
After years of hard work, Sue Genereux earned her dream job — a coveted investigator position with the Transportation Safety Board. But more than two years of consistent Phoenix pay issues made the PSAC-UCTE member anxious and unsure if she could reliably support her family.
PSAC is encouraging members to fight for Phoenix general damages compensation to be tax-free by filing individual tax appeals to the Canada Revenue Agency this tax season.
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