July 17

EB bargaining: Talks extended after limited progress

PSAC and Treasury Board representatives have agreed to extend contract talks for nearly 1,000 EB members.
July 17

Groupe TC : progrès timides et négociations prolongées

Le syndicat garde le cap sur l’obtention d’une convention collective juste et équitable.
July 22

Foire aux questions : entente de principe pour le groupe PA et les enjeux communs

Entente de principe du groupe PA (Conseil du Trésor)

July 17

TC bargaining: Talks extended after limited progress

The union remains focused on winning a fair collective agreement.
July 22

FAQ: Tentative agreement for PA group and common issues

Treasury Board’s PA group tentative agreement 

July 17

Les femmes et la COVID-19 : L’impact disproportionné de la pandémie sur les femmes marginalisées

Une étudiante à la maîtrise examine ses factures en se demandant comment elle va pouvoir les payer. Même si elle a eu droit à des bourses d’études, ses fonds s’épuisent, car elle a perdu son emploi d’auxiliaire d’enseignement quand la session d’été a été annulée. Elle arrondissait ses fins de mois en travaillant dans un resto du quartier, mais là aussi, elle a été mise à pied quand la pandémie a forcé la fermeture des restaurants et des bars.

July 17

Women & COVID-19: Pandemic could set marginalized women back for decades

A master’s student in Toronto has been staring at her bills for a while, trying to figure out how she is going to find the money to pay them. Although she has earned some academic bursaries, the money is running low now that the semester is cancelled, and she can’t work as a teaching assistant. She normally picks up a couple of shifts at a local restaurant for extra cash, but she was laid off as soon as bars and restaurants were forced to shut down.

July 17

Les femmes et la COVID-19 : Les effets persisteront longtemps après la pandémie

July 17

Women & COVID-19: Effects will linger long after the pandemic ends

Somewhere in Alberta, a nurse and mother of two, has been sitting in the parking lot of her local grocery store for 15 minutes. Her two sons arguing over a bag of crackers in the back seat, are the soundtrack to her internal debate of whether she should go back home. She and her husband have been arguing a lot lately. Three months of quarantine have taken their toll. What normally would be a few disagreements, have turned into weeks of violent outbursts and broken dishes.

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