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January
19

19
January

Dental Plan: Negotiations break off, heading to arbitration [1]

Negotiations to improve the Public Service Dental Care Plan (PSDP) for over 185,000 PSAC members in the plan have broken down after Treasury Board refused to negotiate significant improvements to the plan in the latest round of bargaining.

January
19

19
January

Online hangout and brainstorm session for young workers [2]

PSAC is organizing an online hangout and brainstorming session for young workers January 24.

January
17

17
January

Staff of the Non-Public Funds: Strike action continues, our voices are being heard [3]

NPF members on strike at Canadian Forces bases in Bagotville, Kingston, Montreal, Ottawa, Petawawa, St. Jean, and Valcartier are making their voices heard. Together we can secure real gains for workers, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.

January
12

12
January

Negotiations break off with civilian staff on military bases – strike action begins Monday [4]

Negotiations between the PSAC-UNDE and the Staff of the Non-Public funds continued this week with zero progress on any of the key issues that the union has been working towards: fair wages, a national pay grid, and secure jobs for workers who are some of the lowest paid workers in the federal public service.

January
12

12
January

PSAC announces strike for nearly 500 civilian staff working on Canada’s military bases [5]

Nearly 500 workers who provide critical support services on military bases across Ontario and Quebec will be on strike as of

January
11

11
January

NPF members: Together, we will win this fight [6]

Just two years ago, members came together from across the country for a monumental first bargaining conference of the Staff of the Non-Public Funds. You established priorities and outlined the demands that you wanted to be front and centre at the bargaining table to improve your wages and working conditions.

January
8

8
January

Staff of the Non-Public Funds: Strike action looms as final PIC reports received [7]

With an overwhelming vote in favour of strike action, six NPF bargaining units in Ottawa, Valcartier, Montreal-St. Jean, Bagotville, Petawawa and Kingston are now in a legal strike position and can declare strike action at any point if an agreement is not reached.

January
5

5
January

A message from Chris Aylward: As we move into 2024, our challenge is to build on the momentum of 2023 [8]

Together, we can – and we will – make a difference, because when union members work together, we win together.

January
5

5
January

Cathy O'Kane: We will make change by fighting together [9]

My name is Cathy O’Kane. I work as an accounts clerk at CFB Gagetown, and I am also the Vice President for the Staff of the Non-public Funds with the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE). I’ve been an employee at Non-Public Funds for 34 years.

January
3

3
January

Employment Equity Act review: Recommendations highlight long-overdue changes [10]

PSAC welcomes the final report of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) Review Task Force that puts forward many of the recommendations we have long been calling for to create a more diverse and inclusive federal public service.

December
22

22
December

PSAC joins Canadian unions calling for urgent action on World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty [11]

Alongside Canadian unions representing over 500,000 healthcare professionals, PSAC [12]

December
22

22
December

PSAC calls for change to address anti-Black racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission [13]

PSAC and other unions representing Black federal employees are calling for urgent action following the release of a Senate

December
22

22
December

SSO workers transition to PSAC’s largest bargaining group [14]

Last month, over 1,300 members in the Statistics Survey Operations (SSO) group transitioned to the Program and Administrative Services (PA) Treasury Board bargaining group.

December
20

20
December

Parks Canada: retro pay sent, but 300 workers still missing lump sum payment [15]

PSAC members working at Parks Canada have now been issued retroactive pay. However, the employer has provided no timeline on the disbursement of the $2,500 pensionable one-time lump sum payment. Parks Canada has also taken no steps to honour the collective agreement bargained in good faith and ensure that all term workers receive the payment.

December
18

18
December

Telework: PSAC raises concerns about implementation as consultations begin to modernize telework policy [16]

A joint committee consisting of representatives from PSAC and Treasury Board met for the first time last week to discuss modernizing the Directive on Telework. This meeting laid the groundwork for what future meetings will look like during this year-long consultation process.