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March
23

23
March

PSAC files policy grievances against federal vaccination policy [1]

PSAC continues to support vaccination as a critical public health measure to protect our workplaces and our communities. Yet as public health restrictions begin to lift across the country, it’s important to take a critical look at the federal government’s vaccination policy and how it is applied to PSAC members.

March
23

23
March

Long-term care patients pay the price in Revera-Extendicare deal [2]

A new transaction between private long-term care providers Revera and Extendicare merely shuffles the board rather than solving the crisis in private long-term care homes that has led to thousands

March
22

22
March

Register now: National bargaining update and Day of Action [3]

PSAC members from across the country will be coming together for a virtual Day of Action on April 14.

March
18

18
March

PSAC files policy grievance for ongoing and systemic discrimination at IRCC [4]

PSAC has filed a policy grievance against Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on behalf of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union based on the disproportionate and adverse treatment of racialized members. The grievance was filed on March 15, one week ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

March
18

18
March

March 21: No room for racism in our workplaces, unions, and communities [5]

March 21 marks International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. PSAC is committed to fighting racism and promoting employment equity in the workplaces we represent, within our own union, and in our communities.

March
18

18
March

EB Group: Bargaining hits wall as Treasury Board stalls [6]

Treasury Board continues to stall on negotiations following the latest round of Education and Library Science (EB) bargaining on March 8-10, 2022.

March
18

18
March

Member survey: Are you impacted by local water advisories and water protection struggles? [7]

March
17

17
March

Register now: Young workers and the fight against precarious work [8]

Are you a PSAC member aged 35 and under?

March
16

16
March

Grant-paid employees at Dalhousie University join PSAC [9]

PSAC extends a warm welcome to over 500 grant-paid employees working at Dalhousie University.

March
14

14
March

Convention registration now open for observers [10]

PSAC members in good standing may attend the PSAC National Triennial Convention as observers. The online registration deadline for observers is May 2, 2022.

March
11

11
March

SSO bargaining: Negotiations break off, parties head to arbitration [11]

March
11

11
March

Black Class Action lawsuit: Court stops move to delay hearings [12]

March
11

11
March

Behind the pay problems: 'It feels like there’s a sword hanging over my head’ [13]

When Tristan Drozdiak received $15,000 in lump sum payments in 2018 compensating him for two years of underpayments, he assumed he could leave his Phoenix nightmare behind him. But four years later, his future is anything but certain after receiving a letter claiming he now owes $3,000 in overpayments.

March
10

10
March

Negotiations continue for RCMP civilian members [14]

Talks continued between Treasury Board and the bargaining team representing more than 1,000 RCMP Civilian Members during negotiations for their first collective agreement with PSAC February 25.

March
9

9
March

SV bargaining: the employer’s lack of engagement is beginning to show [15]

Tensions rose a notch at the March 2 and 3 Operational Services (SV group) bargaining session.