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February 24, 2026, marks ten years since the federal government launched the Phoenix pay system. It also marks ten years since tens of thousands of federal public service workers were pushed into financial instability.
After years of review and negotiations, federal public service unions including PSAC have secured meaningful improvements to the National Joint Council (NJC) Travel Directive that better reflect the real costs and realities of work-related travel.
Our EB bargaining team last met with Treasury Board on January 21–22, with the employer refusing to engage on most of our proposals. With the government’s lack of overall mandate at the table and their continued disrespect towards EB members and the entire public service, the EB team has made the decision to declare impasse.
My recent trip to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa was heartbreaking and very personal. I was born in South St. Elizabeth, the area hit hardest by the storm. When I arrived, the place where I grew up was almost unrecognizable. What used to be a community full of happy memories now looked broken and destroyed.
Our PSAC-UTE Bargaining Team’s most recent meetings with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) took place on January 20. Our team met this past Friday to discuss the situation and it is clear that we have no choice but to declare impasse in negotiations.
PSAC has filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the Federal Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board in response to the government’s announcement of the new in-office mandate. Yesterday’s announcement to send all workers into the office four days a week by July shows a clear disregard of the protected bargaining rights of workers.
As negotiations kicked off on January 28 to 29, our Parks Canada bargaining team made proposals to secure stronger job security, fair wages, better work–life balance, and equal treatment with the core public service.
In the midst of ongoing bargaining, and without any consultation with unions, the federal government announced its intention to require all federal public service workers to be in office four days a week beginning July 6, 2026, while executives will have to be on-site five days a week starting May 4, 2026.
PSAC-UCTE members voted 95% in favour of taking job action in strike votes held on February 2 and 3, 2026.
In 2021, PSAC filed policy grievances [12] against several federal public service employers challenging the implementation of their mandatory vaccination policies.
The NAV CANADA bargaining unit consists of almost 300 PSAC-UCTE members. The collective agreement expired in December 2023.
This Black History Month, PSAC honours the leadership, resilience and organizing power of Black workers who have shaped Canada’s labour movement and continue to lead the fight for justice today. This year, PSAC’s theme is “Black Voices: Bold Futures – From Legacy to Leadership.” This is a call to recognize the legacy of resistance that has shaped our unions and to center the voices that are charting a bold path forward.
As bargaining with the employer has reached an impasse [16], members at NAV CANADA will need to take a strike vote.
On January 29, we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia. PSAC remembers the six men who were killed in a horrific Islamophobic attack at the Québec City Islamic Cultural Centre: Azzedine Soufiane, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, Ibrahima Barry, and Abdelkrim Hassane. Five others were seriously injured, and countless lives have forever changed.
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