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January
31

31
January

Data breach at Global Affairs Canada [1]

PSAC is very concerned to learn that the personal information of workers at Global Affairs Canada may have been compromised.

January
26

26
January

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honouring the victims and survivors [2]

January 27 marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in 1945 by allied forces, where over 1 million innocent people were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime. This day has been designated since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day by the United Nations General Assembly [3].

January
25

25
January

Parks Canada: Update on lump sum payment [4]

As part of the collective agreement that PSAC negotiated during this round of bargaining for Parks Canada members, the $2,500 pensionable lump-sum payment will be issued to all eligible members on January 31, 2024.

January
23

23
January

Staff of the Non-Public Funds: Second week of civilian military staff strike kicks off with fervor [5]

Staff of the Non-Public Funds – members of a separate agency in the federal public service – kicked off the second week on strike with a demonstration at the Department of National Defence Carling campus in Ottawa with a strong show of support from members of the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE), civilian workers at the Department of National Defence. PSAC represents close to 20,000 UNDE members.

January
23

23
January

Observer registration open for 2024 PSAC National Triennial Convention [6]

Registration is now open for observers to the 2024 PSAC National Triennial Convention. All PSAC members in good standing are eligible to attend the Convention as observers.

January
19

19
January

Dental Plan: Negotiations break off, heading to arbitration [7]

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 [8]

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 [9]

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 [10]

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 [11]

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 [12]

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 [13]

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 [14]

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 [15]

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 [16]

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.