Bargaining news

Bargaining news

Updates

March
22

22
March

Register now: National bargaining update and Day of Action [1]

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

March
18

18
March

EB Group: Bargaining hits wall as Treasury Board stalls [2]

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

March
17

17
March

Register now: Young workers and the fight against precarious work [3]

Are you a PSAC member aged 35 and under?

March
3

3
March

Register now: National panel on protecting public services [4]

Register now for the panel on March 24 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST. Panelists will discuss PSAC’s fight to protect public services during this round of bargaining with Treasury Board and agencies, the impacts winning these demands would have, and why mobilization is important to support our bargaining teams to win a fair contract.

February
28

28
February

Conversation starter: How does privatization and contracting out impact my job security? [5]

Job security

February
25

25
February

FB bargaining: PSAC serves notice to bargain, prepares for bargaining conference [6]

PSAC has taken the first step to begin the next round of negotiations for more than 8,500 PSAC-CIU members in the FB group by serving Treasury Board with notice to bargain.

February
25

25
February

PA bargaining: PSAC aims to eliminate pay gaps [7]

The PA team submitted their monetary package when they returned to the bargaining table with Treasury Board February 17-18.

February
18

18
February

[UPDATED] Register now: The power of young workers at the bargaining table [8]

Are you a PSAC member aged 35 and under?

February
8

8
February

Conversation starter: What will work-life balance look like after the pandemic? [9]

Living through the pandemic radically changed the way Canadians live and work.

February
8

8
February

Conversation starter: How can we tackle systemic racism and build equity in the workplace? [10]

Unconscious bias and racist attitudes negatively impact the careers and mental health of racialized public service workers, and they also impact the quality and accessibility racialized Canadians h

February
8

8
February

Conversation starter: What does rising inflation mean for Canadian workers? [11]

Inflation is rapidly rising in Canada and all over the world, and workers are in trouble.

February
4

4
February

Common Issues bargaining: Time to make work-life balance a priority [12]

As Canada continues to navigate the pandemic, the federal government should be a leader when it comes to offering better work-life balance to workers with remote work and the right to disconnect. But Treasury Board made it clear that they don’t recognize the need when the Common Issues bargaining table January 31 to February 3.

January
31

31
January

Register now: National panel on remote work and work-life balance [13]

Nearly 75 per cent of PSAC members have been working remotely since the pandemic started, and more than 80 per cent want to continue having flexible work arrangements when the pandemic ends. What will our new normal look like? A lot depends on this round of bargaining with Treasury Board.

January
27

27
January

Workers are getting us through the pandemic – they shouldn’t have to pay for it [14]

We find ourselves at a pivotal turning point; we could fall back to the outdated Harper-era low-wage, greed-driven austerity policies that only benefit the wealthy, or Canada could embrace the just economic recovery Prime Minister Trudeau has been preaching – one that leaves nobody behind.

January
25

25
January

Treasury Board rejects proposal for mandatory training on anti-oppression and discrimination [15]

PSAC is renewing its call for mandatory training that would address systemic racism, harassment, and discrimination in the federal public service after Treasury Board outright rejected the proposal at the Common Issues bargaining table in December.