Bargaining news

Bargaining news

Updates

September
19

19
September

Treasury Board bargaining: Government tries to remove workforce adjustment from contracts [1]

As the government moves ahead with plans to cut tens of thousands of federal public service jobs, Treasury Board has tabled a proposal that would strip workers of the power to negotiate improvements to the workforce adjustment process.

August
19

19
August

Public services deserve proper planning, not rushed cuts and messy reorganization [2]

Prime Minister Carney’s expenditure review is throwing departments into chaos. They are scrambling to pull together proposals for cutting services, jobs, and spending, without any clear data as to how they should make these decisions.

July
31

31
July

PSAC Townhall: Workforce Adjustment [3]

Missed our WFA townhall? Watch it here.

July
16

16
July

Join us: Urgent townhalls on workforce adjustments and cuts [4]

The Carney government’s plan to slash public service budgets puts thousands of jobs and the services people rely on at risk. Join us for a virtual townhall to discuss how we can fight to protect public services and the workers who deliver them.

July
8

8
July

PSAC raises alarm as Carney government announces sweeping public service cuts [5]

Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on a promise of “caps, not cuts” to Canada’s federal public service in the last federal election. But the sweeping 15% budget cuts announced as part of a spending review this week look and feel like austerity and will hurt everyone in Canada who depends on vital public services.

June
20

20
June

EB bargaining: Proposals exchanged on key issues for workers [6]

PSAC has officially launched a new round of negotiations with Treasury Board for more than 120,000 members in the PA, SV, TC, and EB groups, including over 1,200 EB members responsible for education, education support and library services.

June
20

20
June

TC bargaining: Negotiations begin with team submitting demands [7]

PSAC has officially launched a new round of negotiations with Treasury Board for more than 120,000 members in the PA, SV, TC, and EB groups, including over 10,000 TC members who provide specialized technical support and expertise to government departments and agencies.

June
20

20
June

SV group launches a new round of negotiations with Treasury Board [8]

PSAC has officially launched a new round of negotiations with Treasury Board for more than 120,000 members in the PA, SV, T

June
20

20
June

PA bargaining: Negotiations begin for PSAC’s largest bargaining table [9]

PSAC has officially launched a new round of negotiations with Treasury Board for more than 120,000 members in the PA, SV, TC, and EB groups, including over 100,000 PA members responsible for program administration, information services, communications, secretarial services, office equipment, administrative services, welfare programs, clerical functions and data processing.

June
6

6
June

New round of Treasury Board bargaining begins this month [10]

Bargaining teams for the PA, SV, TC and EB groups are heading back to the table this month for their first meetings with the employer — talks that will set the tone for the months ahead as we negotiate new contracts for more than 120,000 federal public service workers.

May
23

23
May

1,100 jobs cut at Service Canada and CRA, threatening vital public services [11]

The recent announcements of job cuts at Employment and Social Development of Canada (ESDC) and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) threaten the public services that workers and families across the country rely on every day.

May
23

23
May

Union files policy grievances over Transport Canada’s mishandling of workforce adjustment [12]

Two policy grievances have been filed with the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board in response to Transport Canada’s failure to follow the workforce adjustment (WFA) provisions outlined in our collective agreements with Treasury Board.

April
10

10
April

PSAC welcomes Liberal leader Mark Carney’s commitments to frontline workers and border security [13]

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) welcomes the Liberal Party’s renewed commitment to provide equitable retirement benefits for thousands of frontline federal workers.

April
10

10
April

PSAC serves notice to bargain for SV members [14]

PSAC served notice to begin bargaining with Treasury Board on behalf of over 11,000 members of the [15]

April
3

3
April

DeSousa: Now is not the time to cut public service jobs [16]

The growing threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to Canada’s economy, security and sovereignty will impact all of us.