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PSAC welcomes several of the recommendations from the parliamentary committee investigating the Canada Life fiasco, which support the union’s calls for federal public service workers to be compensated for issues with the health care plan change.
Communications and Political Action
June 19, 2024
PSAC made its case to improve the Public Service Dental Care Plan (PSDCP) at an arbitration hearing between the union and Treasury Board on June 14, after negotiations to improve the plan for over 185,000 federal public service workers broke down earlier this year.
May 30, 2024
Delegates to PSAC’s National Triennial Convention took to the streets today to send a clear message: health care is a priority issue in the coming federal election, and a public service worth protecting. They were joined by the National Federation of Nurses Union and Service Employees International Union – Health Care. Together with PSAC, these three national unions represent over 300,000 health care workers.
May 17, 2024
Delegates representing approximately 1,500 Canada Post members working in administrative, clerical, technical, and professional roles gathered at their national bargaining conference held May 9-11 in Ottawa.
May 14, 2024
PSAC encourages members to take part in the Rainbow Week of Action this week to add our voices to address rising hate and advance equality for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Canada, in recognition of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on May 17.
May 8, 2024
This week, PSAC joins 15 federal public service unions at the National Joint Council (NJC) in sending letters to NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and President of the Treasury Board Anita Anand to share our outrage with the federal government’s decision in-office mandate. The updated policy requires all federal public service workers in the core public administration and in separate agencies to work on-site a minimum of three days per week.
May 7, 2024
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the Pay Equity Task Force’s report ‘Pay Equity: A new approach to a fundamental right’, also known as the Bilson Report. The task force, mandated by the Government of Canada, made a series of recommendations to advance pay equity in the federally regulated sector.
April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024, marks 11 years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This terrible and avoidable tragedy killed more than 1,134 workers and injured more than 2,600, unveiling the horrific conditions of work for millions of workers in an unregulated industry, not only in Bangladesh but in dozens of other countries as well.
April 12, 2024
PSAC is pleased to announce that a settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit involving employees who were required to pay higher transfer amounts when transferring their pensionable service time from the Ontario public service into the Federal public service pension plan. This class action was supported from the outset by PSAC.