Communications and Political Action

February 10, 2023
As strike votes continue for more than 120,000 federal public service workers across the country, PSAC and the federal government have agreed to resume negotiations with the assistance of a third-party mediator to reach a fair contract for workers. The Common Issues bargaining team will continue talks April 2-6, followed by the PA, SV, TC, EB teams April 11-14. 
February 1, 2023
Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of Black leaders, workers, cultures and communities across Canada. Our labour movement has been shaped and fortified by the leadership of people of African and Caribbean descent, and we are proud to build and grow in solidarity together toward a more equitable future.  This Black History Month, PSAC invites you to register for a national virtual panel discussion on February 20, 2023 with Black leaders in Canada’s labour movement. 
January 30, 2023
PSAC is filing policy grievances against Treasury Board and agencies for unilaterally imposing changes to our members’ working conditions while we’re in negotiations for 165,000 federal public service workers.  
January 26, 2023
Today and every day, we must stand against hatred, intolerance, and racism in all its forms.
January 23, 2023
A Public Interest Commission (PIC) report has been issued for the TC group following the hearing held on December 9, 2022. Unfortunately, the report provides no substantive guidance aside from recommending that the bargaining team should continue to negotiate. 
January 6, 2023
Canada is grappling with what truth and reconciliation means. We have faced several ugly truths over the last few years. We have mourned with the families of hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
January 6, 2023
David Martin vividly remembers the traumatic stories that his mother, aunt, and uncles told him about their experience in the residential school system. And he is certain that anti-Indigenous racism continues today. 
January 6, 2023
Judy DaSilva has spent over 20 years fighting the effects of mercury poisoning and other ongoing threats to her community’s water. For the grandmother and community elder from Grassy Narrows First Nation, it’s a matter of justice and cultural reclamation. Most importantly, it’s a question of the survival of her people.
January 6, 2023
Choosing between medication and groceries is no choice at all. Yet, residents in northern communities across the country make unthinkable decisions like this every day as they live with disproportionately high rates of food insecurity. 
January 6, 2023
Bargaining teams and union members can play an enormous role in advancing truth and reconciliation in the workplace. Indigenous members from PSAC DCL Local 55602 on Treaty One territory in Winnipeg experienced this firsthand.

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