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New poll finds majority of Canadians oppose deep federal public service cuts, don’t want AI chatbots delivering benefits 

November 5, 2025 - 3:00pm

As the Carney government moves ahead with plans to slash potentially tens of thousands of federal public service jobs, new polling by the Public Service Alliance of Canada shows that people in Canada are concerned about the impact of cuts on already strained public services and want to talk to humans — not chatbots — when accessing federal benefits.
Federal Budget: Government plans deep public service cuts and weakens workers’ bargaining rights

November 4, 2025 - 7:15pm

The Public Service Alliance of Canada is deeply concerned about the federal government’s plan to slash critical public services, cut more than 40,000 federal public service workers, and undermine the collective bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of workers. 

EB bargaining: PSAC tables improvements to workforce adjustment and proposes new artificial intelligence language

October 31, 2025 - 3:15pm

Our EB bargaining team returned to the table with the Treasury Board, October 29-30. This was the third time the parties met since beginning negotiations last June. 
PA bargaining: Union pushes new protections on job security, artificial intelligence, and parole officer caseloads 

October 31, 2025 - 3:15pm

Our PA bargaining team returned to the table with Treasury Board, October 22–23. For the first time, the employer began responding to our proposals and in many cases signaled they were not prepared to agree to the improvements members are calling for. 
SV bargaining team advances job security and better working conditions

October 31, 2025 - 2:45pm

Our Operational Services (SV) group bargaining team pushed for key contract changes to strengthen job security and improve work conditions for SV members in negotiations with Treasury Board October 22-23.

The employer responded to many of our proposals, but unfortunately rejected several of them. Despite this, the team remains committed to making progress for members, and will continue advocating for these priorities.

We will begin discussions on wages once we make progress on non-monetary issues that impact members’ security and daily work life.