News Releases

ST. JOHN’S, NL - The Public Service Alliance of Canada is disappointed that negotiations with St. John’s Airport failed Tuesday.  The union appreciates the efforts by Mayor Denis O’Keefe in bringing the parties back together to end a 100 day-old strike.  The PSAC negotiating team returned to the table hoping the employer was prepared to move on issues that would result in a settlement. 

HALIFAX, NS – The Public Service Alliance of Canada is proud to announce a major win for past and present members of PSAC Local 85100 employed by Commissionaires Nova Scotia at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. 

ST. JOHN’S, NL – Labour and community will rally in solidarity with striking workers at St. John’s Airport at 12 noon, Thursday.  85 members of PSAC/UCTE local 90916 have been on strike since September 11, 2012. 

SYDNEY, NS – Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada will greet Peter MacKay this evening at the Victoria Park Base where the Minister is attending a Junior Ranks dinner.  

SYDNEY, NS – Public Service Allianceof Canada (PSAC) National Vice-President Chris Aylward and Union of Veterans Affairs Employees (UVAE) National President Yvan Thauvette will tour Veterans Affairs Canada’s Regional Office in Sydney Thursday to see first hand which services Canada’s veterans stand to lose when the office closes its doors in 2014.

ALANTIC CANADA - A new CCPA-NS report released today makes projections for federal public sector job loss in Atlantic Canada and discusses the breadth and depth of its impact in the region.  CCPA-NS publishesPublic Disservice: the impact of federal government job cuts in Atlantic Canada at a time when many are questioning a federal austerity agenda that is eliminating jobs, programs and services Canadians need, while refusing to provide the information needed to fully understand the consequences. 

HALIFAX, NS – The Nova Scotia Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives will release a report called Public Disservice: the impact of federal government job cuts in Atlantic Canadaat a press conference in Halifax, NS, Tuesday.

HALIFAX, NS – Canada Border Services Agency personnel are speaking out at airports and border crossings across the country today in response to government cuts.  Many Canadians heading south to take advantage of Black Friday sales will be greeted with a call for safer borders.

ST. JOHN’S, NL – In a show of solidarity, 250 members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union will be on the picket line at St. John’s Airport from at 12:45 p.m. (NDT) on Thursday, November 8.

DEERLAKE, NL – After just five days of negotiations, a tentative agreement was reached this morning between the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Deer Lake Regional Airport Authority Inc.  PSAC is the bargaining agent for the 15 members of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) Local 90945 who provide operational and technical services, including runway clearing, firefighting, electrical and mechanical maintenance of equipment, as well as administrative services, at the airport.