News Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY EMBARGOED UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1PM (ATL) Union members visit MP Darren Fisher’s Office and refuse to leave until demands are met

MEDIA ADVISORY EMBARGOED UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 11AM (ATL) Union members visit MP Lawrence MacAulay’s Office and refuse to leave until demands are met

ST. JOHN’S, NL – The highly-anticipated 2019 Federal Budget will be announced on March 19, and union members will gather in St. John’s to watch it and discuss what it means for the labour movement.

ST. JOHN’S, NL – Members of the Lecturers’ Union of Memorial University have ratified a new collective agreement after a prolonged round of bargaining which began in April 2017.  LUMUN represents two bargaining units consisting of roughly 330 per-course instructors – academic workers who teach up to two courses per semester both in-class and by distance - and 95 postdoctoral fellows.   

Charlottetown, PEI - On the three-year anniversary of the launch of the Phoenix pay system members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in Charlottetown are taking to the streets to demand respect from their employer, this time at the bargaining table. Currently, PSAC is in bargaining with Treasury Board, the Canada Revenue Agency and Parks Canada and is finding the employer unprepared for meaningful negotiations.  Negotiations with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency start this week.  Over 3000 PSAC members live and work on PEI. 

SYDNEY, NS – On February 6, 2019, members of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) Local 80807, a Component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), ratified a new Collective Agreement.

Members of the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE) who are employed as cleaners at CFB Greenwood signed their letter of employment on January 31, 2019 confirming their indeterminate employment status.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2018 Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador Receive Overwhelming Strike Mandate NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR–The Lecturers’ Union of Memorial University of Newfoundland (LUMUN), who are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), held strike votes earlier this month and received an overwhelming strike mandate from their members.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2018 Workers at the J. A. Douglas McCurdy Airport Rally for a Fair Collective Agreement SYDNEY, NS – On December 6, members of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) Local 80807, a Component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), will be rallying at the Sydney/J. A. Douglas McCurdy Airport demanding that their employer negotiates a fair collective agreement now.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2018 Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada Rally for a Fair Collective Agreement at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador