Updates

You have a question or comment for the bargaining team?  Contact a bargaining team member from the Atlantic Region: -Kelly Bush, GSU (PA Group) -Keith Parsons, UCTE (TC Group) -Brett Evans, CIU (FB Group) -Marc Blanchard, UEW (TC Group)

Negotiations for new contracts for PSAC’s five bargaining units in the federal public service will begin this week (week of July 7th) when PSAC and Treasury Board teams will exchange proposals.Information can be found at:  http://psacunion.ca/psac-treasury-board-set-exchange-bargaining-proposals   At the bottom of the page you can also link to all teams’ (PA, SV, TC, EB and FB) information.

After concluding our collective agreement negotiations last August, the Employer has yet to fully implement the final agreement.  We had our final level grievance hearing on May 9 on this issue. 

Negotiations for new contracts for PSAC’s five bargaining units in the federal public service will begin the week of July 7, 2014 when PSAC and Treasury Board exchange proposals.

Jeannie Baldwin was again re-elected for Regional Executive Vice President for the Atlantic during the region’s Convention last weekend.  Jeannie has held the PSAC Alliance Executive Committee position since 2004.

Amendments to the Canada Labour Code Part II received Royal Assent in December 2013. Please be advised that the coming into force date of the amendments to Part II of the Canada Labour Code has been set for October 31, 2014 by Treasury Board.

Cuts to Canada's Employment Insurance Program are making it harder to help our most vulnerable, reduce inequality, protect seasonal workers and ensure a more fair and prosperous future for our country. This video highlights the decline of the EI program over the last 25 years.

Public servants work proudly on behalf of Canadians. The government claims to honor this work on occasions such as National Public Service Week, while simultaneously cutting public services, slashing thousands of jobs, and attacking collective bargaining rights, health and safety protections and retirement.

As per the Public Service Labour Relations Act, CRA filed for a Public Interest Conciliation (PIC) earlier this year following the breakdown of mediation talks. Since that time, we have submitted our list of outstanding issues , named our representative for the Public Interest Commission (PIC) and waited for the PIC Chair to be named and to set hearing dates.

PSAC members working for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ratified a new collective agreement with their employer today. Members voted using a new e-voting system for the first time.