Updates

The Office of the Worker Counsellor is pleased to announce their 2013 fall workshop schedule. See poster for more information.

You can help veterans stop the closure of the Veterans Affairs offices in their communities. In the lead-up to Remembrance Day and beyond, PSAC members will be working with veterans to organize awareness-raising events in their communities and to urge Members of Parliament to speak out against the decision to close these offices. Find out how you can help.

Employment opportunity for Regional Education Officer - Atlantic. See poster for more information.

The PSAC Greater Moncton area council members participated in the Anti Poo Rally organized by the Moncton and District labour council on September 8th.  They were ready to share their message with the general public to show them how some decisions made by this current government are affecting everyone.

The Atlantic Region of the Public Service Alliance of Canada stood in solidarity with the non-profit science advocacy group “Evidence for Democracy,” scientists, and concerned members of the public on September 16th, 2013 at the Stand Up For Science Rally in Halifax, NS. No doubt scientists would rather be doing research than rallying.

PSAC Atlantic is proud to announce that it is working with the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour and its affiliates on a campaign to elect a pro-worker majority in the House of Assembly. 

Members of the PSAC/STUSAU local 60701 (St Thomas University) are now at the conciliation stage in the bargaining of their first collective agreement.  They had a mobilization BBQ on August 27th thanking their members for their support so far and to show the Employer the work is not over yet!  Solidarity for ever...all the way!! 

The goal of the course is to build a better union, better work places and a better society by encouraging and supporting active PSAC women in their struggle for fairness, equality and social justice. 

PSAC members were joined by Jeannie Baldwin, PSAC Atlantic REVP and some members from the TG Moncton in the Moncton Pride parade on August 24th, 2013. The River of Pride Moncton are doing excellent work in the organizing of activities each year. This year, the parade was on the Saturday instead of the Sunday as usual and it was more family oriented. Thank you to all participants!

After more than two years of protracted and often difficult negotiations, the TC Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement with Treasury Board.  Find your ratification kit and much more information here.