New Brunswick

In celebration of its 4th anniversary of their certification, St. Thomas University Support and Administrative Union (STUSAU) organized a rally at STU where PSAC locals and unions from both St. Thomas University and UNB pledged their support of solidarity.   The United Campus Labour Council was out in full force.

On May 23-25, 2014, twenty members age 30 and under from the four Atlantic Provinces came to Halifax to attend the PSAC Atlantic Young Workers Symposium.  This was the third event geared specifically to young workers to take place in the region since 2009, and the biggest yet.

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                            July 17, 2014 PSAC members rally to commemorate their 4th anniversary of their certification from the NB Labour Board FREDERICTON, NB - Public Service Alliance of Canada members will be rallying to commemorate their 4th anniversary of their certification from the NB Labour Board. 

The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a new report today, concluding that it costs almost nothing extra to pay sick leave to federal civil servants. This is because most departments don't have policies in place to backfill for sick leave. 

2014 – 2017 Atlantic Regional CouncilRegional Executive Vice-PresidentJeannie BaldwinAlt: Colleen Hodder Provincial Director – NBDarlene Bembridge1st Alt: Raphaëlle Valay-Nadeau2nd Alt: Dave Meade Provincial Director – NBMike LeBlanc1st Alt: André Beaulieu

PSAC members and staff raised $11,760 during the Triennial Regional Convention for the Dream Catcher project in partnership with the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre

Hello everyone,Please find below the schedule for pride events in the Atlantic Region.  I hope to see many PSAC members taking part in the various activities.  If you need assistance, feel free to contact my office or the Director for LGBT members, Wayne Kelley at wkelley@eastlink.ca.In pride and solidarity,Jeannie Baldwin***Pride in the Atlantic Region/La Fierté dans la Région de l’Atlantique 

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.