New Brunswick

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.

June 21 is National Aboriginal Day, a day to recognize and celebrate First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Canada.  On this day we have many reasons to celebrate and also many reasons to fight. The Atlantic Region of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) supports all Aboriginal Peoples in their struggle for full access to all human rights and fundamental freedoms. We strongly believe that those freedoms include the right to preserve and strengthen their own political, economic, legal and cultural traditions and institutions.

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                            June 20, 2014 PSAC members rally for a national and public inquiry on missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. 

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.

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                            June 18, 2014 PSAC members rally outside their workplace for 19 minutes SAINT JOHN, NB - Public Service Alliance of Canada members will be rallying for 19 minutes outside their workplace to focus on the importance of the next federal election set to take place on October 19 2015. 

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                            June 17, 2014 6th PSAC Atlantic Triennial Convention comes to Saint John 

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.

A week to be proud of – in spite of the Minister

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.