Newfoundland and Labrador

Dear members, committee chairpersons and activists, The second year anniversary of the Phoenix Pay System – also known as the Phoenix debacle – is fastly approaching. PSAC and its members need to highlight this sad anniversary in order to add continued pressure on this government to take action to fix this once and for all. We will be launching a nationwide petition calling the government to:

With a tentative agreement reached with Canada Post, our union is preparing for the ratification voting process. Ratification meetings will be held from January 22 to February 21, 2018. 

The Public Service Alliance of Canada will be holding an electronic vote for members of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to ratify the tentative agreement between PSAC and CFIA. The voting period will open on January 22 and close February 22, 2018 at 12 p.m. Meetings will be held by webinar for all members, in addition to face-to-face meetings organized in some regions.

You can download the Orientation Kit for New Members here or by using the link below.

Hello to all PSAC members in the Atlantic Region, When I attended the PSAC Atlantic Regional Convention in June of this year, I had not had any intentions of running for any position. I was in attendance as an observer, and I was planning on observing and learning. I also planned to help where I could. Helping is what I like to do, whether it’s through supporting my fellow union brothers and sisters in their pursuits, or educating members at the local level about the importance of union engagement.

Sisters and Brothers, Please see and share the following link about Aboriginal Student Employment Program (ASEP) – Atlantic: https://careers-carrieres.cra-arc.gc.ca/gol-ged/wcis/pub/rtrvjbpst.actio... Thank you and in solidarity, Colleen Coffey Regional Executive Vice-President, Atlantic 

The mandate of the Social Justice Fund (SJF) is to support initiatives in five priority areas: 1-Anti-poverty initatives in Canada; 2-Humanitarian assistance in Canada and around the world; 3-International labour development; 4-Worker-to-Worker exchange; and 5-Worker education. In 2017, the SJF supported the following groups/projects in the Atlantic:

Please see the attached Winter/Spring 2018 Education Schedule.

As a member of PSAC – Atlantic Region, an Atlantic Canada Health Care Coalition Society (ACHCCS) participating group, you are eligible for the Managed Health Care Services preferred supplementary pharmacy benefit program.  Please see the brochure for additional information.