Newfoundland and Labrador

Please see the attached NL Fall 2017 Education Schedule

Your UCTE (Local 90915) bargaining team met with your Employer (St. John’s Port Authority) July 11-13, 2017, with the assistance of a Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services appointed conciliation officer. Your bargaining team and the Employer were able to sign-off on some non-monetary items. Your employers Marriage Leave and severance pay concessions remain on the table, despite the Union’s position that we will not engage in concessionary bargaining.

Sisters and Brothers, First and foremost, let me express my deepest gratitude to the delegates who elected me as Regional Executive Vice-President (REVP) for PSAC’s Atlantic Region.  I’m deeply honored and I commit to give my 100% on a daily basis.  I will do my best to represent you and fight on your behalf.

This award is presented to members who have provided exemplary service or have been role models and mentors for our members.  The recipients were presented with their award at our Regional Convention. Congratulations to the recipients:   Jill Power, UCTE Local 90940 She’s been working for the federal government for 10 years and have been a proud PSAC activist for 9 of those years and she’s been a mentor to the members of her local and region. Keith Parsons, UCTE Local 90915

With over 270 delegates, 6 guests and 25 observers, the PSAC-Atlantic Triennial Regional Convention was poised to be a successful event.  Delegates elected members to the Regional Council, the governing body between conventions, and Sister Colleen Hodder was elected as Regional Executive Vice-President (REVP). The participants raised over $25,000 for members of the Halifax Typographical Union who are on strike because their employer, the Halifax based Chronicle Herald, is trying to bust the union.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2017 Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada Rally to Denounce the Phoenix Pay System SAINT JOHN, NB – Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) who are meeting at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre in Saint John, NB for their 7th Triennial PSAC-Atlantic Regional Convention will be organizing a march followed by a demo to demonstrate their frustrations in regards to the Phoenix Pay System.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2017 Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada Come Together in Saint John, NB for their Triennial Convention SAINT JOHN, NB – Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) will be gathering at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre in Saint John, NB from June 23 – 25 for their 7th Triennial PSAC-Atlantic Regional Convention.  Over 350 delegates, guests and observers are expected.

Thanks to our members who organized events during NPSW, we earned terrific media coverage in every province of the Atlantic Region. Events ranged from demos in front of offices of Members of Parliament, fundraising initiatives, plant gates and much more.   View photo album   Media Scan Recap:  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15, 2017 Federal Government Employees Rally Asking the Government to Fix the Phoenix Pay System CORNER BROOK, NL – Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) employed by the Government of Canada will be boycotting National Public Service Week (NPSW) and asking the government to fix the Phoenix Pay System. The NPSW started Sunday and will run until the 17th.

Call for Nominations for PSAC ATLANTIC Regional Council Positions This is the official call for nominations for the positions of Regional Council for the PSAC Atlantic.  Elections for these positions will be held at the Atlantic Regional Convention in Saint John, New Brunswick, June 23 to 25, 2017. A Nominations Form can be downloaded below.