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.
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.
PSAC members working for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ratified a new collective agreement with their employer today. Members voted using a new e-voting system for the first time.
June 5, 2014 Honourable Tom Marshall, Q.C.Premier of Newfoundland and LabradorConfederation Building, East Block P.O. Box 8700 St. John's, NL A1B 4J6 Via Email: premier@gov.nl.ca Dear Premier Marshall: I am writing to voice my total dissatisfaction with your government’s decision to amend the Labour Relations Act with Bill 22 and remove union card-based certification.