Newfoundland and Labrador

Are you interested in co-facilitating one of the following courses?  Then, please indicate your interest to me in writing by March 23, 2012.The following courses will be offered:Duty to Accommodate (English)Advanced Steward Training (French)Advanced Steward Training (English)For the most part, some course development may be required.  Facilitating teams will need to update existing materials accordingly.  Facilitators will require time to prepare immediately prior to school commencement.    

See attached details and application forms. Deadline date for return of applications is March 9, 2012.

  A 3-hour WFA Workshop was conducted on February 11th at the PSAC Boardroom in St. John's. 

HALIFAX, NS - Roughly 60 industry stakeholders are attending the Atlantic Seal Advisory Meeting at the Lord Nelson in Halifaxto discuss the 2012 Seal Management Plan.  Merv Wiseman, a shop steward for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Search and Rescue Coordinators and a member of the Canadian Sealers Association, has been told he won’t be welcome at the second day of the proceedings today.

This past week (January 30-February 2nd), our bargaining team met with CBSA/Treasury Board in an effort to bring the parties closer to a new contract.

ST. JOHN’S – The Public Service Alliance of Canada hosted a news conference in St. John’s today with search and rescue survivor Oakly Johnston, as well a union shop steward for Maritime Search and Rescue coordinators and membersof the MayDay Coalition, to launch a video highlighting the absurdity of putting lives at risk to pay off the deficit.

The St. John's Regional Office has relocated.  See flyer below for Grand Opening details.

On Friday, August 19th, only minutes before Atlantic region Employment Insurance processing centres were due to close for the weekend, federal government employees received an e-mail with devastating news. 

President Martha Wells 1st VP Ben King 2nd VP Mary Lou Stamp Wareham Secretary Denise Hayward Treasurer Samantha Basha

GANDER, NL – For the next six months a portion of Gander’s skyline will bare a message for the Harper government: Public Services are as Canadian as my morning coffee.