Updates

Need a bit more time to fill out your 2015 PSAC Atlantic School application? We’re extending the deadline to Friday, April 3, 2015. And remember! If you haven’t taken the Talking Union Basics course, but have some equivalent community or union experience, you are eligible to apply. Built around the theme Building our Union. Building our Power, the school will take place from May 27-31, 2015, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. All costs related to attending are covered.

Update:the recording of the telephone town hall is now available below http://youtu.be/jE7eXaxF07o

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PSAC Atlantic will be hosting a telephone town hall on the current round of negotiations with Treasury Board.  A representative of the bargaining team and I will be on the call.

When: Monday, March 2nd, 6:30 p.m. ATL, 7:00 p.m. NL (English)

February 13, 2015

Email: kellie.leitch@parl.gc.ca

Re: ILO Convention 87, the Right to Strike and the International Court of Justice

“We must remember that people of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education."

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Veterans deserve respect – and in-person services

By Carl Gannon

Vince Rigby is frustrated. The former peacekeeper and Cape Breton resident recently told the Cape Breton Post, "I haven't got a counsellor any more so I have no idea what treatments are out there available to me.”