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Government admits recent budget falls short on Phoenix funding – PSAC demands answers
Last month, PSAC raised concerns that the money the government had earmarked for Phoenix-related costs in the 2019 Budget was well below what is required. In a recent meeting of the Senate Financial Committee on National Finance that analysis was...
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Get reimbursed for Phoenix-related tax issues
As the tax filing deadline quickly approaches, we know that Phoenix has made tax season extra stressful for many public service workers. PSAC has long-secured measures to help alleviate some of the tax-related financial losses caused by Phoenix pay...
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EB Bargaining update: PSAC and Treasury Board sign recommendation for new national rate of pay for 12 month ED-EST teachers
The Joint Committee on rates of pay for ED-EST (12 months) have reached an agreement on a recommendation for a national rate of pay for 12 month ED-EST teachers.
The Joint Committee’s recommendation will form a starting point for the...
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CRA bargaining: Mediation begins, limited progress achieved
The PSAC-Union of Taxation Employees (PSAC-UTE) bargaining team representing members at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) held talks with the employer between April 2 and 4. The session was held at the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and...
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SNC Lavalin is one – but how many others are there? It’s time to have a conversation about government’s relationships with corporate Canada.
When talking about integrity and ethics, this federal government has said all the right things. The changes to the Integrity Regime for Procurement were meant to ensure that the government only conducts business with ethical companies...
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Legalization of cannabis and the workplace
Following the legalization of cannabis on October 17, 2018, employers across the country have rolled out policies on drug use. Members should know that legalization of cannabis should not change anything in the workplace.
Below you will find...
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CFIA bargaining: Union proposes improvements to hours of work and overtime, better protections against sexual harassment and workplace violence
PSAC’s bargaining team representing members at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) held a second bargaining session for a new collective agreement between March 26 and 28.
Read the bargaining update for the first session in February...
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Research Assistants at Queen’s University fighting for a first contract
Right now, Research Assistants at Queen’s University in Kingston are working to achieve their first collective agreement. PSAC already represents Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows and Postdoctoral Scholars at Queen’s in a combined Local...
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A hundred workers block entrance at 1550 D’Estimauville Avenue in Quebec City
Approximately 100 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC-Quebec) blocked the entrance at 1550 Avenue D’Estimauville in Québec City where more than 700 public service employees work.
Members are protesting against...
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Victory at Service Canada: Retroactive salary increases for hundreds of members
After more than a decade of waiting, hundreds of PSAC-Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU) members working at Employment and Social Development Canada / Service Canada have been given a new job description that truly reflects the work they...
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CRA bargaining: Labour board appoints mediator
On February 27, the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board named a federal mediator to assist in talks between the PSAC-Union of Taxation Employees (PSAC-UTE) and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The Board’s decision follows...
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Single tax return could work in Quebec and save 5,500 jobs
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) are speaking out on the vote held in Ottawa yesterday concerning the proposal to implement a single tax return in Quebec that would be administered by the Government...
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Phoenix Day of Action: On 3rd anniversary, PSAC to mobilize for damages and more progress
Three years after the launch of the Phoenix Pay System, thousands of PSAC members continue to be plagued by pay problems: they are underpaid, overpaid or not paid at all.
On this third anniversary of Phoenix, PSAC members will come together to...
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Parks Canada bargaining team to table demands next week
Negotiations towards a new collective agreement with the Parks Canada Agency officially begins next week.
Our Parks bargaining team will be exchanging demands with the employer January 30 and 31 in Ottawa.
Nearly 5,000 PSAC members work for Parks...
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FB Bargaining: Membership vote on the issue of years of service accrual
Letter from the FB bargaining team
To our co-workers in the FB bargaining unit:
In the 1st FB contract our union negotiated seniority rights in the context of line and vacation selection. Seniority was based on individual’s years of service...
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PSAC members among Ottawa bus accident fatalities
The shock of Friday’s bus crash in Ottawa deepened for many PSAC members as we learned that all three fatalities of the crash were public service workers, two of them PSAC members: Bruce Thomlinson and Anja Van Beek. Thomlinson worked for the...
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Major Phoenix victory: no more gross payback for overpayments
PSAC President Chris Aylward made the following statement:
“Public service workers scored a major victory today after years of pressure from PSAC and its membership. The government of Canada has finally proposed tax legislation to fix a major...
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PSAC files complaint against Treasury Board/CBSA over delay to salary adjustments and retroactive pay
PSAC is taking action in response to Treasury Board/Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) failure to meet the implementation deadline for the latest collective agreement. This will affect over 8,300 PSAC members working at...
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PSAC declares bargaining impasse as Liberals table 2-year wage freeze
The Liberal government tabled a series of offensive counter-proposals in the latest talks between the Union and Treasury Board. After months of Government delays and insulting offers, PSAC bargaining teams representing 90,000 federal public service...
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Human Rights Day: Defending our gains and highlighting trans inclusion
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December 10 is Human Rights Day – when workers and activists celebrate progress and recommit to advancing human rights in Canada and abroad.
Progress in the face of attacks
In 1948, the Universal Declaration of...
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