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PSAC launches second phase of Vote to Stop the Cuts campaign
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is today launching the second phase of its Vote to Stop the Cuts campaign.
The campaign provides key information about the Harper Conservatives’ cuts to public services and encourages Canadians to take this...
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On October 19, vote to stop the cuts
The Harper Conservative’s vision of Canada? Cuts, cuts and more cuts. Between cuts to Veterans affairs, employment insurance, search and rescue, environmental protection, food safety and border security, the Harper Conservatives are bleeding...
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PSAC president shares personal story about need for child care in new video
Robyn Benson is a proud grandmother. But when she was a struggling single parent in the early 1980s in Winnipeg, she had very few child care options. In a new video released by PSAC, the union’s national president describes the hard...
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Federal public service unions take further steps to protect bargaining, sick leave
On September 14, 2015, Canada’s 17 federal public service unions filed a complaint with the International Labour Organization (ILO) against the Government of Canada for failing to comply with the international Convention that protects the right of...
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PSAC president shares personal story about need for child care in new video
Robyn Benson is a proud grandmother. But when she was a struggling single parent in the early 1980s in Winnipeg, she had very few child care options. In a new video released by PSAC, the union’s national president describes the hard...
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Canadian Corps of Commissionaires Kingston refuse to discuss paid sick leave for veterans
Our union, local 818 has been bargaining with the Corps of Commissionaires Kingston Division since February 2015. Negotiations stalled when the employer walked away from the bargaining table March 10, refusing to discuss paid sick leave for our military...
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PSAC seeks court order to protect sick leave in Treasury Board agreements
PSAC has asked for a court order to stop the government from going ahead with their plans to remove sick leave provisions from collective agreements in the federal public service.
On August 10, the union filed a notice of...
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O’Toole’s latest announcement confirms Veterans Affairs offices must re-open
Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole announced last week that the government plans to hire more staff in Atlantic Canada by March 2016.
PSAC sees this as an admission by the Harper Conservatives that $113 million in cuts to Veterans Affairs...
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Victory! PSAC wins salary increase for First Nations police officers
On July 16, 2015, PSAC won an arbitral award for its members who are officers employed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS).
NAPS officers provide culturally-sensitive policing services in 35 First Nation communities, covering two-thirds of...
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Thousands march for economic and environmental justice
More than 10,000 people filled the streets of Toronto on July 5 in the march for Jobs, Justice and the Climate. Indigenous communities, unions, students, social justice organizations and grassroots activists came together to send a clear message to...
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International union leader voices support for Canada’s public service workers
To kick off National Public Service Week, PSAC and other federal public service union members rallied outside the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa to protest Bill C-59, the Conservative government’s latest attack on the collective bargaining...
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Minister O’Toole attempts to silence veterans
The federal government is attempting to silence veterans who are speaking out about the devastating impact of Veterans Affairs office closures.
On June 3, PSAC launched a series of video testimonials, where veterans speak plainly about how the...
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PSAC welcomes Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is greatly encouraged by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report and subsequent “Calls to Action.”
Ninety-four recommendations call on all levels of government to...
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CRA Bargaining: CRA and Treasury Board believe we deserve less
Since our contract with CRA expired in 2012, the government has agreed to economic improvements for tens of thousands of fellow public service employees, improvements that greatly exceed what we've been offered. For example:
Most groups signed...
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TC bargaining: Government must respect our charter rights
The TC bargaining team returned to Ottawa this week to continue the quest for a new collective agreement. This session was not business as usual because of the government’s tabling of the Budget Implementation Act: Bill C-59, attacking the...
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FB Group: We will defend our rights
With the introduction of the Budget Implementation Act last week, the Harper Government is attacking our rights and the sick leave provisions provided under our collective agreement.
Attacks on collective bargaining, pensions
The Supreme Court of...
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Negotiating teams postpone bargaining with Treasury Board over Budget Act
PSAC bargaining teams for the core public administration and separate agencies met today to discuss their response to the government’s decision to gut collective bargaining rights in the recently tabled Budget Implementation Act. Bargaining teams...
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United and determined delegates conclude successful PSAC convention
Delegates to the National Triennial Convention were united in their determination to defend workers rights, public services and human rights. More than 500 delegates spent a week debating important resolutions that will decide the future of the union...
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May Day: International Workers' Day
Today is International Workers’ Day. It is a day to commemorate the workers who were killed and injured in 1886, in Chicago, when they took part in a general strike for the eight-hour workday. It is also a day to celebrate all the struggles and...
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New Video Highlighting Union Victories
For nearly half a century, the Public Service Alliance of Canada has stood tall for the protection and advancement of its members and worked to ensure a fair and safe workplace for all.
This new animated video highlights just some of the...
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