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Tentative agreement reached for UCTE members at NAV CANADA

Tentative agreement reached for UCTE members at NAV CANADA

Our PSAC-UCTE bargaining team is pleased to share some of the details of the tentative agreement reached with NAV CANADA. The agreement was possible because of the dedication and perseverance of our bargaining team who were supported by members across the country who joined the...

March 17, 2026

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Deal Reached with NAV CANADA

Your UCTE-PSAC bargaining team has struck a tentative agreement with NAV CANADA after over two years in bargaining. We represent about 300 members working for NAV CANADA in nine locals across Canada. Since the bargaining team declared impasse in October...

March 9, 2026

PA and EB groups: Bargaining Impasse with Treasury Board

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PA and EB groups: Bargaining Impasse with Treasury Board

Updates for two groups of our Treasury Board members: The PA (Programs and Administration) group includes more than 100,000 members throughout PSAC, including about four thousand UCTE members. The EB (Education and Library Science) group is over 1000 members PSAC-wide,...

February 18, 2026

Photos: NAV CANADA Members Mobilizing Across the Land

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Photos: NAV CANADA Members Mobilizing Across the Land

Last week several locals took actions to raise the profile of the struggle at NAV CANADA and show support for our bargaining team. Solidarity! Quebec – Local 10500 Ottawa – Local 70702 Vancouver – Local 20222 Moncton – Local 60603

February 18, 2026

NAV CANADA: UCTE-PSAC members overwhelmingly vote in favour of strike action

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NAV CANADA: UCTE-PSAC members overwhelmingly vote in favour of strike action

Our members in the NAV CANADA bargaining unit have been working without a contract for 767 days. This week, the unit strongly approved a strike mandate to support their bargaining team. Solidarity from the rest of us at UCTE! PSAC-UCTE...

February 5, 2026

NAV CANADA bargaining: Headed to strike vote as conciliation falls short

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NAV CANADA bargaining: Headed to strike vote as conciliation falls short

PSAC members working at NAV CANADA will be going to strike votes because members across the country deserve better. Your PSAC-UCTE bargaining team met with the employer for three days of conciliation, January 6–8, 2026. Despite serious efforts, very little progress was made. Why the strike vote matters This is an important moment. A strike vote gives your bargaining team the mandate it needs...

January 16, 2026

Bargaining Update for Members Working at Victoria Airport

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Bargaining Update for Members Working at Victoria Airport

Your negotiating team met with the employer on December 16 and 17. Despite our best efforts to reach a tentative agreement, we have reached an impasse. Rates of pay are the main outstanding issue. We will be requesting the appointment...

December 19, 2025

2025: A Year of Growing Resistance to Code Section 107 and its Abuses

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2025: A Year of Growing Resistance to Code Section 107 and its Abuses

The use of “Section 107” of the Canada Labour Code (the Code) has been raised, and challenged, in several recent labour disputes. It’s been in the Code for decades, so why has it become a battleground this year? The Basics...

December 17, 2025

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Impasse at NAV CANADA

Today, November 30, is day 700 without a contract for more than two hundred employees at NAV CANADA in nine UCTE locals all across the country. Members will not stand by and wait. They are standing strong behind the UCTE-PSAC...

November 30, 2025

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Labour Day Check-in

Monday, September 1 is Labour Day. Each year we celebrate, commemorate, and march while looking to the fight ahead. Looking Back: Recent ups and downs So far, the Carney Government seems to be at least as willing as the Trudeau...

August 29, 2025