Everyone deserves to enjoy retirement
Do you know how important to have a pension? Having a secure retirement is not a given for everyone. Do you know what type of plan you have and how much you will have when you going to retire ?...
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Great Lakes Pilotage Authority’s employees aren’t taken seriously by their employer
RESISTANT. The Great Lakes Pilotage Authority didn’t take the time to participate in the bargaining process especially during the last conciliation. 10 minutes. The employer left the table after 10 minutes. It’s not even the time allowed for a 15...
Parks Canada at impasse
Since last January, negotiations have been taking place between employers and employees at Parks Canada. The employer left the employees in a gray area, pretending to be poorly prepared and postponing discussion on the important issues. We call this procrastination....
Deal reached at Regina Airport
On July 22, 2019 members of local 40403, Regina International Airport voted in favour of a new collective agreement. The new five-year agreement, which is retroactive to July 1, 2018, reflects improvements for work-life balance as well as increases in...
Members working at Swissport Canada have a new collective agreement
PSAC is happy to announce that a new collective agreement has been ratified by members of the Swissport Canada fuel services bargaining unit at Vancouver International Airport. The agreement, which was achieved with the assistance of a federal conciliation officer,...
New video highlights risks of privatization
Working together, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and its component union, the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE), have produced a video to highlight the intolerable negative outcomes of the full-scale privatization of critical public infrastructure. Home to...
Stormy skies still on the horizon at YVR – union and employer to meet in June
After the Swissport Fuel Services management walked away from the table and filed for conciliation, airplane fuelers at Vancouver Airport are meeting with a federal conciliation officer and the employer June 21-23 in another effort to achieve a new contract. “Our...
Storm brewing on the horizon for YVR Fuelers
After conciliation meetings went sour, airplane fuelers at Vancouver Airport have given their bargaining team a strike mandate. Approximately 80 members of PSAC/UCTE Local 20221 work at Swissport International Inc. in Richmond BC, refueling aircraft and providing associated services at...
Congratulations to members at Fredericton Airport!
On May 2nd, members at Fredericton International Airport Authority voted in favour of their tentative agreement yesterday. The new four-year agreement reflects improvements for work-life balance as well as increases in some allowances. The bargaining team was able to secure...
The 1980 CR Strike
Today, April 24, is Administrative Professionals Day. As a union that represents a great number of administrative professionals, we obviously want to take this opportunity to recognize the invaluable work they accomplish every day. Indeed, administrative professionals have shaped our...