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Part 2: Did I really compare Plato with pension plans? Ouch!

I chose a light to illustrate my concept of pension plans (part 1). In the last two images, you saw me use light to represent how I felt when people tried to educate me about different plans. To be very...

January 15, 2020

Bargaining Updates

Update – TC bargaining

On December 17, 2019, we told you that the TC (technical services) bargaining team was attending the Public Interest Commission hearing that was to end on December 19, 2019. What you need to know is that they got absolutely nowhere....

January 8, 2020

Bargaining Updates Job Action Phoenix

Treasury Board Bargaining update

PSAC has presented its submissions before the Public Interest Commission (PIC) for the Program and Administrative Services (PA) group, common issues tables and the Education & Library Sciences (EB) group. The PIC hearing for the Technical Services (TC) table starts...

December 17, 2019

Health and safety

We need workplace scent-free policies

Anyone in the cosmetics industry will tell you that scents are very personal. They can evoke memories, affect your mood and some may say even communicate an aspect of a person’s personality. While all of this is positive, it is...

December 16, 2019

PART 1: I’m 25 and don’t understand anything about retirement

Pensions

PART 1: I’m 25 and don’t understand anything about retirement

Let’s start from the beginning. I’m 25 and I have no idea what a pension plan is. It’s as simple as that. As you may have noticed, I never had a pension plan before because I was precarious worker for...

December 12, 2019

Human rights

World Human Rights Day

Today we celebrate World Human Rights day, which commemorates the day the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948. [fusion_button link=”https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day” text_transform=”” title=”” target=”_self” link_attributes=”” alignment=”” modal=””...

December 10, 2019

International Civil Aviation Day – 7 December

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International Civil Aviation Day – 7 December

The International Civil Aviation Day was established in 1994 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and later recognized by the United Nations General Assembly, to help create and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation to...

December 6, 2019

The business case for accessible workplaces – International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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The business case for accessible workplaces – International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 3 2019 marks the International Day of People with Disabilities. According to the United Nations, disability is not a feature of a person. Instead, people have different types of health impairments: some may need wheelchairs in order to be...

December 3, 2019

Bargaining Updates

Great Lakes Pilotage (GLPA) members ratified a new collective agreement!

Local 00057 Congratulations to the members of UCTE local 00057, working at Great Lakes Pilotage (GLPA) who ratified a new collective agreement, ending a 10-day long strike. Members had been without a collective agreement since June 2016. Special thank you...

November 28, 2019

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Dumping Day – how members are involved

On November 26, 2019 in Nova Scotia, Dumping Day was looked forward to with anticipation. For those who may not know, it is the day when the most lucrative lobster fishery areas are opening. The commercial fishers load their boats...

November 28, 2019