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Update: Parks Canada bargaining – a long process

It seems the story about the Tortoise and the Hare has become reality for our members at Parks Canada. Parks Members Head to Public Interest Commission This Week Parks Canada bargaining team members will head to their Public Interest Commission...

January 28, 2020

YSJ wins defined benefit pension and tentative agreement

Bargaining Updates

YSJ wins defined benefit pension and tentative agreement

Local 60615 The bargaining team at Saint John Airport have reached a tentative agreement with the employer which includes the reinstatement of a defined benefit pension plan. The plan presented by the union and accepted by the employer, the CAAT...

January 27, 2020

Phoenix

The Nightmare – Phoenix does even more damage

In 2016, the then Conservative Government tried to make a difference by introducing the Phoenix Pay System. However, it was the Liberals put us in an uncomfortable position by implementing it. It all started four years ago, and no one...

January 17, 2020

Please update here your PSAC account – Help us keep you informed

Bargaining Updates

Please update here your PSAC account – Help us keep you informed

You can stay updated as to these actions by a few means. Log into your PSAC account to ensure that your contact information is accurate. If you do not have an account yet, you will need to know your PSAC ID number...

January 16, 2020

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

Campaigns Pensions

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