Treasury Board – Page 2 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

Dangerous Work – Advisory from the Government of Canada

The Government of Canada issued a special advisory on September 13, 2022 to remind employees and employers of their rights and responsibilities when it comes to refusing to work in dangerous situations. This advisory circular is also meant to raise...

September 15, 2022

PSAC files policy grievances over Phoenix overpayment recovery

Phoenix PSAC

PSAC files policy grievances over Phoenix overpayment recovery

PSAC has filed policy grievances against Treasury Board, Parks Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for their heavy-handed mismanagement of the Phoenix overpayment process. In fall 2021, the Public Service Pay Centre launched the recovery process for Phoenix overpayments for thousands...

September 14, 2022

TB bargaining – Mediation to make gains for workers

Bargaining Updates PSAC

TB bargaining – Mediation to make gains for workers

As wages continue to slip far below soaring inflation in Canada, PSAC will head to mediation with the government to make meaningful gains for more than 120,000 federal public service workers ahead of Public Interest Commission hearings. Mediation dates have...

September 8, 2022

Bargaining Updates PSAC

UPDATE : Treasury Board Bargaining

PSAC’s fight for a fair deal is progressing as a federal labour board last week moved to establish a Public Interest Commission (PIC) to help advance negotiations for 120,000 PSAC members. The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Board called for...

July 28, 2022

Phoenix

Letter Phoenix overpayment letters: Keep an eye out for overpayments that are over six years old

The rushed Phoenix overpayment recovery plan launched earlier this year by the employer is already producing major errors and misleading information. Some overpayment recovery letters sent by the Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Pay Centre contain amounts that the...

July 22, 2022

Federal government suspends vaccine mandates for transportation workers and federal employees

Bargaining Updates COVID-19

Federal government suspends vaccine mandates for transportation workers and federal employees

On June 14th, the federal government announced that effective June 20th, it will suspend vaccination requirements for federally regulated transportation sectors, federal government employees as well as domestic and outbound travelers. UCTE members who work at ports, pilotage authorities, airports...

June 15, 2022

Government lifts vaccination policy for federal workers

COVID-19 PSAC

Government lifts vaccination policy for federal workers

Today, the federal government announced it will lift the vaccination policy for all workers in federally regulated workplaces as of June 20, and allow workers who’ve been put on leave without pay because of their vaccination status to return to...

June 14, 2022

699 leave: Treasury Board fails to implement arbitration ruling

Bargaining Updates COVID-19 PSAC

699 leave: Treasury Board fails to implement arbitration ruling

Since the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board ruled in favour of public service workers regarding the use of the 699 leave last March, Treasury Board has failed to implement the decision. The decision stipulates that the employer can’t force...

May 25, 2022

Update – Treasury Board Bargaining: EB and TC group

Bargaining Updates PSAC

Update – Treasury Board Bargaining: EB and TC group

Negotiations are reaching a pivotal moment as Treasury Board continued to stall at the bargaining table with the Education and Library Science (EB) and Technical Services bargaining team. The bargaining team was dismayed with the latest round of bargaining, describing...

May 19, 2022

PSAC declares impasse in Treasury Board bargaining over insulting wage offer

Bargaining Updates PSAC

PSAC declares impasse in Treasury Board bargaining over insulting wage offer

After nearly a year of negotiations with Treasury Board, we made the difficult decision to declare impasse for more than 120,000 of our members in the PA, SV, TC and EB groups. This week, we filed for conciliation with the federal labour board, and we’ll be...

May 18, 2022