October 7, 2009

THE UNION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UDP)

PSAC ATLANTIC REGION

Poster

Application
Deadline for application is November 16, 2009

 

September 16, 2009

Atlantic DCL Conference 2009

November 13-15, 2009

  Holiday Inn Harbour

101 Wyse Road

Dartmouth, NS

                             

Come out and network with other DCL members from the Atlantic Region.

Contact your Regional Office for more information.

 

September 15, 2009

What's New With Education for 2010?

Union Development Program (UDP)

The UDP is an opportunity for you to prepare yourself to assume a leadership role in your union and in the broader labour and social justice movements. There will be a French and an English course.

Level I - February 6 - 10, 2010

Moncton, NB

Level II - April 17 - 21, 2010

Halifax, NS / Montréal, Québec (French course)

Level III- June 13 - 18, 2010

Antigonish, NS

 

Atlantic School

May 26 - 30, 2010 in Antigonish, NS

August 17, 2009

The position of Federal Labour Affairs Officer (Health and Safety Workplace Inspector) in Eastern Nova Scotia (Pictou, Guysborough and Antigonish) is being eliminated.

 

•          There are over 400 worksites in Eastern Nova Scotia.

•          Nova Scotia has three times the disabling injuries as Newfoundland; twice as many as New Brunswick; and 20 times as many as Prince Edward Island; yet one of the three positions (the other two are located in Halifax) is being eliminated.

•          Sydney is at least four hours drive from Halifax.

 

Please ask that this position remain in Eastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton by sending an e-mail to:

 

Hon. Rona Ambrose, Minister of Labour

                AmbroR@parl.gc.ca

 

August 4, 2009

International Youth Day - August 12, 2009

(Details)

July 17, 2009

"Community members in Sackville, NB rally in support of keeping open the Westmorland Institution farm"

The PSAC had a kiosk at the Marsh Festival in Sackville, NB on July 10th.  Approximately 200 community members signed our petition and postcards to MP Dominic LeBlanc in support of keeping the Westmorland Institution Farm open.  The PSAC was promoting locally grown plants, vegetables and meat from the Institution.  Also in attendance was the Mayor of Dorchester and the media.

 

July 15, 2009

Employment Opportunity (Details)

Competition Name: Rep-Atlantic-Ant-01-2009

Location: Halifax, Charlottetown

July 13, 2009

Call-out Letter for 2009 National Health and Safety Conference (Details)

July 9, 2009

Article: The Chronicle Herald - OPINION

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

By Jeannie Baldwin

Signing contract shouldn't be so hard

(Word) (PDF)

July 8, 2009

"Save our Farms"

June 18, 2009

National Aboriginal Day/Aboriginal Solidarity Day (PDF)

June 10, 2009

Save Our Farms

Canadians need a safe, secure and sustainable food supply.

Please check out the link below and sign the petition.

http://www.saveourfarms.ca

 

June 8, 2009

May, 2009

PSAC Atlantic Youth Retreat (Details)

June 3, 2009

Canadian Labour Congress – Labour College of Canada, 2010 (Intensive Program)

 

For Course Descriptions, Admission Requirements and information on the application process please click on the doucment below.

 

For more information or to apply, please visit the CLC website at http://canadianlabour.ca

 

June 1, 2009

June 1st is Injured Workers' Day

 

April 30, 2009

Attawapiskat First Nation has been on a Boil Water Advisory since 1989 - TWENTY YEARS!

 

Please view the u-tube video in support of the community.

(available in English only)

 

April 16, 2009

Day of Mourning Ceremonies 2009 - Atlantic Region

April 2, 2009

PSAC Health and Safety e-network

At the last National Health & Safety Conference, a resolution was passed that called upon PSAC to develop a National Network of Workplace Health & Safety Representatives. The PSAC National Health & Safety Program is establishing a National List Serve of all Health & Safety activists. (Details)

March 27, 2009

Negotiations with Canada Post

To read the collective agreement signed this morning with Canada Post.

March 26, 2009

Earth Hour - March 28, 2009 8:30 p.m.

Letter from John Gordon, PSAC National President

March 20, 2009

Atlantic Youth Retreat

Expression of Interest

March 12, 2009

Public private partnerships cost taxpayers more and show bias and high degrees of secrecy according to a CUPE report (Word) (PDF)

March 11, 2009

Update C-10

For your information, the work continues at the Senate National Finance Committee. It seems some senators are considering proposing some amendments to the budget Bill. It is therefore more important than ever to contact all the senators on this issue.

Please note we are now able to send e-mail to Senators directly from the PSAC web site at the following link: http://petition.web.net/psac/node/27

Please note that the e-mails automatically go to all members of the Senate National Finance Committee. Once you insert your province, the program will automatically add all the Senators in that province.

Please keep up the good work, the senators have never received so many messages!

March 10, 2009

PSAC Members from the Annapolis Valley protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Berwick, N.S. March 5th, 2009

 

March 9, 2009

Negotiations with Treasury Board: TC Group

The PSAC and the Treasury Board have not been able to reach an agreement on an Arbitrator and so the Parties have asked the Public Service Labour Relations Board to appoint a Chairperson. We expect that an appointment will be made shortly.

March 9, 2009

International Women's Day and Pay Equity Statements

 

http://www.world-psi.org/

 

http://www.psac.com/what/women/women_iwd-e.shtml#harper

 

March 6, 2009

C-10 in the Senate

 

For your information, please see below part of a message just received on the Senate position on Bill C-10:

 

«.... While we might have expected little resistance to the passage of C-10, it appears that the exact opposite may be the case.   During the debate at second reading, prominent Liberal and Conservative Senators spoke out in favour of splitting the Bill, including the chair of the National Finance Committee, Joseph A Day.  These Senators have provided eloquent reasons for not passing the portions of the Bill that do not apply to the budget or the stimulus package.»

• The Senate National Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10.

• PSAC has requested to meet with the Senate National Finance Committee. 

• In the meantime we must keep up the pressure and keep contacting the Senators! You are doing Great work !

You can read all the information on the second reading debate at the following link: http://www.parl.gc.ca/40/2/parlbus/chambus/senate/deb-e/016db_2009-03-05-E.htm?Language=E&Parl=40&Ses=2#44

 

News Release

Women launch complaint against Harper government for destroying the right to pay equity (Details)

 

March 5, 2009

Airline Inspection: the Public knows the Rules; does the Government? (Details)

March 4, 2009

Media Advisory

Women gather at UN to condemn the Harper government's record on women's rights (Details)

February 27, 2009

Plan to attend the demonstration against the Budget Implementation Act (Bill C-10) this Saturday, February 28th across from the Westin Halifax Hotel.

 

February 25, 2009

Fact Sheet - Pay inequities will persist under the Expenditure Restraint Act

Fact Sheet - Wage roll-backs undermine workers' rights and threaten free collective bargaining

February 24, 2009

Don't use the budget bill to eliminate pay equity (Details)

Response from Brian Murphy, M.P. for Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe (Word) (PDF)

 

February 23, 2009

Bill C-10

PSAC Ad in the Hill Times

 

February 12, 2009

DO YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN BEING PART OF THE ATLANTIC SCHOOL FACILITATING TEAM? (Details)

February 5, 2009

Employment Opportunity

Regional Political Communications Officer

Position Description

February 4, 2009

2009 Atlantic School (Details)

January 29, 2009

Budget Watch in Moncton

Some PSAC members joined a variety of local, regional, provincial and national organizations gathered in Moncton to watch Jim Flaherty release the details of hisnext proposed budget.

Rhéal Vautour, PSAC member working at the National Kouchibouguac Park, was the PSAC’s spokesman to comment on proposed changes to the EI program. The Moncton Times & Transcript of January 28 reported his comments:

Times& Transcript - January 28, 2009

 “The approximate $1.2 billion in changes to employment insurance also drew much scrutiny from those in attendance. The new budget increases the period jobless workers can receive benefits by five extra weeks, to a maximum of 50, for the next two years and also increased the protection for workers when their employer goes bankrupt. It's not enough, according to Rhéal Vautour, a spokesman for the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Vautour was hoping the two week waiting period to receive benefits would be waived and was looking for a definitive answeron whether or not a pilot project which extended the time workers can receive benefits by five weeks will be continued.”

 

January 28, 2009

  Half-hearted Budget Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Georgetti says government must do more to stimulate economy and help innocent victims of recession
 
OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress says that the federal budget doesn’t go far enough to stimulate the economy and put money into the pockets of Canadians who are innocent victims of the economic recession. 

To read the complete text, click here. 

January 27, 2009

LUMUN members ratify first collective agreement for Memorial University Per-Course Instructors

 

Members of the Lecturers’ Union of Memorial University of Newfoundland (LUMUN) have ratified the first collective agreement for Per-course Instructors at Memorial University. Certified in December 2006, LUMUN has a servicing agreement with PSAC, and is the official bargaining agent for Memorial University’s roughly three-hundred Per-course Instructors.  Per-course Instructors teach the same courses as full-time faculty, but are hired on a part-time, per-semester basis. LUMUN has achieved an excellent agreement that offers significant benefits to these historically cheap and flexible academic workers. Gains include strong language on Seniority and Hiring, Academic Freedom, No Discrimination, Leaves and much more.

January 27, 2009

Celebrating African Heritage Month

January 27, 2009

Canadian Labour Online is the Canadian Labour Congress' Newsletter.

In this issue: Budget 2009.

Click here to view the English version.

January 26, 2009

Fix Employment Insurance Now

Georgetti says EI surplus must be used to improve EI benefits and training now that Canada is in a recession

OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress says that the federal budget on January 27th must fix the Employment Insurance program so that laid-off workers have adequate benefits to support themselves and their families while they search for new jobs. 

To read the complete text, click here. 

January 13, 2009

Boiling Point!

Boiling Point, is a study that examines the water crisis facing First Nations communities prepared by the Polaris Institute in collaboration with the Assembly of First Nations and the Canadian Labour Congress.  The study looks at the daily realities of 6 First Nations’ Communities from across the country.  It is a mere sampling of the more than 100 reserves currently under boil water advisories.

Please contact your PSAC Regional Office to obtain a copy of the booklet.  This is an invaluable asset in educating members and in building solidarity with Aboriginal communities across the country.

 

January 8, 2009

Get Real! IT’S THE ECONOMY make it work for us!

The Canadian Labour Congress has a plan to stimulate the economy and to create and protect jobs, pensions and public services.  Find out more at:

http://canadianlabour.ca/en/get-real-its-economy-make-it-work-us

 

December 12, 2008

Petition to the Canadian Parliament concerning the right of First Nations to Post-Secondary Education (Details)

October 30, 2008

A Safety Net for Pensions/CLC Communiqué (Details)

 

October 27, 2008

"Members in NB take Halloween very seriously - Kevin Rossiter, President of Local 60029 at Fundy National Park carved this beautiful PSAC pumpkin."

October 27, 2008

Colombia: Fear for Safety/Death Threats (Details)

 

October 27, 2008

The Aboriginal Healing Foundation (Details)

 

October 7, 2008

Union forces Parks Canada to cry uncle:

Employer concedes before court that contract workers are Parks employees.

October 1, 2008

Bailout fallout: Canadian working families want answers on retirement losses

Canadians have lost more than 80 billion dollars since March 31

OTTAWA – Canadian working families have lost more than eighty billion dollars ($80,000,000,000) in retirement savings and they want the federal government to cover their losses. The federal government has a legal obligation to monitor and protect the integrity of Canadians’ pensions and retirement saving plans and working families want to know what is the government’s plan to cover these losses?

To read the complete text, click here.

September 29, 2008

Election 2008

Take our election e-course

 

September 26, 2008

Waves of Resistance - October 11 - 13, 2008 (Details)

September 25, 2008

Food Safety

September 25, 2008

www.betterchoices.ca

September 25, 2008

Federal Election and Child Care

September 22, 2008

VOTE EDUCATION.CA

CANADIAN FEDERATION OF STUDENTS

2008 Federal Election

September 18, 2008

Vote to Make Poverty History

Your political rights: USE THEM!

Getting women's equality back on track

 

August 20, 2008

Women's Movement within PSAC (Details)

July 28, 2008

TC3 PERFORMANCE A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!

 

July 24, 2008

Click here to see Triennial PSAC Atlantic Regional Convention slideshows

 

June 25, 2008

Walk for Respect during PSAC Atlantic Convention

June 10, 2008

Colombia: Kill a Trade Unionist; Pay a Fine (Details)

June 5, 2008

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNDER THE NEW

PUBLIC SERVICE LABOUR RELATIONS ACT

(PSLRA):

10 THINGS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

• The basic framework for Collective Bargaining remains unchanged.

• The “Public Interest” is paramount in this new Labour Relations Act.

• Arbitration Boards have an expanded list of factors to consider.

• Now, Public Interest Commissions (PICs) also have a list of factors they must consider.

• Strike Votes are now governed by the law.

• The strike vote in the legislation has a “best before” date.

• The new Act contains an Employer “free speech” clause.

• Essential Services Agreements (ESAs).

• Strike prohibitions re:  Essential Services.

• Legal Strike Action – it’s all in the timing.

For more information on the above, please click on the icon

June 3, 2008

Liaison Bulletin No. 74

Liaison Bulletin No. 74 covers the following topic: Regulations amending the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulation - Violence Prevention in the Work Place. This regulation was published in the Canada Gazette Part II on May 28, 2008 and came into force on May 8, 2008. (Details)

June 2, 2008

Unions More Than Ever, Georgetti says

May 29, 2008

Please visit www.grainaction.ca to protect our jobs and food safety

 

May 20, 2008

PSAC Members assist with New Brunswick Floods

May 14, 2008

PSAC BARGAINING TEAM MEMBER FOR PARKS ELECTED AS COUNCILLOR IN BUCTOUCHE DURING THE MAY 12TH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN NEW BRUNSWICK.

 

April 28, 2008

RIGHT TO REFUSE DANGEROUS WORK WALLET/POCKET CARDS

April 25, 2008

The Atlantic Region participated in the 2008 National Conference for Racially Visible Members under the theme "Be The Change: Create A Better World."

April 24, 2008

2008 PSAC NATIONAL ABORIGINAL PEOPLES' CONFERENCE (Details)

April 21, 2008

Earth Day is coming! (Details)

 

April 11, 2008

Day of Mourning Ceremonies 2008

Atlantic Region (Details)

PSI Campaign 2008

Water, Women, Workers:

sources of life

8 - 22 March 2008

(Details)

April 10, 2008

The Public Service Health Care Plan Pay-direct Drug Card Update (Details)

 

What Happens Globally Affects Us Locally (Details)

April 3, 2008

REGIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE 2007

MARITIME HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE 2007