May 25, 2012
The Public Service Alliance of Canada expresses its unqualified support for Québec students who are currently on strike and demanding a freeze on tuition fees and the abolition of Bill 78 which violates their rights of association and expression.
May 25, 2012
The negotiating team is in place, bargaining priorities are set and bargaining proposals are being prepared.
May 24, 2012
The successful organizing drive at Saint Paul University marks the latest victory in PSAC's broader campaign aimed at organizing the university sector across the country.
May 22, 2012
Employer contacts FB bargaining team in response to PSAC's filing for conciliation
May 18, 2012
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is speaking out against Bill 78 which restricts the freedom of expression and association of all students and citizens of Quebec.
May 16, 2012
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia. The PSAC stands in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities in opposition to homophobia and transphobia.
May 14, 2012
In November 2011, it took the Supreme Court of Canada 20 minutes to tell Canada Post to end a 28-year long battle for pay equity. Six months later, we are still waiting for PSAC members to receive payments that are long overdue.
May 14, 2012
With negotiations for a new Collective Agreement at a standstill, PSAC has taken the next step in the bargaining process and has applied to the Public Service Labour Relations Board for the appointment of a Public Interest Commission (PIC).
May 11, 2012
After over a year of negotiations, PSAC members at the Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation have approved a new collective agreement.
May 10, 2012
Bargaining continues to be difficult for the Technical Services (TC), Border Services (FB), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Parks Canada units of the federal government. The climate has worsened considerably since the federal budget, which slashes the size of the public service. Parks and CFIA in particular have been heavily targeted for job reductions.
May 8, 2012
PSAC negotiators tabled a comprehensive package of proposals April 19 to begin bargaining a first collective agreement for postdoctoral employees at Queen's University in Kingston, ON.
May 1st, 2012
In 1886 when the unions in the United States called for a general strike on May 1st to press for the eight-hour workday, the government threw its weight behind the interests of business.
April 30, 2012
Over 40 PSAC/NEU members braved the snow and cold in Iqaluit on April 25 to send a message that they are fed up with the government of Nunavut contracting out their work.
April 30, 2012
On behalf of workers, academic staff and students across Canada, we jointly call on Québec Premier Jean Charest and Minister of Education Line Beauchamp to promptly resolve the student strike by reversing the decision to increase tuition fees in Québec.
April 27, 2012
The PSAC bargaining team met with Parks Canada this week to continue negotiating a fair and just collective agreement.
April 27, 2012
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Nova Scotia Westray mine disaster, where an underground methane explosion took the lives of 26 workers.
April 24, 2012
The PSAC condemns the federal government's decision to close the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development.
April 23, 2012
The PSAC, Quebec Region, has submitted an application for certification to the Commission des relations de travail du Québec (CRT), covering the 1,700 McGill University support employees.