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PSAC welcomes new money for Phoenix

May 25, 2017 - 12:21pm

PSAC welcomes the news that the government has heard our demand to hire more staff for the Miramichi pay centre and the satellite pay centres. The government must also ensure that the Phoenix programming problems are addressed; otherwise federal public service workers will continue to experience disruption in pay.

Workers rally in Edmonton to protest attack on rural Alberta communities

May 25, 2017 - 9:56am • Northern Alberta
Workers will take to the street today to rally against the attack on rural Alberta communities like Vegreville, where the federal government plans to close the Case Processing Centre (CPC) and move it to Edmonton at a cost of $46.6 million.
 

Government delaying signing of new collective agreements

May 23, 2017 - 12:00am

PSAC has been pushing the government to sign four collective agreements by the end of May, but the employer is insisting they won’t be ready until mid-June at the earliest.  These agreements, covering over 100,000 workers, were ratified by the membership in votes that concluded in April.

Liberals deceive Canadians about Vegreville

May 19, 2017 - 2:42pm • Northern Alberta

Today, in the House of Commons, Serge Cormier (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship) stated that "a letter was sent from our department to the union, dated March 1, 2017, outlining the costs requested by the member opposite." (See the transcript below)

Boycott National Public Service Week

May 19, 2017 - 12:53pm
In light of the continued failures of Treasury Board to Fix Phoenix, PSAC's National Board of Directors has once again endorsed a boycott of National Public Service Week (NPSW) events, June 11–17, 2017.
 

Union reaffirms call to reverse Vegreville closure amid new revelations

May 19, 2017 - 8:00am • Northern Alberta

With recent revelations that moving the Vegreville Case Processing Centre (CPC) to Edmonton will cost taxpayers millions extra, the union representing workers at the Vegreville CPC is reaffirming the call to reverse the closure and to invest in rural Canadian communities.

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