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Updates

As part of the Regional Office Team, the Administrative Assistant provides comprehensive administrative services that enable the Regional Office to fulfill its role in a timely and credible manner.  Under the direction of the Regional Coordinator maintains the administrative aspects of the Regional Office, while carrying out the wide variety of administrative, secretarial and clerical responsibilities to ensure efficient operation of the Regional Office.

Read the April 3, 2017 edition of "Prairie Voice," an e-newsletter for PSAC Prairie Region members.

With under three weeks to go until the Prairie Region Triennial Convention, delegates and observers are reminded to review the resolutions before arriving at Convention to ensure they are prepared for component caucus meetings and to better equip themselves for Convention debate.

All resolutions, including Convention committee recommendations and rationale, have been posted on the PSAC Prairie Region website. Convention delegates and observers will also receive printed copies in their kits upon registration at Convention.

PSAC’s tentative agreements with Treasury Board covering the TC, SV, PA and EB  bargaining units will only take effect if they are ratified in a vote by our members. PSAC members will vote at a meeting, after a presentation and and opportunity for a Q&A session with a bargaining team member. Every member covered by these agreements has a right to vote in the ratification process, however you must be a PSAC member in good standing to cast a vote. Membership application forms will be available at the ratification vote meetings.

The federal government’s budget, delivered on March 22, failed to address the biggest problem currently facing the public service. The disastrous Phoenix pay system has affected thousands of public service workers over the past year, leaving some workers with no pay for months.

Saskatchewan’s latest provincial budget aims to balance the books on the backs of the province’s lowest earners, including seniors and students.

The Sask Party budget outlines extensive cuts to critical programs and services, such as a 5% reduction in base operational funding for provincial post-secondary institutions; a 6.7% cut to Saskatchewan’s education budget; and the amalgamation of the province’s 12 health regions to a single authority.

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