Updates

The over 200,000 workers that have been impacted by Phoenix need long-term funding dedicated to: eliminating the backlog of pay problems; stabilizing Phoenix; compensating workers for their many hardships; and providing enough resources to properly develop, test and launch a new pay system. The amounts budgeted for the next 4 years will not be sufficient to meet those objectives, and over 70% of that funding is earmarked for this fiscal year, leaving little for future needs.

Since bargaining began nine months ago, PSAC’s teams have presented proposals to improve work-life balance, reduce precarious contract work, close wage gaps with the private sector, and ensure fair economic increases. Yet, for most of that time, the government has repeatedly delayed progress, and in late November made an insulting offer that would freeze wages for two years.

It has been nearly 50 years since the report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women called for a universal child care program to help achieve economic equality for women. In 2019, women and workers need every party to be a #ChildCareChampion 

Tell all party leaders that we need a #ChildCareChampion! Submit your letter.

In late February, the Labour Board named a mediator for the dispute and asked both parties to return to the bargaining table with the mediator’s assistance. The Board also indicated that the establishment of a PIC will be delayed to allow mediation to proceed.

The FPSLREB found that CRA discriminated against Doro based on gender when it failed to provide a harassment-free and safe workplace. They ordered CRA to pay Marilyn Doro, a PSAC member, $20,000 for the pain and suffering she experienced from sexual harassment and another $20,000 for its reckless mishandling of Doro’s harassment case. These amounts are the maximum the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) allows for damages of these types under the Act.

This victory, won on February 22, is the result of grievances filed in 2008 under Service Canada’s Service Management Structural Model initiative. In response to these grievances, Service Canada committed in March 2013 to revise the standard “generic work description” and submit it for classification review.