Updates

The application process for the 2017 PSAC Scholarship Program is now open.

The program consists of 14 scholarships for dependent children of PSAC members and 3 scholarships for PSAC members who will be attending university, college or a recognized institute of higher learning on a full-time basis.

Applications are due June 23, 2017 and scholarships will be granted in the fall for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Shortly after PSAC National President Robyn Benson sent a letter to Minister Scott Brison, President of Treasury Board, asking about fair treatment of RCMP civilian members, we received Treasury Board’s written commitment to provide pay-matched civilian members with the pay increases recently negotiated by their comparators in the core public administration. We’ll confirm with the employer as to when raises will be provided. Treasury Board has also committed to ensuring that the deeming process will be undertaken on a “good faith” basis.

Our PSAC/CIU bargaining team for the FB group broke off talks in February after spending three days in mediation with the employer and making no progress on our key priorities. Also, CBSA continued to push concessions.

Consequently, our bargaining team proceeded to the next step in the process provided for under the law – filing for a Public Interest Commission (PIC).

Once the PSAC filed for a PIC with the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board (PSLREB), the Treasury Board responded by indicating that a PIC was premature and that more mediation was required.

April 24, 2017, is the 4th anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,134 and injured 2,500 garment workers.

To commemorate this anniversary, Canadian unions have joined together to promote action to raise public awareness about the struggle of factory workers. Today, we are asking Canadian retail brands, that operate factories in Bangladesh, to disclose their suppliers in the country. We are also urging them to tell us how they are supporting workers’ rights and to publicly disclose how their suppliers are correcting the workplace violations uncovered by factory inspections.