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PSAC challenges caps on damages in Canadian Human Rights Act

PSAC has filed a challenge with the Federal Court of Canada, calling for the removal of caps on human rights damages in the Canadian...
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Public Service Health Care Plan: Canada Life transition update

Earlier this year, PSAC announced that we successfully negotiated key improvements to the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) for federal public service workers,...

Alternative Federal Budget sets roadmap for stronger public services

Read the 2024 Alternative Federal Budget This year’s AFB focuses on investing in our public health care system, affordable community housing, anti-poverty and food insecurity...

2023 Branch Elections — Elections kit, documents, and important dates

The 2023 Branch Elections Kit is now available. For more information on the branch electoral process, please see the CIU Branch Rules (specifically Branch Rule...
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CBSA: Twenty years of undermining the human element

Recently, CBSA shared a post on social media celebrating its twentieth anniversary. What should have been an innocuous statement instead shed light on just...
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Eligibility for strike pay on May 1

PA, EB, TC and SV members who returned to work following the end of the Treasury Board strike on May 1 may be eligible...
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High-risk detainees in Immigration Holding Centres

Following CBSA’s decision to start holding high-risk detainees in Immigration Holding Centres (IHCs) effective August 1, 2023, the question has come up whether dealing...
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Emancipation Day: The Transatlantic Slave Trade in Canada, to the Black...

Although no slave ship docked on Canadian shores, the transatlantic slave trade and other forms of enslavement existed in Canada for more than 200...
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Cabinet shuffle: An opportunity to improve public services and public service...

PSAC National President, Chris Aylward, congratulates the new members of the federal cabinet on their appointments earlier this week. “Today I extend an invitation to...

Donations to Nunavut Employees Union: Support striking workers | ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑎᒍᑦ...

PSAC-NEU (Nunavut Employees Union) members working for the Iqaluit Housing Authority (IHA) have been on strike for nearly three months. During that time, the employer’s...