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PSAC files Labour Board complaint over flawed hybrid work plan

December 22, 2022

The federal government’s blanket hybrid work plan tramples on workers’ collective bargaining rights and forces a flawed one-size-fits-all approach on a diverse and evolving public service. PSAC has filing a statutory freeze complaint against Treasury Board and agencies for unilaterally imposing changes to our members’ working conditions while we’re in negotiations for 165,000 federal public service workers. […]

FB bargaining: Telework and shift premium top of mind for the team

December 16, 2022

Following reports of Treasury Board’s plan to unilaterally change telework agreements, the FB bargaining team used their December 13-15 bargaining dates to remind the employer that modifying working conditions without union consent while in negotiations is prohibited under federal legislation. After talks wrapped, the federal government announced their direction for all core administration workers to return to […]

Government must stop flawed hybrid work plan for federal public service workers

December 15, 2022

Despite a week of denials, Treasury Board announced today it would unilaterally impose a restrictive hybrid work policy for all federal public service workers in the core administration. This blanket policy mandates workers to come into the office 2-3 days per week, or 40-60% of their regular working hours; regardless of the operational requirements of their […]

FB bargaining: Proposal for 25 and out pension reform now with Minister Fortier

November 18, 2022

The FB bargaining team continued to negotiate improvements on the issues that matter most to PSAC-CIU members at the bargaining table November 15-17. Our team stressed the importance of pension reform for FB members across the country, which PSAC-CIU has been using every avenue to push forward for more years. When the union raised our proposal […]

SV bargaining: No movement from government on key issues in mediation

October 26, 2022

After a week of mediation, Treasury Board made no effort to find common ground in bargaining with our more than 10,000 SV group members, refusing to budge on any key issues, especially when it came to fair wages and market adjustments. The employer’s revised wage offer was initially proposed during Common Issues mediation in September, […]