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Dear AFS Members, We have met with our AFS subgroup and CS zone presidents and they overwhelmingly support our continuing to fight for meaningful classification reform. We have a clear mandate in going forward.

The recent recommendations of yet another consultants’ report on Shared Services Canada (SSC) demonstrate that, when it comes to federal government outsourcing, there’s no shortage of private sector advice.

Member/Steward Training Framework “Managed Career Progression” Presented by Ontario Region Training Committee to: Training and Education Committee

June 9, 2017 We have verified the results for the elections to positions on the AFS Group Executive. The following candidates were successful (names underlined) and will take office commencing July 1st, 2017: CS Regional Representative:

Dear members, The SP Collective Agreement for the period 2014-2018 was signed on May 14, 2017, and has been in effect since then. It is posted online.

DATE: Thursday, June 29, 2017 TIME: 7:00PM LOCATION: Currie Field PRICE: $10 each

Branch events for 2017-2018 The purpose of this note is to introduce guidelines that have been developed to encourage PIPSC member engagement events at both the larger and smaller worksites throughout the Hamilton/Burlington Branch.

Next week, June 11-17, is National Public Service Week (NPSW). Since 1992 it’s been an occasion to recognize and celebrate the contributions Canada’s public service professionals make to society. The Professional Institute supports this celebration of our members’ accomplishments. In fact, we first proposed it.

A new report commissioned by Shared Services Canada (SSC) shows that the Institute is right in highlighting the dangers of outsourcing in the federal government.

On June 1, 2017, the Joint Union-Management Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion presented a

“Today’s update by Deputy Minister Lemay indicates that the government has again failed to plan ahead -- this time for entirely predictable increases in the numbers of employee payroll adjustments needed to implement new collective agreements,” said PIPSC Vice President Steve Hindle.

Date: May 04, 2017 Third Party Observer: PISPC PIPSC NR Executive Representative: Robert Porter PISPC Stewards: Niraj Chandra and Cameron Smith NCR PIPSC President, PWGSC Branch and Wellness Coordinator & Steward: Gordon Bulmer

The PIPSC NAV CANADA Group Bargaining Team was in meetings with the company from April 24-28, 2017. The parties continued discussions on numerous items and agreed on multiple non-monetary items. Negotiations between the parties is scheduled to continue from May 08 to 12, 2017.

On June 1, 2017 the Institute and the employer signed the RE collective agreement.

Employees of the Government of Canada will be celebrating National Public Service Week (NPSW) from June 11th to June 17th.

Hello, On April 28, the 2014–2018 AV collective agreement was signed and is therefore in force. You can find your collective agreement here.

Currently the Dorchester Branch is not in good standing as it has not met the requirements outlined in PIPSC By-Law 11.2.4. Atlantic Regional Director, Kim Skanes is convening this Annual General Meeting in an effort to revive the Branch and elect an Executive.

At the close of nominations on March 31st, 2017, the NAV Canada Election Committee had received seven valid nominations for three member-at-large positions on the NAV Executive.

The announcement this week that the federal government will temporarily hire an additional 200 staff, invest a further $142 million over three years, and introduce even more measures to expedite fixing Phoenix is welcome, if long overdue, news.

PIPSC is proud to announce that its Head Office building located at 250 Tremblay Road in Ottawa is the recipient of a Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada BOMA BEST Silver certification, which recognizes excellence in energy and environmental mana

The PIPSC NAV CANADA Group Bargaining Team was in meetings with the company from May 8-11, 2017. On Friday May 12, 2017 our team worked in closed meetings on our bargaining priorities. The parties continued discussions on numerous items and positive progress was made.

The majority of the CS members who voted have ratified the Tentative Agreement. We will be moving forward to sign the agreement as soon as can be arranged. The Employer then has 120 days from the signature date to implement retroactive pay.

PIPSC expresses its solidarity and support for members of the RCMP who are experiencing difficulty accessing front-line mental health services.

Dear Members, Your Bargaining Team met with the Employer on May 9 and 10, 2017. We reviewed the Employer's proposals and discussed your priorities, highlighted from the bargaining survey. Your top three priorities: Job security, Outside Consulting and Remuneration were presented.

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) is pleased to provide the following submission on Bill C-27, as requested in federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau’s correspondence received March 2, 2017.

The CCC PIPSC Bargaining Team met with Management on May 9th, 2017 to explore the possibility of extending the current collective agreement by one year.

Fellow members,

PIPSC Submission on Manitoba’s Bill 28: The Public Services Sustainability Act Contents I. Introduction II. The Public Services Sustainability Act

After defending literally hundreds of individual member grievances related to the Phoenix pay system and lobbying the government for many months with no permanent fix in sight, PIPSC has today filed policy

Bill C-27: The Introduction of Target Benefit Plans What Is Bill C-27? Bill C-27 introduces a new pension framework into the federal jurisdiction –Target Benefit plans. It proposes sweeping changes to the Pension Benefits Standards Act (PBSA).

Everyone who supports Defined Benefit pension plans should be opposed to this proposed legislation. The federal government has jurisdiction over two major labour relations regimes: (1) the federal sector (Crown Corporations, banks, telecoms and transportation companies etc); and (2) the federal public service (Treasury Board and Separate Agencies).

Bill C-27 is a federal government-sponsored bill that would make it easier for employers to convert existing employee Defined Benefit (DB) pension plans to so-called Target Benefit (TB) plans. TB plans offer much less secure post-retirement income than Defined Benefit plans, shifting the burden of a secure retirement from employers to employees.

The 98th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada will take place on November 17th and 18th 2017. The AGM will be held at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau Quebec, starting at 8:30 a.m. on November 17th.

Ontario Region Executive Spring Newsletter - Director’s Report I will tackle a few issues in this report….

GUILD ELECTIONS – 2017 Elections to the Retired Members Guild Executive are now taking place. Attached you will find a Nomination Form. Please consider running and having the opportunity to serve on the Guild Executive to better help retirees.

Representatives from several public service unions reacted cautiously yesterday to the creation of a government working group to tackle the Phoenix pay system.