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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.

Your UOITP Bargaining Team met with the University on April 20 and 26, 2017 to begin negotiating the renewal of your collective agreement. The parties exchanged proposals.

The announcement today that the federal government will reallocate $140 million over two years to ensure federal employees affected by the Phoenix payroll system are properly paid is a welcome, if long overdue, commitment to fix Phoenix once and for all, says the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).

Dear Members,

NOTICE Date: Saturday, May 27, 2017 Location: Delta Calgary Downtown 209 4th Ave. SE Calgary, AB T2G 0C6 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

On April 24, 2017, the Joint Union-Management Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion launched an online survey to gather ideas to identify contributing factors to an inclusive workplace and barriers to inclusion faced by employees.

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Change the Game

The NUREG Bargaining Team met with CNSC Management on April 10th and 11th, 2017. We bargained until late afternoon on Tuesday when CNSC broke off negotiations. CNSC MANAGEMENT REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR DEAL AT THE TABLE.

Over the last several months PIPSC has been actively opposing Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act. To ensure we succeed in ensuring the government knows that this type of degradation of our pension security is unacceptable, we encourage you to use this sample letter and write to your Member of Parliament.

The recent release of a new survey of provincial government scientists in British Columbia draws some disturbing conclusions that will be all too familiar to many

April 18 , 2017 To all SH Group members, Some of you have asked why it can take weeks or sometimes months between the time a collective agreement is ratified by members and the day it is signed and implemented.

After too long a wait, we finally met with the employer to discuss the terms of the next collective agreement. The previous collective agreement expired on June 20, 2014.

The BCFNHA group executives are seeking individuals from the general membership who are working in the Vancouver area and who would be interested in becoming part of the bargaining team for the next round of collective bargaining (negotiations) with the employer.

Dear colleagues, Our February RO/RCO newsletter included a bargaining update with the results of negotiations with other PIPSC science and research groups in the federal government. You can access the newsletter from our RO/RCO web page:

PIPSC President Debi Daviau’s comments on today’s technical briefing regarding the Phoenix Pay system and news suggesting that performance payments may have been awarded to department executives overseeing the system

The federal government announcement that it is investing $529.9 million more to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance by hiring new auditors is good news for tax fairness, but the government’s much-heralded “innovation” budget is lacking in needed, strategic investments in more science staff, says the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).