December 6, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the Montréal Massacre, where 14 young women were killed at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal because they were women.
This year, on December 3, International Day for Persons with Disabilities, PSAC is calling on the recently elected federal government to make accessibility a priority. Federal accessibility law Just before the election, the government passed the Accessible Canada Act into law. This was an important step forward for accessibility rights in the federal sector. However, […]
The unions representing Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employees are demanding immediate action to address abuse of authority and harassment by management at the agency. In a video released today, the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Customs and Immigration Union (PSAC-CIU) outline several cases which have gone unaddressed by CBSA. “Management is creating […]
Sisters and Brothers, As we’ve pointed out before, CBSA’s name tag policy continues to foster a dangerous work environment for our members, having already brought much harm since it was put in place 7 years ago. In our continued efforts to bring an end to this ill-conceived policy, CIU is moving forward with a National […]
As more than 140,000 PSAC members are still without new contracts or fair compensation for the Phoenix pay system disaster, PSAC has launched an ad campaign targeting the Prime Minister and new Treasury Board president, Jean-Yves Duclos. “In their first four years, the Liberal government failed Canada’s public service workers,” said Chris Aylward, PSAC national […]
