The Government Employees Compensation act hasn’t been updated for 50 years. It’s time to change that.
Louise Pargeter’s life and service memorialized in Yellowknife
October 6 marks 20 years since USJE member Louise Pargeter’s tragic death in the line of duty as a Community Parole Officer in Yellowknife, NT. On October 2, USJE had the honour of joining the unveiling of a newly restored bench memorializing Louise’s life and service.
USJE visits Stony Mountain Food Service Officers and management as part of CSC’s Food Services Staffing Model Review
On Wednesday, September 18, National President David Neufeld visited Stony Mountain Institution (SMI), along with USJE RVPs Kirk McIntosh (CSC Manitoba) and Shauna Ward (CSC Saskatchewan), to meet with two CSC management representatives from NHQ regarding the Food Services Staffing Model Review. This staffing review is something that USJE has been advocating for several years and has been a priority demand as part of our ongoing Food Service Officer Campaign that began in 2022.
Union Safety Net Episode 8–Listen now!
USJE’s National Public Safety Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding work of our members across the country. In this episode, we talk to two Award recipients from the 2024 Awards, Una Gair and Pierre-Luc Gilbert, about why they were chosen and what the Awards mean to them.
President Neufeld, RVP Skalin and the USJE Communications Team Meet Members at Milton RCMP Detachment
On August 20, the first of a three-day tour of Ontario RCMP workplaces, President David Neufeld, RVP Bella Skalin and members of the USJE communications team met with members who work at the Milton Detachment.
PSAC members denied 699 leave may apply for reconsideration by November 4
PSAC members who applied for and were denied 699 leave between November 2020 and March 2022 may be eligible to apply for reconsideration.
Federal Budgetary Cuts in Departments and Agencies under the Ministries of Public Safety and Justice
Departments and agencies under the Public Safety portfolio are implementing a total of $141.1M in cuts as part of the government wide mandate to ‘Refocus Government Spending’ in 2024-25.
Union Safety Net Episode 7–Listen now!
In this episode, we get to pick renowned economist Jim Stanford’s brain about the state of the Canadian economy, what can be learned from other countries, and how unions fit in nationally and internationally. Switching to a local, community lens, we then chat with Antonio Trujillo Villon of Turning Leaf Support Services, a Winnipeg-based organization that provides support to people living with mental illness and intellectual challenges, about how unions can help foster change at home.
Newsletter – July 18
RCMP CM update, TB bargaining and more
Union Safety Net Episode 6–Listen now!
We were delighted to sit down with PSAC’s newly elected executive leadership team–National President, Sharon DeSousa and National Executive Vice-President, Alex Silas–and chat about telework, bargaining, breaking barriers and more. This episode was recorded on June 14, 2024.