Updates

As PSAC’s National General Strike continues, we want to thank each of you for your support and solidarity to ensure better working conditions for the over 150,000 public service employees represented by PSAC.  

We need to continue to stand strong together if we are going to be successful at the bargaining table. It will take all of our members to do their part, whether they are on the strike line or currently in the workplace. We all have a role in pushing the employer for a fair deal.

Every USJE local has the capacity to make its own decision in regards to the “topping up” of PSAC’s regular strike pay.

If you were scheduled to work weekend shifts, you’re still on strike, and must not report to work. Please complete this form for members scheduled to work over the weekend so that you can register for alternate strike support arrangements and receive strike pay.

Some of USJE’s members have been contacting us about whether or not progress is being made at the bargaining table. While we know the strike is definitely having an impact, it is the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s bargaining teams that are heavily involved in these discussions.

Strike Top UpUSJE has been receiving many inquiries about supplementary strike pay. Every USJE local has the capacity to make its…

At the crack of dawn, members from all Components within the PSAC family joined picket lines at a variety of federal workplaces across Canada. 

We are so proud that USJE’s members answered the call to join their fellow union members on the picket lines from coast to coast to coast.

Many members have received messaging from their managers that they need to “check in” daily during a strike, by phone, email, text, or other means. You do not need to do so!

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