Today, the Canada-wide Union of Safety and Justice Employees released a new report on Canadian parole officers entitled, The Mental Health and Well-Being of Canadian Federal Parole Officers: A Qualitative Investigation.
Updates
Congratulations to the 2022 USJE Scholarship Winners
USJE is pleased to announce the recipients of the USJE Scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. Each student will receive $2,500 to go towards their post-secondary education.
National President David Neufeld and RVP Valda Behrens visit RCMP Sylvan Lake Detachment in Alberta to hear members concerns on training and workload
National President David Neufeld visited the RCMP Sylvan Lake Detachment in central Alberta on May 6 with Regional Vice-President (RVP) Valda Behrens to meet with local members and to better understand their current working conditions and provide an update on national campaigns undertaken by USJE.
National President David Neufeld joins RVP Valda Behrens and USJE member Deborah Wiens in meeting with Alberta Minister of Education LaGrange on keeping RCMP in Alberta
National President David Neufeld joined Regional Vice-President (RVP) Valda Behrens and USJE member Deborah Wiens in Red Deer, Alberta, on May 6, for a meeting with Alberta Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange to discuss the importance of keeping the RCMP in Alberta.
Parole Officer workloads—Request your paid overtime
The time has come for Parole Officers to stand up together and follow their Collective Agreement by requesting paid overtime. In doing so, CSC will have no choice but to account for the workload that Parole Officers are facing and not just count on federal Parole Officers (USJE’s members) to simply put in for compensatory time.
Asian Heritage Month: Remembering the past, shaping the future
It’s been 20 years since the federal government officially recognized Asian Heritage Month, but Asian and Asian-Canadian workers have been contributing their labour – and organizing for workers’ rights – for at least 200 years before that.
National President David Neufeld and RVP Nicole Gibson meet members in Whitehorse to talk about issues in the North and USJE’s support for Locals
National President David Neufeld and Yukon Regional Vice-President Nicole Gibson flew to Whitehorse last week to see firsthand how members are doing during the Covid pandemic and the issues they face working in the North.
May Day 2022: Anti-scab legislation for all
The right to strike is fundamental and this May Day, PSAC is renewing the call for federal, provincial and territorial governments to introduce anti-scab legislation to protect the collective bargaining rights and the safety of all workers in Canada.
Equity Committee member Éric Villeneuve and Quebec REVP Alternate Annick Lamoureux meet MP Louise Chabot to talk about poor state of PA/UTE collective bargaining
USJE Local 10030 Secretary Éric Villeneuve and PSAC Quebec Alternate Executive Regional Vice-President Annick Lamoureux spoke to Bloc Québécois MP Chabot about collective bargaining of the PA Group and Annick’s component, UTE, for better pay and working conditions, which is not progressing, in part because the pay rates the Treasury Board and the Canada Revenue Agency are offering are completely unacceptable.
USJE National President meets with Public Safety Minister regarding key USJE priorities
On April 28th, USJE National President David Neufeld had the opportunity to meet Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino about some of USJE’s key priorities.