Updates

As a result of repeated concerns arising from federal parole officers based out of Joyceville Institution (near Kingston, ON), USJE convened a special meeting last week between USJE President David Neufeld, CSC Commissioner Anne Kelly, Regional Vice President Bill Bailey, local president Richard Sweetman as well as several federal parole officers working at the federal penitentiary.

In her more than 30 years as a union activist, Lois Greenhalgh never shied away from a challenge or from an opportunity to improve working conditions for members.

National President David Neufeld visited several Locals in the Prairies recently to see how USJE members are finding work under the Employer’s “new normal” plans and to learn more about how the union could better support them at the national level.

Here is a dramatic story of how quick thinking and teamwork saved a colleague.

Members in the Fraser Valley got up early on March 25th! They set up an info picket in Agassiz, BC to talk to their co-workers on the way in to work about bargaining, contracting out, and fair wages.

Throughout the pandemic, USJE fought to ensure the smallest footprint possible in our members’ workplaces so as to keep our members safe. What was learned from the resulting small footprint is that the vast majority of USJE members can successfully meet their work objectives by working, at least partially, from home.

In so many ways, Alberta feels like it’s at a crossroads. The intense focus on Premier’s Kenney’s leadership is generating lots of different reactions, not surprisingly. We are nothing if not a passionate, fiercely independent province that likes to do things its own way.