Thanks to the efforts of so many people — including many USJE members — the federal budget has allocated funds to reopen the Collins Bay and Joyceville prison farms. USJE believes that all prison farms should be reopened and that this is a good start!
Updates
Trudeau government to cancel ‘flawed’ and ‘unacceptable’ $1 billion Phoenix pay system
The federal government is going to scrap a “flawed” and “unacceptable” pay system that struggled to deliver pay to public servants, despite a price tag that will likely exceed $1 billion, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced in his new budget tabled Tuesday in Parliament.
Sister Tanisha Pascal-Nelson remembered through Memorial Fund
As many remember, Sister Tanisha Pascal-Nelson of Toronto CSC Community Parole passed away in 2017, survived by husband Sean Nelson and her four beautiful children, Elijah, Nathaniel, Promise and Fiza. In her memory, members across all regions and departments of USJE raised money to assist in funding Tanisha’s children’s education.
February 28: National Day of Action on Phoenix
The PSAC National Board of Directors has called for a National Day of Action for February 28 to mark the second anniversary of the shockingly dysfunctional Phoenix Pay system.
RCMP civilian members and bargaining
As you move forward in the process of deeming and becoming members of our union, PSAC-USJE have created a process to welcome CM input to this round of collective bargaining.
Workforce Adjustment & USJE CSC members
Please find below the steps involved in the Workforce Adjustment (WFA) process recently launched by CSC.
RCMP CM training begins mapping the future
RCMP Civilian Members (CMs), Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE) member champions and union representatives began mapping the way forward for integrating CMs into their future union at a training seminar in Ottawa January 9-10, 2018.
Union applauds firing of Edmonton correctional officers amid harassment investigation
The firing of four correctional officers — including two managers — shows Correctional Service Canada is finally taking bullying, abuse of power and harassment at Edmonton’s maximum security prison seriously, says the head of a union representing prison employees.
Outsiders must oversee cultural change at Edmonton Institution
While Correctional Service Canada’s recent actions are a step in the right direction, the problems at Edmonton Maximum Security Institution go well beyond a few bad apples. The egregious abuse of power by a small group of employees has gone unchecked by Corrections for decades.
Pilot project launched at CSC to fix Phoenix
A new Payroll Unit comprised of 22 Pay Advisors that has been set up at the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is offering hope to many public servants and has already led to the processing of dozens of files.