Updates

The Federal Government is moving forward with plans to recognize previous military service of former members of the Canadian Forces that join the public service.

Earlier today CSC advised the USGE National Office that they would be informing various employees that they were unsuccessful in the SERLO Process. As a result, these employees will remain as affected employees and CSC will not be declaring them surplus or opting until September 1, 2012.

This is a Policy Grievance hereby filed by the Public Service Alliance of Canada pursuant to Sec. 220 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act.

During the Triennial Convention held in July 2011, Resolution #45 was endorsed by the voting delegates.

As was recently mentioned in the media the RCMP has announced that they are closing the labs in Winnipeg and Regina by March 2014 and in Halifax by March 2015.

The federal government is organizing National Public Service Week from June 10 to June 16.

This celebration is being organized at the same time as thousands of our fellow members are being handed affected notices because of the government’s reckless austerity agenda.

The USGE National Office recently received a draft communiqué from the RCMP on the Administrative Support Positions Review (ASPR) that is currently on-going.

The USGE National Office has received a number of calls from members asking for further information on possible cuts coming to our various employers as a result of last week’s Austerity Budget.

Further to our last Communiqué on November 9, 2011, the committee met on December 6 and 8, 2011 at the Minto Suites Hotel, in Ottawa.

CSC recently introduced an Attendance Management Program (AMP) department-wide in an attempt to rein in spiraling HR costs and possible abuses of sick leave credits.