National Local Presidents Meeting 2024
On June 11, USJE welcomed Local Presidents from across Canada to Ottawa for the 2024 National Local Presidents Meeting.
The potential strike by Canada Borders Services Agency staff posed a significant risk to some members’ travel arrangements, but in the end over 120 Local Presidents were able to participate, with 15 Presidents not able attend.
USJE Communications Wins CALM Award for Best National Campaign
The USJE Communications department was awarded the Best National Campaign Award at this year’s Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM) Conference!
CSC Indigenous Members’ Survey
Following our CSC Indigenous members’ Town Hall and Roundtables, we have developed a survey for our CSC Indigenous members. If you are a CSC Indigenous member, please complete our survey by June 30, 2024.
Union Safety Net Episode 5–Listen now!
In celebration of Pride season, we talked to Larry Rousseau, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, and USJE RVP Shauna Ward about equity, equality and diversity in the Labour movement.
Listen now at unionsafetynet.ca
Upcoming events
Regional Training 2024
Pacific – Vancouver, Nov 6-9
Prairies – Edmonton, Nov 12-15
Ontario – Ottawa, Oct 15-18
Quebec – Montreal, Nov 18-21
Atlantic – Moncton, Oct 7-10
USJE Equity Conference
Halifax – May 26-30, 2025
Treasury Board bargaining: Have your say in the next round of negotiations
PSAC is getting ready for the next round of bargaining. What would you like to see in your next collective agreement? This is your opportunity to share your ideas with us. Your participation is crucial to our strength as a union.
Dental Plan: PSAC pushes for improvements during arbitration hearing
PSAC made its case to improve the Public Service Dental Care Plan (PSDCP) at an arbitration hearing between the union and Treasury Board on June 14, after negotiations to improve the plan for over 185,000 federal public service workers broke down earlier this year.