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.
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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.
Newsletter – April 28
National Day of Mourning: Work shouldn’t hurt On National Day of Mourning April 28, PSAC recognizes the exemplary work of PSAC…
USJE calls for the establishment of Joint review to examine volume and complexity of Parole work amid COVID pressures and public safety concerns at Joyceville Institution
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.
Congratulations to Lois Greenhalgh on receiving USJE’s Exemplary Service Award
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.
Local President and Equity Committee member Satinder Bains talks labour issues with Regina-Wascana Conservative MP Michael Kram
Local 40002 President Satinder Bains met with his MP, Michael Kram (Regina-Wascana), last week in Regina to discuss labour issues important to his region and the SV Group, which is currently negotiating their collective agreement.
National President visits Prairies to hear from members on “new normal” at work
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.
USJE members’ teamwork saves colleague during stroke
Here is a dramatic story of how quick thinking and teamwork saved a colleague.
Info Picket in BC
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.
USJE continues to fight for members who want to work from home
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.