In January 2018, USJE encouraged all members to ensure they had an updated profile with us so that USJE could more easily share our updates and news with you. Names of all members who had an updated profile were entered into our draw—with members receiving extra entries when they liked our page on Facebook or followed us on Twitter.
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A Phoenix victory: government to delay recovery of overpayments, emergency pay
In response to pressure from PSAC, the federal government has finally agreed to halt recoveries of overpayments, emergency salary advances (ESA) and priority payments until employees’ pay files have been cleared of all outstanding transactions. This means employees will receive any and all funds they are owed before they must reimburse the employer for any overpayments or emergency pay.
USJE members rally to protest Phoenix on National Day of Action
On Wednesday, February 28, hundreds of USJE members gathered for the PSAC National Day of Action. Members across the country rallied to protest the flawed Phoenix pay system.
Budget 2018 — What’s in it for USJE members?
The 2018 Federal Budget was released on Tuesday, February 27th, and there are a number of items that would, if properly implemented by the government, result in positive benefits to the members of the Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE).
Kingston prison farms to reopen
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!
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.