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On Wednesday, February 8, Executive Committee members received the following message from the Assistant Commissioner, Human Resource Management for Correctional Services Canada.

After four days of mediation, PSAC and Treasury Board have reached a tentative agreement for the Operational Services (SV) Group, which covers almost 10,000 federal public service workers.

PSAC and Treasury Board have reached a tentative agreement for the Technical Services (TC) Group, which covers more than 11,000 federal public service workers.

PSAC and Treasury Board have reached a tentative agreement for the Education and Library Science (EB) Group, which covers more than 900 federal public service workers.

PSAC is currently preparing the ratification kits for the PA membership. These kits will explain the changes that were negotiated and why our PA Bargaining Team is recommending that members accept this tentative agreement.

The first time I walked into my Local’s AGM I was 24 and I walked out being Local President via acclamation (I was the fourth person asked and the first to say yes). At the time of the election I had a full executive, two weeks later I had my Chief Shop Steward quit and would operate my first year without one.

On Tuesday January 17, USGE’s National Vice-President, David Neufeld, will represent USGE on a Criminal Justice panel to be held in Ottawa.

The USGE Scholarship Program offers three scholarships: two $2,500.00 Louise Pargeter National Scholarships and one Lynn Ray National Scholarship for $2,500.00.

In recent days, a number of Parole Officers (POs) have been voicing their significant concerns regarding CSC’s directive to complete all of their POCD before March 31st, 2017.

This document has been created to answer questions about USGE’s National Triennial Convention in Toronto from July 11th to 14th, 2017.