Campaigns

Public Service Modernization Act

The PSAC has long held the position that the existing legislation is flawed and should be replaced by the Canada Labour Code. From our perspective, the Code provides a much better framework for labourmanagement relations in that it recognizes that all of the terms and conditions affecting a worker's employment can, and should be, negotiated between the employer and the union. Under the Code, for example, areas of great concern to PSAC members, such as staffing and classification, are clearly within the scope of collective bargaining. Under the new Act, they are not.

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Impact of Federal Budget

By now, most of you will have heard of some of the impact of the recent federal budget. Pressed to implement a "soft" budget due to it's minority status, the Martin Liberal's still managed to gain points with their corporate "friends" by closing four federal research establishments, two here in the east, the Atlantic Cool Climate Research Centre, in St. John's NL, and the Nappan Research Centre in N.S. Lobbying in NL has bought a reprieve for St. John's, however federal jobs will still be removed from the Amherst area of Nova Scotia.