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Oppose amendments to Canada Grain Act
The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Agriculture Union are working together to oppose the politically-motivated job cuts at the Canadian Grain Commission.
Stand up and Speak Out 2009
Bill C-10: Don't use the budget bill to eliminate pay equity
On February 6, 2009 the government tabled legislation that will radically change the rules governing pay equity in the federal public sector. The Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act will remove the right of public sector workers to file pay equity complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission and transform it into an issue that can be traded away at the bargaining table.
- Anti-Scab Bill
- Globalization
- Privatization
- The Work Reorganization Program
- Term employment
- Political Action Campaigns
July 11, 2007
Stop the Government's Plan to Sell Off Federal Buildings!
August 18, 2006
NYU Student Strike
August 17, 2006
PSAC endorses action plan to combat the AIDS pandemic
On the occasion of Canada's hosting the International Aids Conference, PSAC endorses the Global Treatment Access Group's plan of action.
Read the details.
May 9, 2006
Defending Quality Public Services
Student Employment
December 22, 2005
National campaign established to eliminate regional rates of pay
The PSAC National Zone Committee that was struck to campaign towards the elimination of regional rates of pay met on December 19th to strategize around the Federal election and future bargaining. See also: Pay zones
July 28, 2005
Treasury Board targetting PFA
Treasury Board is playing a ‘danger pay double-cross' on almost 2,000 USGE members at the Correctional Service of Canada. They've told CSC to stop paying the Penological Factor Allowance to almost 2,000 USGE members starting August 10. The union is fighting back while USGE members are putting up information picket lines.
- Read the news release
- Read the letter from the PSAC National President Nycole Turmel to Treasury Board
- Read the latest information from USGE President John Edmunds
March 2, 2005
Public Service Alliance of Canada joins campaign to “Make Poverty History”
The PSAC Social Justice Fund will be among many to take a lead role in a global campaign that calls on world leaders to fulfill their promises to eradicate poverty. Read more
Ontario Health Premium
There is a whole lot wrong with the Ontario Health Premium. In a July 12 th , 2004 letter from Nycole Turmel to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty lists five reasons why the government should withdraw the tax and ensure that health care funding is not regressive and discriminatory. Details
PSAC's Protective Reassignment Campaign
At the 2004 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference, which was held in Toronto from March 26 to 28, the PSAC launched a campaign calling on the Federal Government to pass legislation that will ensure full protection for pregnant and nursing workers whose jobs pose a risk to health of their baby or foetus. Click here for details .
Whistleblowers need protection
Federal public sector workers should be encouraged to expose wrongdoing and need to be protected when they do so. Hear and read what Senator Noel Kinsella, FAIR Canada representative Joanne Gualtieri, Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch, MP Diane Bourgeois and PSAC counsel Jacquie de Aguayo had to say on the issue at a recent panel discussion in Ottawa. Click here
Date Modified : 2010/01/30
