Year 2000 Union Update

Vol. 12 No. 22 Newsletter: November 27 - December 8, 2000

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In this issue:

• Parks Canada National Bargaining Conference develops proposals
• December 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons
• Negotiations Update
• Mobilization commences for Nav Canada Multi-Group bargaining unit
• Red Bank First Nation negotiations continue
• Negotiations at Halifax Airport resume in late December
• Bargaining proposals exchnaged for CFB Gagetown NPF members
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Saint John Airport Authority
• Atlantic Pilotage Authority negotiations
• Nunavut Employees Union members seek mediation
• Treasury Board to deduct overpayments from pay equity interest cheques
• Correction Officers to vote on a Tentative Agreement
• Unions call for relocation of workers on Parliament "Asbestos" Hill
• Employment Opportunities

Vol. 12 No. 21 Newsletter: November 13 -24, 2000

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In this issue:

• Court action on pay equity for six federal agencies under way
• Tentative agreement reached for 5,800 Correctional Officers
• Negotiations Update
• Negotiations at Halifax Airport take flight
• Table 3 Captive Time Study update
• Museum of Science and Technology bargaining
• PSAC member releases collection of Christmas songs
• Employment Opportunities
• Former PSAC member wins Governor General's Award
• Parks Canada members send message to federal candidates .....

Vol. 12 No. 20 Newsletter: October 30 - November 10, 2000

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In this issue:

• Liberals say principle of pay equity not to be reviewed
• Saskatoon Airport Agreement signed
• Negotiations Update
• Tentative agreement for NWT Government members
• Gearing up for bargaining for Library of Parliament members
• Conciliation at Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
• Museum of Science and Technology negotiations continue
• Timmins Airport Authority
• APSAR - Helping retired PSAC members
• Western Bargaining Conference for Parks Canada members
• Nunavut Government employees take strike vote to speed up negotiations
• Centre Montserrat
• PSAC member's Millennium Song available for $10

Vol. 12 No. 19 Newsletter: October 16 - 27, 2000

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In this issue:

• Fighting for Pay Equity at the Office of the Auditor General
• In Memoriam
• PSAC orgainzers signing up Commissionaires in B.C.
• Negotiations Update:
• Treasury Board Tables 1, 2, 3 and 5
• Canadian Food Inpection Agency
• Nav Canada
• House of Commons-Postal Services Unit
• Transit Workers set up picket lines in Whitehorse
• World March for Women
• Canada Council members ratify new agreement
• Revised mileage rates
• Employment Opportunities

Vol. 12 No. 18 Newsletter: October 2 - 13, 2000

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In this issue:

• National Board of Directors (NBoD) endorses mobilization campaign on Fryer Committee's work
• Negotiations Update
• PSAC Scholarships awarded for the year 2000
• Saskatoon Airport workers back at work

Vol. 12 No. 17 Newsletter: September 18 - 29, 2000

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In this issue:

• Welcome Lucie McClung! Hope you have time to read the joint study!
• National Bargaining Conference update
• Labour Code changes proclaimed
• Health, Safety and Environment Conference
• CLC First National Disability Rights Conference
• Correction
• New MasterCard program
• Employment Opportunity
• Dues increase for five bargaining units

Vol. 12 No. 16 Newsletter: September 4 - 15, 2000

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In this issue:

• PSAC presents recommendations to improve federal public sector labour relations
• Pay Equity for Library of Parliament members
• A strike which deflates some myths
• In Memoriam
• Edmonton Airport workers back on the job
• PSAC recertifies CFB Moose Jaw members
• Need a car rental?
• Captive Time Survey update - Extraordinary response: further input still encouraged

Vol. 12 No. 15 Newsletter: August 21 - September 1, 2000

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In this issue:

• PSAC appeals to Prime Minister to end volatile and dangerous situation at Burnt Church
• Information pickets at three federal penitentiaries
• Last minute agreement averts Charlottetown Airport strike
• Clarification - UTE and CEUDA committee
• Conciliation meetings to continue for CFIA members
• Gearing up for negotiations with CCRA
• Regina Airport members ratify new collective agreement
• Employment Opportunity
  • Bilingual Senior Advisor - Human Resources

Vol. 12 No. 14 Newsletter: July 24 - August 18, 2000

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In this issue:

• Striking Airport workers
• Bargaining Update
  • National Bargaining Conference for Treasury Board units
  • Gearing up for bargaining at SSHRC
• UTE/CEUDA jurisdictional vote results
• New president for National Action Committee
• Captive Time questionnaire distributed
• Competition No. MC/29/00 - Bilingual Research Officer
• Competition No. MC/26/00 - Bilingual Coordinator - Human Resources
• Last call for PSAC Scholarships

Vol. 12 No. 13 Newsletter:July 3-21, 2000

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In this issue:

• Saskatoon Airport is on strike
• Should the fox be allowed to guard the henhouse?
• Members at Food Inspection Agency to receive pay equity
• Labatt 24 Hour Relay
• Health & Safety: Bill C-12 finally adopted
• First agreement at Customs and Revenue Agency
• Correctional Officers are meeting their MPs
• Revised Mileage Rates
• Bargaining Update
• Table 2
• House of Commons - Operational Group
• House of Commons - Reporting and Text Processing Group
• Statistical Survey Operations

Vol. 12 No. 12 Newsletter:June 19-30, 2000

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In this issue:

• Federal Workers have been losing ground for past ten years
• Table 3 members to be surveyed on captive time
• More inclusive for minorities
• Notice for Treasury Board's Table 3 and Table 5 bargaining groups
• Patrick Fortune, former National Component president, has died
• Negotiation Update
  • New agreement at Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre
  • Gearing up for bargaining at Canada Council
  • Table 3 Captive Time sub-committee and Terminable Allowances
  • Museum of Science and Technology negotiations
  • Part-time Table 1 members get full signing bonus
  • CFIA negotiations break down
• Regina and Saskatoon Airports on strike path
• Tentative agreement for NWT Power Corporation members
• Employment opportunities

Vol. 12 No. 11 Newsletter:May 29 - June 16, 2000

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In this issue:

• National Energy Board members say 'yes' to new agreement
• New charter for northern component
• Pay equity, 'the British way'
• PSAC Scholarship deadline
• Bargaining roundup:
• Non-Public Funds - Goose Bay
• Conciliation starts at Regina Airport
• Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation Council
• Agreement at Charlottetown Airport Authority Inc.
• Parks Canada ratification under way
• PSAC wins three Communications awards!
• CX negotiations off to a positive start
• Free Brother Leonard Peltier
• 1999 Financial statements available

Vol. 12 No. 10 Newsletter: May 15-26, 2000

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In this issue:

• Submission on C-12 calls for better protection for pregnant workers
• PSAC members say "no" to privatization at National Defence
• PSAC North Founding Convention
• Pay equity celebration in Quebec City
• PSAC blue-collar workers ratify agreement
• Bargaining roundup
• -Vancouver Airport Authority
• -Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• -National Energy Board
• -Treasury Board Table 1 agreement signed
• Pride 2000: Join the celebrations
• Applications available for Meritorious Awards for activists

Vol. 12 No. 9 Newsletter: April 24 - May 12, 2000

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In this issue:

• Joint study confirms Correctional Officers undervalued and underpaid
• Convention commemorative videos
• Bargaining roundup
• -Canadian Food inspection Agency
• -Non-Public Funds Montreal
• -Non-Public Funds Valcartier
• -Centre Montserrat
• -Museum of Science and Technology
• -Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre
• -Table 4 - Correctional (CX) group negotiations
• -National Gallery of Canada
• -House of Commons
• -Port of Montreal collective agreement
• National Day of Mourning
• Parks Canada ratification kit being prepared
• Dues increase for Directly Chartered Locals
• Table 1 collective agreement ratified
• Revised meal rates
• Memorandum of Understanding for SSO members
  

Vol. 12 No. 8 Newsletter: April 10 - 21, 2000

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In this issue:

• PSAC signs tentative deal with Parks Canada Agency
• Canada Post pay equity Tribunal ends in 2001
• Public service must mirror Canadian society
• Correctional Officers are ready to negotiate
• Negotiation Update
• - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• - Arbitration and conciliation at Saskatoon Airport
• - Conciliation at Edmonton Airport
• - First agreement at Deer Lake Airport
• This home is not sweet
• Training course in Trois-Rivières
• Economy at full speed, but women are poorer
• Employment Opportunity - Term Exclusions and Designations Officer

Vol. 12 No. 7 Newsletter: March 27 - April 7, 2000

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In this issue:

• Tentative agreement reached for Table 2 members
• PSAC tentative agreement heralds new era in bargaining with CCRA
• Pay equity: employers' legal challenges only used to delay implementation of the legislation
• Pay equity at Parks Canada
• Table 3 members say 'yes' to new collective agreement
• Table 5 members ratify latest collective agreement
• Negotiation Update
• - Canadian Grain Commission
• - Aéroports de Montréal
• Pay Equity for members reimbursed for loss of salary
• Employment Opportunities

Vol. 12 No. 6 Newsletter: March 6 to 24, 2000

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In this issue:

• Tentative agreement for 61,000 PSAC members in the federal public service
• PSAC banner prominent at Seattle demonstration
• International Women's Day in Halifax
• Welcome new members at NTCL
• Joint CX Committee Report on compensation to be released April 28
• NEGOTIATION UPDATE
  • CCRA back at the negotiating table
  • Centre Montserrat
  • Non-Public Funds
  • Port of Montreal
  • Signing of the new agreement at the National Arts Centre
• New members at Statistics Canada...
• ...help launch a new campaign
• Women mistreated by unemployment insurance
• Striking Salvation Army workers need our help
• Looking for a $3 bill...

Vol. 12 No. 5 Newsletter: February 28 - March 3, 2000

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In this issue:

• PSAC Triennial Convention 7 weeks away!
• New two-year Dental Plan agreement reached
• Museum workers fight contracting-out of their jobs
• CFIA bargaining committee finalized demands
• Charlottetown Airport Authority
• Saint John Airport Authority
• Listugui negotiations
• Conciliation at Museum of Nature
• Red Bank First Nation
• Input call issued for Nav Can members
• Treasury Board Table 1 Bargaining Unit
• Dues Increase for Pay equity groups
• Revised mileage rates
• NEB dispute off to arbitration

Vol. 12 No. 4 Newsletter: February 14 to 25, 2000

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In this issue:

• Happy International Women`s Day!
• Statistical Survey Operations group gears up for bargaining
• Northwest Territories Power Corporation agreement ratified
• Joint Career Transition Committee meet in Ottawa
• Five computers to five PSAC members
• National child care campaign launched by CLC
• Conciliation next step at Regina Airport
• Negotiations at National Energy Board continue
• Job Poster-Programs Section Secretary
• Job Poster-Administrative Support Staff
• Did you know?

Vol. 12 No. 3 Newsletter: January 31 to February 11, 2000

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In this issue:

• National Energy Board seeks concessions at bargaining table
• Income tax information on pay equity payments
• Transport Minister a 'no show' at Halifax Airport takeover ceremonies
• Natural Resources Union Triennial Convention
• Celebrate African/Black Heritage Month
• Iqaluit BUS course
• Regina Airport Authority members support bargaining team
• Royal Canadian Mint
• Red Bank First Nation
• Saint John Airport Authority
• Saskatoon Airport Authority
• Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp. agreement signed
• Ratification under way for Yukon Territorial Government members
• Gearing up for bargaining at NAV Canada
• Museum of Nature negotiations resume
• Burnt Church Band Council
• Museum of Civilization cancels joint committee
• Listuguj negotiations resume
• Job poster - Human Resources Services Secretary
• Job poster - Employment Equity Advisor

Vol. 12 No. 2 Newsletter: January 17 to 28, 2000

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In this issue:

• PSAC Convention Countdown - Committees set to meet in February
• USGE member receives award for promoting racial harmony
• Thunder Bay Northwestern Ontario Area Council founding meeting
• 2000 Protective Footwear Allowance increase
• Negotiations begin for National Energy Board members
• Museum of Nature bargaining under way
• Input call for National Gallery
• Gearing up for bargaining at Museum of Science and Technology
• Red Bank First Nation
• Halifax Airport Authority
• Burnt Church Band Council
• Returning surpluses to Canadians
• NavCan members gear up for next round of negotiations
• Calgary Area Council re-established
• Northern members support striking teachers

Vol. 12 No. 1 Newsletter: January 3 to 14, 2000

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In this issue:

• New Health Care Agreement a 'bonus' for public sector workers
• Tentative agreement averts strike at Dorval and Mirabel airports
• Moncton members celebrate Pay Equity victory
• National Component executive member omission
• New agreement for UWO Teaching Assistants
• United Farm Workers organizing struggle needs your help
• National Post and Calgary Herald Boycott
• Negotiations: Edmonton Airport, Yukon, CCRA
• Job competition posters

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