Year 2002 Union Update

Vol. 14 No. 18 Newsletter: December 9 - December 20, 2002
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In this issue:

• Romanow Report: Keeping Up the Pressure

• Head of the Public Service Award 2002

• Slow progress in separate employers' pay equity case

• House of Commons not exempt from Human Rights Act

• Bargaining Update

  • Bosco Homes Trailcross Treatment Centre Fort Smith NT

  • Village of Fort Simpson

  • International Academy of Design and Technology

  • Deninoo Community Council Fort Resolution NT

  • Government of the Yukon

• Dues Rates

• Disability Insurance Premiums will increase

Vol. 14 No. 17 Newsletter: November 18 - December 6, 2002
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In this issue:

• Job well done, Commissioner Romanow!

• The Government Services Union is looking to the future

• Yukon Employees Union comes of age

• A PSAC member who knows how to move safely on water

• Natural Resources Union Convention re-elects President

• Bargaining Update

  • Notice to bargain at the CFIA

  • Negotiations to start at Hay River

  • Calgary Airport members are ready to negotiate

• The PSAC 2002 Scholarship Winners

• Recipient of the Joe Power Scholarship Award

Vol. 14 No. 16 Newsletter: October 28 - November 15, 2002
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In this issue:

• Union wins victory over privatization of military supply chain

• SSO members deliver huge strike mandate

• NEU Component holds second Convention

• Unity Conference resolutions give PSAC direction on human rights

• UPCE ready for the next three years

• Pay equity tax case update

• Term Study Update

Vol. 14 No. 15 Newsletter: October 14 - 25, 2002
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In this issue:

• Federal pension surplus court case continues

• Term employment at CCRA subject of joint study

• Is the Labour College in your future?

• PSAC seeks to amalgamate agreements at NAC

• CEUDA convention highlights demand by Customs Officers for reclassification

• Bargaining Update

  • Museum of Civilization

  • Office of the Auditor General

• National Executive re-elected at UCTE convention

• Executive Officers in Ontario's newest Local begin work immediately

• Revised Meal Rates

Vol. 14 No. 14 Newsletter: September 30 - October 11, 2002
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In this issue:

• PSAC women adopt plans to fight globalization and privatization

• Communication Canada workers choose their Component

• UNDE takes privatization fight to the street

• Jeannette Meunier-McKay, first woman elected President of the CEIU

• Bargaining Update

  • Deer Lodge Centre

  • Greater Fredericton Airport Authority

• Equity gains in revised Travel Directive

• Table 2 Compensation Study Update

• Erratum

Vol. 14 No. 13 Newsletter: September 9 - 27, 2002
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In this issue:

• PSAC renews commitment to fight for public services

• Call centre workers now just minutes from child care

• Union of Northern Workers convention takes action to support Locals

• Coast Guard funding cuts spell tragedy

• Yves Ducharme re-elected Agriculture Union National President

• UVAE convention adopts percentage dues

Vol. 14 No. 12 Newsletter: August 19 - September 6, 2002
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In this issue:

• Joint study says make term employees indeterminate after two years

• Environment Component marks 30 years of union activity at 2002 convention

• Quebec convention delegates debate wide-ranging resolutions

• National Component elects new President, endorses re-structuring

• National Health and Welfare Union pledges to fight budget cut

• Bargaining Update

  • PSAC signs historic first agreement

  • Concilitation continues at Deer Lodge Centre

  • National Gallery unit expands

  • More negociations with Statistical Survey Operations

• Northwestel strike settled

Vol. 14 No. 11 Newsletter: July 29 - August 16, 2002
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In this issue:

• Don't take workers' rights for granted - Labour Day 2002

• Members deliver health care message in person

• PSAC calls for action on contaminated worksites

• PSAC co-hosts international World Congress

• Union loses strong advocate

• UTE Convention approves new initiatives

• Pay equity complaint against Canada Post

• Same-sex marriages - Government should amend the law, not appeal Court decision

• Update on Term Study

• Scholarship deadline August 31

Vol. 14 No. 10 Newsletter: July 8 - July 26, 2002
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In this issue:

• PSAC in the thick of G-8 protests in Calgary and Ottawa
• Deer Lodge members say yes to strike action
• Bargaining Update
  • One year agreement negotiated with Museum of Science and Technology
  • Up against a brick wall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
  • Will the Queen be on airport picket lines this fall?
  • Negotiations continue with Statistical Survey Operations
  • Progress in bargaining with Office of the Auditor General
  • Arbitration next step at Nav Canada
  • PSAC members ratify agreements
• Northern regional convention a success
• Have fun and help your community
• Support striking Northwestel workers

Vol. 14 No. 9 Newsletter: June 17 - July 5, 2002
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In this issue:

• PSAC pay equity complaint at GNWT successfully resolved
• CLC convention promotes rights, activism and solidarity
• Ontario convention passes resolutions to strengthen region
• PSAC plans campaign to save Universal Classification Standard
• USGE President re-elected while in hospital
• Bargaining Update
  • New agreement with Royal Canadian Mint
• Canada Post members have new job evaluation plan

Vol. 14 No. 8 Newsletter: May 27-June 14, 2002
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In this issue:

• PSAC negotiates first agreement with Parks Canada Agency
• Joint Learning Program Up and Running
• Prairie Region members turning discussion into action
• Bargaining Update
  • Deer Lodge Centre
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization
  • Canadian Museum of Science and Technology
  • Statistical Survey Operations
• Collective bargaining hot topic at Atlantic regional convention
• Personal protection decision puts national park wardens in danger
• New PSAC Working Group set to tackle youth issues
• National Unity Conference will tackle equity issues
• New dues for some PSAC members

Vol. 14 No. 7 Newsletter: May 6-24, 2002
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In this issue:

• Access Conference raises disabilities issues to political level
• No Universal Classification Standard means a return to pay inequities
• National Capital Region Council Annual Meeting pledges to fight privatization plans
• Apply for PSAC's National Women's Conference
• Ottawa Commissionaires organizing campaign gets boost
• Employment Opportunity
• Bargaining Update
  • Government of the Northwest Territories
  • International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

Vol. 14 No. 6 Newsletter: April 15 - May 3, 2002
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In this issue:

• NAV Canada members protest contract delays
• PSAC urges Pay Equity Task Force to recommend pro-active legislation
• PSAC and Treasury Board study treatment of term employees
• Dress down to fight Huntington's disease
• Bargaining Update
  • Canada Post Corporation
  • Museum of Science and Technology
  • Office of the Auditor General
  • Parks Canada Agency
• Help stop the Supply Chain project
• B.C. regional convention focuses on privatization and provincial attack on public services
• Revised Meal Rates

Vol. 14 No. 5 Newsletter: March 18 - April 12, 2002
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In this issue:

• PSAC Parks members vote for strike action
• PSAC wins certification decision ending discrimination at Six Nations Schools
• Take charge and make your workplace safer
• Moroccan unionists highlight need for international solidarity
• PSAC signs second agreement with CCRA

Vol. 14 No. 4 Newsletter: February 25 - March 15, 2002
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In this issue:

• National Defence - Firefighter fitness testing is a violation of Human Rights Act
• Secondary picketing is legal
• Stop pulling the wool over our eyes
• Bargaining Update
  • CSIS members ratify their tentative agreement
  • New Collective agreement at the Museum of Nature
  • Agreement ratified at Canada Post
  • SSO Regional Office Interviewers
  • Conciliation postponed at Nav Canada
• Treasury Board members
     - Two days of leave with pay: use them or lose them!
     - Personal Leave
     - Volunteer Leave
• PSAC protects personal leave day at CCRA

Vol. 14 No. 3 Newsletter: February 4 - 22, 2002
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In this issue:

• Strike vote at Parks Canada
• Less accurate weather service
• Time to register for the Access conference
• Callout for PSAC 2002 Unity Conference Organizing Committee
• Bargaining Update
  • Strike at Saint John Airport
  • First collective agreement at Atco Frontec
  • Tentative agreement at CSIS
  • Integration of the educator guides at the National Gallery
  • SSO Field interviewers negotiations to address monetary issues
• The scoop on rumours about more pay equity cheques
• Don't spend your tax money just yet
• Section 99 reference goes to Court
• African Heritage Month
• Student Day of Action at Western Ontario

Vol. 14 No. 2 Newsletter: January 14 - February 1, 2002
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In this issue:

• Canadians say federal government should provide airport security screening
• Breakthroughs in PSAC tentative agreement with CCRA
• New Agreement for Montreal Airports Firefighters
• Tentative agreement at Canada Post
• Hearing over in park wardens sidearm case
• Court upheld fines imposed to scabs

Vol. 14 No. 1 Newsletter: December 10 - January 11, 2002
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In this issue:

• PSAC continues to represent largest unit at Customs and Revenue Agency
• Breakthrough in hours of work finally implemented at CCRA
• Health and Safety Conference in Quebec City in March
• Bargaining Update
  • Strike at Canada Post
  • Collective agreement ratified at the National Capital Commission
  • Dates set for SSO Regional Office Interviewers and Field Interviewers
  • CSIS negotiations to continue
• PSAC and Component dues rates change
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