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	  <title><![CDATA[Conservative attack on workers continues with ?Private Members' Bill?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.psac-afpc.org/news/2013/releases/20130606-e.shtml</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On June 5th, Conservative MP Blaine Calkins for Wetaskiwin (Alberta) introduced <a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Mode=1&amp;DocId=6206933&amp;Language=E">Bill C-525</a>, an Act to change the certification and revocation sections of the Canada Labour Code, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Parliamentary Employees Staff Relations Act.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[TC members are taking action in their workplaces to demand a fair contract!]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.psac-afpc.org/bargaining/units/treasury_board/tc-e.shtml">TC members</a> from across the country have staged ?Colour Days? where members wear the same colour to signal their support for bargaining and to demand the employer return to the bargaining table.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[National equity conferences:<br />Toronto November 18-22, 2013]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[These conferences are an opportunity for our members to continue the important work of maintaining and improving the militancy and activism of the Union in the struggle to improve the human rights and working conditions of all PSAC members. <a href="http://www.psac-afpc.org/conferences/2013/equity/registration_e.aspx
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[2013 PSAC Scholarship Program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The PSAC Scholarship Program offers the following 17&nbsp;scholarships. The deadline for applications is June&nbsp;28th,&nbsp;2013]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[PSAC members are getting together to defend  jobs, services and our union rights]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The  National Board of Directors of the PSAC has unanimously endorsed a plan to  protect our members against new threats to our Collective Agreement rights.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Montréal-area veterans hospital to shift to provincial  ownership in September]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The venerable Hôpital Ste. Anne in Montréal's West Island will  be open to all starting in September 2013.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Statement  from FB Bargaining Team Concerning PIC Recommendation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday (June 5<sup>th</sup>) we  received the Public Interest Commission (PIC) recommendation  concerning our contract dispute with Treasury Board/CBSA.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Performance Management: Treasury Board must ensure fairness]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, May 28th, Treasury Board President Tony Clement, announced with great fanfare what  he called a new directive on performance management that includes a mandatory  performance assessment for all public sector   workers.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Boycott public service week: We Want a Fair TC Contract Now!]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[National Public Service Week will be held from June 9 to 15, 2013.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[The Public Interest Commission (PIC) has issued its recommendation for the FB group. ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Consistent with the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the PIC recommendation is non-binding.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[No Progress on Contracting Out, Students, or Hours  of Work]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Employer  refuses to agree to protections that have been agreed to by other federal  employers.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Arbitration  Dates Set for SSO Regional Offices Group]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bargaining Team to Make Its Case Before the Public Service Labour Relations Board]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Pay in arrears: they finally come clean]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2012, our members started hearing rumours that Treasury Board was planning to start paying employees ?pay in arrears?. This means that instead of being paid in real time, you would be paid for the two preceding weeks.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[PSAC mourns the loss of Henry Morgentaler]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, we honour the memory of Dr Henry Morgentaler, who dedicated his life to the struggle for reproductive justice]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Mental Health at Work ? We Are All Affected]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that the PowerPoint presentations and handouts from the 2013 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference are now available on the PSAC website. This material will be available until July 31, 2013.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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	  <title><![CDATA[Bargaining teams met in Ottawa April 10 and 11 and again May 22 and 23]]></title>
      <link>http://www.psac-afpc.org/news/2013/bargaining/20130524-e.shtml</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Some progress has been made, and the Union team and CPC have agreed to extend the communications embargo through to a June 10-12 scheduled session of bargaining.]]></description>
	  <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
      
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