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Bargaining climate difficult in face of cuts

May 14, 2012 •

Bargaining continues to be difficult for the Technical Services (TC), Border Services (FB), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Parks Canada units of the federal government. The climate has worsened considerably since the federal budget, which slashes the size of the public service. Parks and CFIA in particular have been heavily targeted for job reductions.

Message from the REVP: Federal Cuts & Work Force Adjustment

Apr 13, 2012 •

** To: PSAC Locals and Activists in BC - please forward widely **

I know that this week has been a difficult one for many PSAC members as many of us, and perhaps yourself included, received Work Force Adjustment affected letters. I want to let you know that PSAC is continuing our fight back campaign against these cuts.

First wave of federal budget cuts hits British Columbia - workers in 23 departments affected

Apr 11, 2012 •

VANCOUVER, April 11, 2012 /CNW/ - The Public Service Alliance of Canada, the largest federal public sector union in the country, says that over 5,000 federal public service workers in 23 Government Departments received notices today saying they could lose their jobs.

PSAC BC/BC Federation of Labour Response to budget

Mar 30, 2012 •

In conjunction with the Canadian Labour Congress and the BC Federation of Labour, PSAC BC held a budget watch and press conference on March 29th.

REVP Bob Jackson and BC Fed President Jim Sinclair comment on the federal budget in the two clips below ...

Wrong Choices, Wrong Time

This is a budget for Bay Street

Austerity budget will shrink economy, cost tens of thousands of jobs and put the environment and health and safety at risk

Mar 30, 2012 •

After months of mixed messages and secrecy, today’s federal budget confirms that this government’s austerity agenda will leave Canadians without services they need, put tens of thousands out of work, put the environment and health and safety at risk and shrink the economy.

Economists estimate this budget will cost tens of thousands of public and private sector jobs but provides very little information on where and how cuts will be implemented.

Federal Budget Day is March 29th

Mar 27, 2012 •

In conjunction with the Canadian Labour Congress, PSAC BC will be holding a budget watch and press conference in Vancouver. All members in Vancouver are invited to join us, if they are able.

What: A coordinated PSAC, Labour, and Community response to the budget.

PSAC fights layoffs and defends right to severance

Mar 14, 2012 •

PSAC President John Gordon was on CBC's Power and Politics last night, defending public sector workers' right to decent severance pay if they are laid off. He also emphasized the fact that the Workforce Adjustment Appendix is primarily designed to help government workers find other employment in the public service.

PSAC returns to the bargaining table with CFIA

Mar 14, 2012 •

PSAC resumed negotiations with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Mar. 13. Union members and supporters are wearing black in the workplace, to protest against impending cuts to food inspection, the employer's lack of respect for administrative staff and the CFIA's unwillingness to bargain for a fair contract.

Union members at the CFIA are encouraging supporters to send an email to the Agency's president George DaPont at George [dot] DaPont [at] inspection [dot] gc [dot] ca. Tell him to support food safety and negotiate a fair contract with PSAC members at the CFIA.

Standing Together For Public Services - Photos

Mar 7, 2012 •

On Thursday March 1st the Public Service Alliance of Canada organized a Day of Action to highlight the damage the Conservative austerity budget – scheduled for March 29th – will have on Canadian families and communities.

Food Inspectors Union Warns Consumers That Federal Budget Cuts May Reduce Canadian Food Inspection Agency examination of Imports to Below 2%; May Cut Other Food Safety Inspection As Well

Feb 28, 2012 •

Food Safety Staffing Could Drop to Pre-Maple Leaf Foods Listeriosis Crisis Level

VANCOUVER, - The union representing federal food safety inspectors is warning consumers that significant cuts to the public service expected in next month's budget may reduce the inspection of imported foods to less than two per cent of all products examined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Standing together for our public services - National Day of Action Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Feb 16, 2012 •

As part of the fight-back activities that we all committed to at the President’s Conference in 2011 we are asking PSAC members in BC to in a National Day of Action Thursday, March 1st at lunchtime.

Federal spending cuts will cost more than 60,000 jobs: study

Jan 23, 2012 •

Federal cutbacks announced in the 2010 and 2011 budgets will result in more than 60,000 job losses, says a study released today by the CCPA.

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