Updates
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Tentative agreement on changes to the Public Service Health Care Plan – PSAC
We have come to a tentative agreement with Treasury Board on changes to the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP). Discussions were held under threat by the Government to introduce legislation to make changes to the Plan.
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Front-line cuts by Harper government direct hit on public safety
The Harper government has been on a cost-cutting rampage, also known as Deficit Reduction Action Plan, with his ministers touting the party-line of protecting the taxpayer from the greedy federal public service.
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TBS Performance Management Directive coming to your workplace soon
Treasury Board has implemented a new Performance Management Directive. By April 1, 2014, each employee in the core public administration will have a new Performance Agreement with three to six work objectives drafted for the upcoming year. The Directive has come with much hyperbole and negative insinuations about civil servants’ performance.
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PBC Renewal Initiative
In 2011, the Parole Board of Canada launched its Renewal Initiative. This corporate-wide examination of the PBCs processes and operations had as a goal the recommendation of effective decision-making models and a best-practices organizational structure.
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Budget 2014: Same old, same old
With Jim Flahertys budget 2014, it’s just another case of déjà vu. The Harper government is quite pleased with itself, since it is on track to balance the books next year. And most Canadians appear to like this. Whats not obvious is that this balancing will come on the backs of the public service employees. More cuts, more WFA equals less programs and less services
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Your union at work for your health and safety
Brothers Mike Arseneault, RVP Atlantic and Claude Duchesneau, RVP Quebec, were instrumental in persuading CSC to recognize that employees and inmates working in food services areas need to wear appropriate footwear. Brothers Arsenault and Duchesneau are USGE’s representatives on CSC’s National Policy Health and Safety Committee (NPHSC).
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