Updates
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Parole Officers to be consulted on rewrite of policy dealing with work description
As was indicated in a previous web article, included in the current cuts announced as a result of the Conservative Government’s Deficit Reduction Action Plan was an increase in the number of offenders CSC Parole Officers must supervise.
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Parole Board of Canada employees receive affected notices
USGE members at the Parole Board of Canada in Edmonton and Kingston recently received affected notices. Due to lack of work or discontinuance of function at their work units, PBC has announced that USGE members working as AS-03 with the Conditional Release Program will be affected: 12 members in Ontario and 8 members in Alberta.
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149 USGE members at RCMP receiving affected notices
USGE members working for the RCMP have not been spared from the budgetary cuts exercise happening throughout the federal civil service. 149 members have been deemed affected and generic letters to that effect have been sent out.
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CSC’s National Attendance Management Program (NAMP)
In an attempt to rein in spiraling HR costs and perceived abuses of sick leave by employees, CSC introduced a National Attendance Management Program (NAMP). USGE has and continues to object to this national program and has cautioned the employer on its implementation.
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Unions say Canadians have a right to know how public safety is being compromised by federal government cuts
Unions representing workers in Canadian prisons, at the borders, in the federal justice system, and serving veterans say the federal government has some explaining — and listening — to do when it comes to how cuts are putting public safety at risk.
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CSC senior management’s feeble attempts to stonewall and shut out USGE
This flagrant disregard of promises made to maintain transparency and openness with USGE is disturbing, to say the least. CSC senior managers are doing their best to exclude USGE when, in reality, they should be working with us to ensure their staff and our members are treated fairly.
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