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On February 4, at the invitation of the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, USJE – National Equity Committee member Joe Brathwaite attended the Government of Canada’s annual Official Celebration of Black History Month Government.
On February 5, 2026, amid the greatest workforce reduction exercise of the last decade and in the middle of collective bargaining, the federal government announced its intention to require all federal public service workers to be in office four days a week beginning July 6, 2026. Over the last several weeks, USJE has been at … Read more
As the federal government commences its Workforce Adjustment process, several federal departments and agencies have notified hundreds of federal public service employees that they are “affected”.
On this bilingual episode of the Union Safety Net, we take a stroll down memory lane to find out how the Joint Learning Program came to fruition and what it has achieved in its 25 years of existence. Let’s find out what the JLP is all about.
For this episode, we are delighted to welcome back Erin Sirett and Darren Pacione, Senior Research Officers at the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the leads on Workforce Adjustment.
On Monday Nov. 10, Member of Parliament William Stevenson joined five members of the USJE Local 30011 Executive to tour Grande Cache Institution. Local USJE representatives shared their serious concerns regarding the upcoming federal budget cuts and how these cuts will affect our USJE members, and consequently Canadian public safety. Among other areas, MP Stevenson … Read more
To cap off USJE’s 2025 Regional Conferences, 16 representatives of USJE Quebec Locals met in Quebec City on Nov. 18 and 19, 2025. Delegates discussed USJE’s major directions and campaigns, they participated in workshops on the Workforce Adjustment Appendix, on USJE’s Triennial Convention, and they explored pay equity issues and key components of the Canada … Read more
USJE RVP Carol Osborne and USJE Local 60001 President Caroline Morais-Gregan attended the PSAC Atlantic Access Summit in Halifax, NS from November 14th – 16th, 2025. There were 20 participants from across the region from PSAC Components and the DCLs.
In this episode of the Union Safety Net, we take an in-depth look at the collective bargaining process between one of Canada’s largest public sector unions, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and the Government of Canada. More specifically, the union members employed by the Federal Treasury Board. We often hear from union members: Why … Read more
The PSAC North Region held a Northern Federal Workers Roundtable in Yellowknife, NWT, from November 13 to 14. This was an opportunity for Northern federal workers (from 7 Components of the PSAC) to meet face-to-face and to have in-depth discussions on working conditions, bargaining objectives, legislative issues and other topics relative to living and working … Read more