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USJE members at five federal institutions across Canada participated in separate information pickets this month to demand that the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) provide safe working conditions in their kitchens.
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Earlier today, Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli and I had the opportunity to share key insights into Canada’s first ever exploration of occupational stress injuries among Detachment Services Assistants (DSAs) working for the RCMP.
Between March 1st and 4th, 2022, USJE’s National Executive met in Ottawa to move USJE’s agenda forward. During this meeting all public health guidelines were followed, with two members participating virtually. Throughout these meetings, the USJE National Executive discussed and debated a number of key issues, such as: USJE’s first ever Equity Conference – During … Read more
The Union of Safety and Justice Employees, which represents federal Correctional employees, including Parole Officers, is calling on the Correctional Service of Canada to immediately reinstate the Community Correctional Liaison Officer program, or police liaison program. This call follows incidents of increased gang violence this past spring which have seen a provincial Correctional Officer killed … Read more
Congratulations to the USJE’s BC Region for their strong representation of USJE at the 8th PSAC BC Regional Convention, May 6-9, 2021. USJE is pleased to announce that our members were elected to five positions on the BC Regional Council of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). Kirsty Havard, USJE Regional Vice President (RVP) … Read more
At the PSAC National Bargaining Conference last week, five USJE delegates were elected to the bargaining teams. Leann Wheeler and JR Legault (who was originally elected as an alternate but subsequently appointed) were elected to the PA table. Satinder Bains and Réal Tessier earned seats at the SV table, and Alain Desroches was elected to … Read more
After months of waiting, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has rejected our request to review the taxability of Phoenix damages. This is directly due to Treasury Board’s refusal to provide CRA with a joint statement of facts which corrects CRA’s understanding of the purpose of our damages settlement agreement. In an April 27 letter from the … Read more
USJE National President Stan Stapleton and National Vice-President David Neufeld, have been in regular communication with Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) Commissioner Anne Kelly, and federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair’s office, regarding Ms. Kelly’s direction to Parole Officers to complete Administrative Reviews for certain Schedule I offenders. Yesterday, Commissioner Kelly granted the extension that … Read more
Dear Commissioner Kelly, We have had the opportunity to review the updates to the Commissioner’s Memo in regards to the implementation of some of the BOI recommendations. Unfortunately, we do not believe that the revisions to your most recent Memo dated March 5, 2021 properly address some of the significant issues USJE has repeatedly flagged … Read more