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New research highlights urgent need to support Correctional Program Officers and strengthen rehabilitation in Canada’s correctional system

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The report, Correctional Program Officers: Wellness, Safety, and the Responsibility of Rehabilitation, is based on interviews with more than 100 CPOs across the country and provides the first comprehensive look at the workplace realities faced by the professionals responsible for delivering rehabilitation programming in federal institutions and in the community.

Union of Safety and Justice Employees gearing up for major campaign to fight cuts to federal public safety personnel 

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On the heels of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget, USJE is preparing for a major campaign to protect the jobs of federal public safety personnel.   This is in light of the announcement earlier this year by the Treasury Board to implement a Comprehensive Expenditure Review. As of Tuesday’s budget, it was confirmed by … Read more

Public Sector Unions Deeply Concerned about Proposed Changes to RCMP’s Mandate and Mission  

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Two federal public service unions who represent RCMP employees, including the Union of Safety and Justice Employees and CUPE 104, are urging Canada’s next federal government to think very carefully about the implications of a recent proposal by outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the RCMP. Trudeau released a white paper earlier this week that contemplates having the RCMP fully withdraw from providing all policing services in provinces and territories where they serve, as well as Indigenous communities.  

Federal Union Joins Community Leaders to Highlight Investment in the Early Childhood Intervention Program in La Ronge

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On Monday, October 16, 2023, representatives of the Union of Safety and Justice Employees will visit the Early Childhood Intervention Program (ECIP) in La Ronge, Saskatchewan – Treaty 6 Territory, Traditional Land of the Woodland Cree and Homeland of the Metis – to see first-hand how their partnership assists children requiring pediatric therapies.

Urgent Changes Sought to Federal Legislation which Excludes Public Safety Personnel from Compensation for Mental Health Injuries

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Today in the House of Commons, Peter Julian, MP for New Westminster-Burnaby (British-Columbia) introduced a Private Member’s Bill in support of the Union of Safety and Justice Employee’s longstanding call to ensure more federal public safety personnel have access to Worker’s Compensation for mental health related injuries.