Today, the Canada-wide Union of Safety and Justice Employees released a new report on Canadian parole officers entitled, The Mental Health and Well-Being of Canadian Federal Parole Officers: A Qualitative Investigation.
The Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE) — which represents over 17,000 federal public safety employees, including several thousand that work for the RCMP throughout the country — has launched a campaign in Alberta to oppose the provincial government’s potential plans to sever ties with the RCMP in favour of a proposed provincial police force.
March 7 2022: In a virtual press conference earlier this morning, leading public safety academic Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli released findings from her report: ‘The Mental Health and Well-being of Detachment Services Assistants in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: A Qualitative Investigation.’ The report highlights the need for some crucial workplace improvements for hundreds of the … Read more
OTTAWA, ON – The Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE) will be convening a virtual press conference on Monday, March 7, 2022 at 10 am Eastern time to release a report by leading public safety academic Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli and colleagues entitled ‘The Mental Health and Well-being of Detachment Services Assistants in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: … Read more
MONTREAL, QC – Members of the Union of Security and Justice Employees (USJE) will be distributing a leaflet to the membership this Thursday, from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., to address the lack of concrete direction from the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) to protect the health and safety of employees with respect to COVID-19. Patrick Ménard, … 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
Frontline rehabilitative staff must help shape protocols if early releases from federal penitentiaries is to happen safely. The Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE) is insisting that its key representatives have significant and ongoing input into any protocols if offenders are to be released safely. This follows the appeal by The Hon. Bill Blair, … Read more
OTTAWA (May 16, 2019) – A national survey of Canadian parole officers conducted by the Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE), a federal public service organization, says Canada’s correctional system is stressed and nearing a breaking point – with a majority of respondents asserting their working conditions often prevent them from properly assessing, supervising and preparing offenders … Read more
New Report Calls for Federal Measures to Protect Safety and Justice Workers Affected by Exposure to Traumatic Material Stan Stapleton – National President USGE OTTAWA, ON (Tues, June 20, 2017) –– A report released today by the Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE) calls for federal measures to protect and recognize public safety and justice workers it says … Read more
Shortly after PSAC National President Robyn Benson sent a letter to Minister Scott Brison, President of Treasury Board, asking about fair treatment of RCMP civilian members, we received Treasury Board’s written commitment to provide pay-matched civilian members with the pay increases recently negotiated by their comparators in the core public administration.