Send us your slogan ideas for National Convention 2026 in Quebec City, Quebec, for a chance to win $200 to spend in the USJE Store and an invitation as an observer to the National Convention with expenses paid by USJE. USJE is looking for a tagline that sums up what USJE and unionism means to our … Read more
USJE Mobilization events took place across Canada on March 27 to protest the budget cuts to public safety.
On March 21, National President David Neufeld and RVP Bill Bailey visited Grand Valley Institution (GVI) as the final site visit during their tour of Ontario CSC institutions.
March 20th – National President David Neufeld and RVP Bill Bailey visited Beavercreek Institution which is located in the Town of Gravenhurst within the Muskoka region of Ontario. This was President Neufeld’s first visit to the institution and came after having received a longstanding invitation from Local President, Jason Provost. Beaver Creek Institution first opened … Read more
March 19th – National President David Neufeld and RVP Bill Bailey visited Collins Bay Institution in Kingston, Ontario to tour the medium-security site, meet with USJE members and connect with the Warden. Collins Bay Institution first opened in 1930 as a medium-security facility under the name “Preferred Class Penitentiary (Ontario)”. On April 1, 2013, Collins … Read more
Howie West, formerly of PSAC, and Erin Sirett, Lead on WFA at PSAC, discuss the Work Force Adjustment Appendix, or WFA, a mechanism enshrined in the collective agreement for many federal public service workers.
Given the importance of this election, USJE has extended an invitation to the leaders of all federal parties in the House to discuss some of the issues that are top of mind for USJE’s membership and Canadians more generally.
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.
On February 5, 2025, USJE Equity Committee member Joe Brathwaite, who is a member of USJE Local 00079, was among invited guests to the official Government of Canada celebration for Black History Month 2025, in Ottawa.
Given the importance of this election, USJE has extended an invitation to the leaders of all federal parties in the House to discuss some of the issues that are top of mind for USJE’s membership and Canadians more generally.