Update: USJE’s Public Safety Awards
With the disruptions to the 2025 Parliamentary calendar due to prorogation and an upcoming federal election, USJE has opted to postpone our annual Public Safety Awards until 2026.
Updates
Parole Officers need to think twice before agreeing to supervise Field Placement Students
As workload continues to grow, resources and support to our members is dwindling. Recently, in response to increasing work demands and unreasonable requirements for in-office presence, Parole Officers in Quebec united to put an end to the voluntary supervision of field placement students. Despite failing to address the root cause of the Parole Officers’ concerns, …
Union Safety Net Episode 12 – Border control and security
Following Donald Trump’s accusations about the flow of migrants and fentanyl from Canada into the United States, the government of Canada announced a multitude of changes to border control and security costed at approximately $1.3 billion dollars.
Hybrid Work rally ahead of Holidays for USJE members
On December 5, members of USJE joined a rally organized by the PSAC Ottawa Area Council, to denounce the Treasury Board’s Return to Office Mandate.
Year-end message from the National President
In his annual year-end address, National President David Neufeld shares his appreciation for USJE’s 19,000 members, provides a recap on the work from 2024, and a glimpse at what we’ll be working on in 2025.
USJE tours three CSC sites in New Brunswick
On December 2-3, National President David Neufeld and Regional Vice-President Laurie Ann Wesselby (CSC Atlantic) visited three CSC sites in the Atlantic Region.
Union Safety Net Episode 11 – Listen now!
This past November, several Starbucks locations in Ontario unionized with the United Steelworkers. On this episode, we chat with Jaymi, a Starbucks employee who has been involved in this organizing drive.
USJE withdraws from Multi-Union Meeting with the Correctional Service of Canada
As a result of CSC’s unwillingness to facilitate in-person participation for USJE representatives and as concerns around the treatment by CSC of USJE and its members have grown over the last several months, USJE decided it would not participate in this year’s Multi-Union Meeting.
RVP Osborne and Local President JR Legault visit Barrie Parole Office
November 21, 2024 – RVP Carol Osborne and Local President JR Legault visited the Barrie Parole Office for the annual visit of Local 00079. RVP Osborne reported on her consultations with the recent change in CSC’s direction on Presence in the Workplace. RVP Osborne advised that she has been assured by the Region that there …
President Neufeld, RVP Blanchette and the Communications team meet with RCMP members at C Division in Westmount
Novembre 19 – National President David Neufeld, accompanied by RVP Annie Blanchette, the Communications team and a representative of the Local, Maryse Louhis, had an opportunity to visit several sectors of the RCMP headquarters in Westmount. The visit, organized in cooperation with the head of C Division’s Labour Relations team, Erika Lacasse-Courchesne, allowed USJE representatives …