It’s been 20 years since the federal government officially recognized Asian Heritage Month, but Asian and Asian-Canadian workers have been contributing their labour – and organizing for workers’ rights – for at least 200 years before that.
National President David Neufeld and Yukon Regional Vice-President Nicole Gibson flew to Whitehorse last week to see firsthand how members are doing during the Covid pandemic and the issues they face working in the North.
The right to strike is fundamental and this May Day, PSAC is renewing the call for federal, provincial and territorial governments to introduce anti-scab legislation to protect the collective bargaining rights and the safety of all workers in Canada.
USJE Local 10030 Secretary Éric Villeneuve and PSAC Quebec Alternate Executive Regional Vice-President Annick Lamoureux spoke to Bloc Québécois MP Chabot about collective bargaining of the PA Group and Annick’s component, UTE, for better pay and working conditions, which is not progressing, in part because the pay rates the Treasury Board and the Canada Revenue Agency are offering are completely unacceptable.
On April 28th, USJE National President David Neufeld had the opportunity to meet Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino about some of USJE’s key priorities.
As a result of repeated concerns arising from federal parole officers based out of Joyceville Institution (near Kingston, ON), USJE convened a special meeting last week between USJE President David Neufeld, CSC Commissioner Anne Kelly, Regional Vice President Bill Bailey, local president Richard Sweetman as well as several federal parole officers working at the federal penitentiary.
In her more than 30 years as a union activist, Lois Greenhalgh never shied away from a challenge or from an opportunity to improve working conditions for members.
Local 40002 President Satinder Bains met with his MP, Michael Kram (Regina-Wascana), last week in Regina to discuss labour issues important to his region and the SV Group, which is currently negotiating their collective agreement.
National President David Neufeld visited several Locals in the Prairies recently to see how USJE members are finding work under the Employer’s “new normal” plans and to learn more about how the union could better support them at the national level.
Here is a dramatic story of how quick thinking and teamwork saved a colleague.