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2 May 2025
On behalf of our SP members, we would like to thank all the candidates for their professional and positive campaigns. Our group relies on the contributions of volunteers to advance the interests of members.
1 March 2025
Voters Kit for the 2025 Election to the SP Group Executive
10 January 2025
Submit your nomination for available union leadership roles before February 21, 2025.
7 January 2025
After a slow start and obstacles related to the scale of the task, the second half of 2024 saw an acceleration in the implementation of the pay equity committee for the Treasury Board.
23 December 2024
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SP Executive Meeting / Rencontre de l’exécutif SP
23 December 2024
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SP Executive Meeting / Rencontre de l’exécutif SP
23 December 2024
MINUTES / COMPTE RENDU
SP Executive Meeting / Rencontre de l’exécutif SP
10 October 2024
Nominate an SP Group Colleague for the Recognition Award Program
10 July 2024
After a dreadfully slow and painstaking start, amplified by the employer underestimating the scope of the challenge of putting together the largest Pay Equity Committee and Pay Equity exercise in Canada, we are happy to report that the Pay Equity Committee is finally starting to make some, albeit
31 May 2024
Applications are due by 5:00pm EST on June 28, 2024.
The PIPSC 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is taking place in person and/or virtual November …
29 April 2024
The SP Executive election committee has verified the results for the 2024 elections.
The following candidates have been elected to our group executive, and will take office at the first executive meeting taking place on June 14th 2024:
● Kevin Jacobs
11 April 2024
The SP Executive continues to be busy in 2024 as we monitor the implementation of the new Collective Agreement, and look forward to the upcoming Federal Election and what that means for our membership.
4 March 2024
Implementation details for the SP Group collective agreement are available, along with more details on several issues surrounding the $2500 signing bonus.
28 February 2024
Voters Kit for the 2024 Election to the SP Group Executiv
31 January 2024
The SP Group collective agreement is now on the PIPSC website. Click to read more details, including confirmed implementation dates.
10 January 2024
Submit your nomination for available union leadership roles by February 12, 2024.
11 December 2023
Treasury Board and PIPSC have signed the collective agreement, and the implementation has begun. More details, including approximate dates, can be found in the full article.
6 November 2023
The Applied Science and Patent Examination Group (SP) Bargaining Team is proud to announce that you have voted in favour of a new collective agreement!
16 October 2023
Your SP Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on September 22, 2023, we reached a tentative agreement with Treasury Board to conclude this round of collective bargaining.
25 September 2023
A tentative agreement has been signed and will be presented to the members once the translation is available. Click through to the full article to see some highlights.
3 August 2023
Your SP Group Bargaining Team met twice with the employer; at the end of June, and again at the beginning of July. During those meetings, the pay proposals were exchanged and negotiated.
26 July 2023
Your SP Group Bargaining Team met twice with the employer at the end of June and beginning of July. A great deal of progress has been made, however there is still work left that needs to be done.
5 July 2023
SP Executive Newsletter # 3
March and April have been very busy months for the SP Group, with meetings for Bargaining, the SP AGM, SP Executive meeting, Lunch & Learns, and a Western Zonal meeting for SP Sub Group Presidents.
8 June 2023
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1 June 2023
Your SP Group Bargaining Team met with the employer from May 16th-18th. Despite some difficulties in getting data from the employer, good progress was made.
29 May 2023
The PIPSC 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is taking place in person and/or virtual November 26 to 29, in Montreal, Quebec. If you’re interested in joining the SP Group delegation, fill out the application form sent by email before 5:00pm EST on June 9, 2023.
11 May 2023
Hello,
You’re invited to enjoy a social event and some appetizers with your colleagues from the Saskatoon Area! This is an excellent chance to network and enjoy an evening out with other SP Group members from around Saskatoon and area.
5 April 2023
While TBS may not be interested in your needs when it comes to your collective agreement, your bargaining team remains committed to getting you a better deal.
If you’ve had five dates, and you aren’t feeling the love, they just aren’t that interested.
14 February 2023
While the environment, both weather and bargaining, is all over the place, your bargaining team is cutting through the chaos, focused on getting you a better deal.
6 January 2023
SP Executive Newsletter #2
Hello SP Group Members! We would like to welcome in the New Year with you, and provide a few highlights of recent activity for our Group.
9 December 2022
The holidays are coming and while your SP Bargaining team isn’t sneaking into your houses through the chimney to give presents, neither are we showing up with lumps of coal.
26 October 2022
Hello!
Welcome to our first newsletter for SP members! We want this to be YOUR newsletter, and we welcome your ideas and suggestions about what you would like to see here! Keep in touch with us at: sp_grp_exec@pipsc.ca
12 October 2022
The SP bargaining team met with the Treasury Board in early October, and so far progress is good.
From October 4 to 6, your bargaining team met face to face with the Treasury Board to continue the process of negotiations.
22 September 2022
Here are the bargaining proposals that were exchanged between the SP Group and Treasury Board.
22 September 2022
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