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Notice to all PIPSC Stewards at Library and Archives Canada Selection of President of the Library and Archives Canada National Consultation Team

Support to members adversely affected by Phoenix and to the Employer to Nix Phoenix!

Your collective agreement expires on December 21st, 2018. You are invited to provide your input into the negotiations of your next agreement through this bargaining survey.

The executive of the Statistics Canada Branch of PIPSC is organizing a traditional Sugar Shack Brunch for you to meet your fellow PIPSC colleagues and their immediate families. This is a great opportunity to chat with your Branch executive, discuss any union issues, or just to spend time with your colleagues and reap the benefits of being part of the PIPSC Branch at Statistics Canada.

The next Quebec Regional Council meeting, set to take place on May 4 and 5, 2018 at the Chéribourg Hotel, located at 2603, Chemin du Parc, Orford, Qc., J1X 8C8, will be our fourth “paperless” meeting.

Your Bargaining Team continues to work with the Employer on implementing the new Collective Agreement and will continue to keep the members informed of any developments as they occur.

Selection of President of the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario National Consultation Team

Selection of President of the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada National Consultation Team

NOTICE AND CALL FOR DELEGATES OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND LAND SURVEY (NR) GROUP 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Your BCFNHA Bargaining was at the bargaining table last week and is pleased to announce that we have finalized bargaining and reached a tentative agreement with the employer to renew your Collective Agreement. Your bargaining team unanimously recommends the adoption of the tentative agreement.

The Trudeau government has made progress in its efforts to reverse the impacts of muzzling under the previous government, says a new survey report released by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC). But, says the union that represents over 16,000 federal scientists, engineers and researchers, much more work needs to be done.

A survey report on federal government efforts to reverse the effects of The Big Chill “I will expect you to work with your colleagues ... to deliver on your top priorities:

RESEARCH (RE) GROUP INVITATION February 2018 RE Group Annual General Meeting Notice and Call for Delegates

Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Location: The St. Elias Centre, 750 Ridgewood Ave, Ottawa, Ontario

On February 6, PIPSC contributed to the Canadian Labour Congress lobby day on Parliament Hill.

Last week I was invited to meet with the Cabinet level working group on the Phoenix pay system to discuss potential solutions. I last met with the Cabinet committee in June 2017 and since then we have sadly seen little to no progress – in fact the problems continue to mount.

The Elections Committee is requesting nominations for these positions.

CALL FOR INTEREST Dear Montérégie Members,

Saskatoon Branch Barbeque, Beer & Learn March 1, 2018: German Cultural Centre Dear PIPSC Saskatoon Branch member,

Movie Night Greenwood and Kentville Branches and Annapolis Valley CS Sub-Group

As the second anniversary of the launch of the Phoenix pay system approaches, 17 unions representing over 225,000 federal public service workers have sent a joint letter of demands to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

PIPSC SP Montreal Sub-Group Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Notice of meeting When? Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 6 PM. Where? La Trattoria restaurant

Dear RO/RCO colleagues, Since we wrote to you in December after our last negotiations with NRC management, your RO/RCO group bargaining team has been busy preparing for the next bargaining sessions scheduled for February 20-22, 2018 at the PIPSC office in Ottawa.

As we communicated in our last update, the employer’s ratification process has become more complicated with the previous government’s introduction of Bill C-45. We’d like to explain the employer’s new ratification process in more detail so that everyone understands this long and frustrating process.

FREDERICTON/OROMOCTO SP SUB-GROUP 2018 Annual General Meeting DATE: Tuesday Feb 27th, 2018 WHERE: The Fedora Room-The Kingswood Lodge

The parties met again in Beausejour, MB on January 30, 31 and February 1, 6, 7 & 8, 2018. Additional dates are being scheduled for March or April.

Notice to all PIPSC Stewards at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Selection of President of the PIPSC CBSA National Consultation Team

Invitation & Call for nominations for election Gatineau Branch 2018 AGM PIPSC - GATINEAU BRANCH - 2018 AGM

Hello AU-CO-PG members in Gatineau subgroup, Our 2018 communication campaign is to get you information through various self-service sources. Some facts first: Gatineau Subgroup has a current membership of 2,063 members, up from 1,944 in 2017.

Notice to all PIPSC Stewards at National Defence Selection of President of the National Defence National Consultation Team

PIPSC Coffee Klatch Thursday February 22, 2018 from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. 2nd Floor Cafeteria, 451 Talbot St. Come out and have a coffee, tea and munchies courtesy of your London PIPSC AFS Subgroup.

On February 7, 2018, PIPSC Vice-President Stéphane Aubry and Special Advisor to the President Emily Watkins testified before the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance about the Phoenix pay system’s impact on Institute members.

On February 6, 2018 PIPSC President Debi Daviau led a dozen-strong Institute delegation to Ottawa’s Parliament Hill as part of the Canadian Labour Congress’ (CLC) annual Lobby Day.

Report: A total of three (3) completed nomination forms were received by Brigitte Jolin of PIPSC by the submission deadline, December 7, 2017 @ 3pm. Each form was independently validated in accordance with our current bylaws. Therefore, these three candidates stood for election.

Further to the Call for Nominations published on January 30, 2018 on the SP website please see the following updates and corrections below.

PIPSC is selecting a President of Consultation for the RCMP National Consultation Team (NCT).