Health Services (SH) Group

Following the close of nominations on March 12, 2021, the following members expressed their willingness to serve as representatives on the SH Group Executive. The term of office for the members elected to the SH Group Executive shall be three years.  

The 21st Annual General Meeting of the Health Services Group (SH) will be held on Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(EDT) via Zoom. As per By-law 8.1.4 Attendance: All members of the Group are entitled to attend and speak at Annual General Meetings.

Submit your nomination for available union leadership roles by 5:00 PM on March 12, 2021

The next automatic cash-out date of excess hours will be, in most cases, on March 31, 2022, or on the date stipulated in your collective agreement for that year.

PIPSC members remember Deborah Lynn Whitney-Hambleton for her exceptional contributions.

Following the close of nominations on February 16, 2020, the following members expressed their willingness to serve as representatives on the SH Group Executive. The term of office for the members elected to the SH Group Executive shall be three years.

                         2020 SH GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - Notice and Call for Delegates   DATE:  February 24, 2020 TO: All SH Group Members

SH GROUP CALL FOR NOMINATIONS   SH Group Executive list: https://pipscprd.ca/groups/sh/executive January 2020

SH GROUP CALL FOR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION: STUDY ON COMPENSATION COMPARABILITY AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS- SW, PS, NP November 2019 

The new pay rates for the SH group are posted on your workplace intranet (https://intranet.canada.ca/ppb-rpa/cah-pscc/sh-eng.asp)

  The SH Bargaining team is pleased to announce that our new SH Collective Agreement has been signed. The Agreement took effect on August 30, 2019 and applies from September, 2018 to October, 2022.

We are pleased to announce that our SH members have voted to accept the May 30, 2019 tentative agreement to renew our collective bargaining agreement for the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2022 period.

To all SH members, Your SH Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on May 30th, 2019 we signed a tentative agreement to complete this round of collective bargaining. The Bargaining Team would like to thank all members for their support.

After several long days of meetings the SH Bargaining Team and the Treasury Board have signed a Tentative Agreement. The agreement includes language to help address some group-specific monetary and non-monetary concerns. In addition the agreement contains the language agreed upon at the PIPSC Central Table which will apply to all members.

SH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FARIMONT WINNIPEG- JUNE 1ST, 2019 VIRTUAL BINDER

SH Group Bargaining Communique #12 - April 2019 Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met with the Treasury Board Negotiation Team April 24 and 25/2019.

SH National Group Elections 2019 Nursing CSC (1 position) Colleen Leinenweber: ELECTED Ian Shaw

SH Group Bargaining Communique #11 - March 2019 Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met in Ottawa March 13 and 14, 2019.  The team finalized language for all areas designated by placeholders at the initial exchange of proposals (

Following the close of nominations on February 20, 2019 the following members expressed their willingness to serve as representatives on the SH Group Executive. The term of office for the members elected to the SH Group Executive shall be three years.

The 20th Annual General Meeting of the Health Services Group (SH) will be held on Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg.

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met with the Treasury Board February 19 to 21/2019. Agreement was reached on language for several previously tabled non-monetary proposals and both sides withdrew some proposals as negotiations progressed.

On February 6, 2019, PIPSC President Debi Daviau and Steward Éric Massey, Nurse at the Archambault Institution in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights to discuss the issues faced by our members at correctional institutions across Canada, in particular those of our health care services members (SH Group).

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group, as well as occupational representatives from other SH professions, met January 18 and 19/2019 to finalize profession specific pay proposals.

The SH Group Executive represents the interests of all Federal Government Health Service Professionals. This year, in accordance with the SH by-laws, four positions on the SH group executive shall be elected:

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met with the Employer November 20 through November 22/2018.  

The following links are the bargaining proposals that were exchanged between the SH Group and Treasury Board

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met with the employer October 30 and 31, 2018 for the beginning of collective agreement negotiations.

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met October 2 and 3, 2018 for preparatory meetings to finalize proposal language.

The SH Group Bargaining Team met August 28 to August 30, 2018 for preparatory meetings for the upcoming round of bargaining.

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met July 17 to July 19, 2018 for preparatory meetings for the upcoming round of bargaining.

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met with the SH Subgroup Presidents in Ottawa May 7, 2018. The members of the Bargaining Team then met May 8 and May 9, 2018 for preparatory meetings for the upcoming round of bargaining.

The SH Executive welcomes Lynn Huff MD and James McGrath ND, as the successful candidates of the SH Election.

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met in Ottawa April 11 to April 13, 2018, for preparatory meetings for the upcoming round of bargaining. The Bargaining Survey will be distributed to the SH membership on April 19, 2018, and must be completed by May 3, 2018.

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met in Ottawa March 12-15, 2018 for preparatory meetings for the upcoming round of bargaining. The Bargaining Team formulated a bargaining survey that will be distributed to the SH members in mid-April to help to identify the issues and priorities of the membership for the upcoming round of bargaining.

Attention SH voting members: Please be advised that Deborah Danoff MD, has withdrawn her candidacy for position of MD on SH Election, resulting in Lynn Huff being acclaimed to the position. Regards, Election committee

Following the close of nominations on February 27, 2018 the following members expressed their willingness to serve as representatives on the SH Group Executive. The term of office for the members elected to the SH Group Executive shall be three years.