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The objective of this advanced Steward course is to help participants better understand the social approach involved in the Steward role and to clearly identify how they can intervene.

Canada 150 Summer Contest We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in our contest and helped make it a success.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - BCFNHA The Call for Nominations is for the following six (6) positions on the BCFNHA Group Executive: 1. President 2. Vice President 3. Secretary 4. Treasurer 5. Member-at-Large 6. Member-at-Large

AFS KELOWNA SUBGROUP (CRA) PIPSC-AFS Ratification Information Session Date:         Wednesday November 1, 2017 Place: Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6Z1 (250) 717-5304

Invitation to Networking and Steward and Executive Appreciation for Gatineau Region All Branch Stewards and Executives Date: Tuesday October 17, 2017 3pm to 6pm Location: Le Mirage Bistro at Place Du Portage IV (158 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau)

Join us!  Fix Phoenix! PIPSC will join in PSAC to rally in downtown Nanaimo at noon on Wednesday, October 18 at 60 Front Street.  A bus will pick up at PBC at 11:30am, returning at 1:10pm.

In accordance with the NR Group Constitution, By-Law 8 Elections, the Group Elections Committee is sending out a Call for Nominations for the following seven (7) positions on the NR Group Executive: 4 in the NCR, 1 in Atlantic, 1 in Quebec, and 1 in BC/Yukon.

Fellow members, With everyone back to work after the summer holidays, the Executive of the Ville-Marie Branch would like to invite you to a happy hour at one of Montreal’s popular hidden bars on Thursday, October 19 at 5 p.m.

During the recent SP Sub-Group Presidents meeting in Québec City, PIPSC was asked to provide you with the formula to calculate your biweekly rate of pay in order to help you determine if you are paid at the right rate.

12 October 2017, Ottawa — Hundreds of public service workers are holding a rally at 12:30 pm today in front of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office to send a clear message to the Liberal government: Enough is enough!

Lunch and Learn: Understanding Your Collective Agreement Learn about the recent changes to the SP Collective Agreement Free Lunch

Notice of the Annual General Meeting & Election of Officers St. John’s SP Sub-Group Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Time: 7:00 pm

11 October 2017, Ottawa — Public service workers will be holding a rally in front of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office on October 12 to tell the Liberal government that: Enough is enough! Fix Phoenix now and pay damages to workers!

Annual General Meeting (AGM) Date: Wednesday November 1, 2017 Place: Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6Z1 (250) 717-5304

Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Chapter ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) November 3, 2017 – Limited Seating! RSVP ASAP!

2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Kingston DND-CS SubGroup Nov 9th, 2017 5:30 p.m. @

October 10, 2017 is World Mental Health Day. The Institute is pleased to announce that the Mental Health Resource Guide is now available!

  Dear member: You and your family are invited to a family “Cowpoke” adventure at Hatfield Farm on Saturday, November 4th, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. The Halifax Branch will cover the cost for members and their families.

ESSEX-KENT BRANCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING When: Wednesday October 25th, 2017 Time: 6:00 pm Where: Mamma Maria's Ristorante 231 King St. West Chatham, Ontario (Private Room)

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017 The Retired Members Guild cordially invites you to attend the Annual General Meeting which will be held: Thursday, November 16 , 2017, at 2:00 pm Hilton Lac Leamy Gatineau, QC,

Radio-Canada and the CBC have reported this week that Phoenix was “doomed from the start.” The reason? The business case prepared in 2009 under the previous government “lacked proper risk analysis and was politically motivated.” In the words of former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page, “You look at this business case, you can drive trucks through some of the holes under the risk analysis.”

The Institute joins its fellow National Joint Council (NJC) bargaining agents in calling for more and better consultation on the Treasury Board Policy Suite Reset, an initiative introduced in 2014 “to streamline and clarify Treasury Board policy instruments while shifting public service culture towards a focus on better service and results.”

INVITATION Members of Quebec Branch of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PISPC)

Your 8th Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 8th 2017 beginning at 5:30 PM

You and a guest are invited to our annual Gourmet Buffet Dinner and short AGM and the opportunity for networking with other Government of Canada professionals in Saskatoon.

We invite all Engineers, Architects and Surveyors of the Québec City Branch of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada to the Second Annual General Meeting of the Québec City NR Sub-Group.

The working conditions of all workers in North america could be improved. The North American Free Trade Agreement could help establish fair and secure living conditions.

OSB  Event - Skating at the Canadian Tire Centre, Palladium Drive, Kanata

You are invited to attend the Townhall on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 in rooms LPR, where AFS President Doug Mason and Toronto Regional Representative Al Ravjiani of the AFS Group will explain the tentative collective agreement reached with the employer.

The Institute’s submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance regarding the 2018-19 Pre-Budget Consultation is now available online.

As we wrote last week, our RO/RCO bargaining team will be meeting to negotiate with NRC management for a new collective agreement on October 11 and 12. At this meeting we will be negotiating the non-financial items on our list of demands (such as conference attendence and a number of other items our members asked us to include in the new collective agreement).

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS As per CFIA-VM By-Laws, the following positions on the CFIA-VM Executive need to be filled:

In light of the Phoenix fiasco and as part of a commitment made to bargaining agents to make it easier for their members to obtain information about their pay, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSCPC) has just released its Pay Bulletin for September.

A total of 3 nominations were received by the September 20 deadline for the 4 available positions including 1 nomination for the Vice-President position. As a result all nominees are acclaimed and there is 1 vacant position.

OSB Team-building Event: Lazer Tag Evening – Thursday November 2, 2017. Introduction Calling all Millennials…and all “millenials at heart”! The Ottawa South Branch of PIPSC invites you to for a fun, physical, team building evening of Lazer Tag at Lazer Quest.

The Institute has just filed two new policy grievances on Phoenix-related issues, accusing the Treasury Board of failing to implement the terms of the AV and SP Group collective agreements within the specified timeframe (120 and 90 days respectively).