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Message of support from the University of Ottawa Support Staff Good morning all,

Ottawa – September 8, 2017 Monsieur Elvio Buono Associate Vice-President, Human Resources Human Resources, Tabaret Hall 550 Cumberland Street, Room 019 Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5

Announcement of RMG Election Results These are the results of the RMG election that closed on September 6, 2017. The term of office for each of these members elected to the RMG Executive shall be three (3) years.

PIPSC Calgary Branch Come out and get to know your fellow members at our When: 1 to 3 pm, Sunday, September 17, 2017 (please show up 15 minutes early to get your shoes)

To all Members of the Statistics Canada Branch of PIPSC Come out and join your PIPSC colleagues for a BBQ lunch! When: Thursday, September 21, 2017 from 11:30AM until 1:00PM (rain date - September 26). Where: On the middle median of Tunney’s Pasture Driveway.

RMG NCR CHAPTER NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and 2017 ELECTIONS The AGM of the NCR Chapter of the Retired Members Guild and the NCR Chapter Elections will be held on:

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

2017 – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF BRANCH OF ABITIBI-TEMISCAMINGUE PLACE :  SALLE ALPIN QUALITY INN  258, BOULEVARD RIDEAU   ROUYN-NORANDA  QC DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2017 AT 07H00 PM

Elections will be held for the following positions on the AFS-HQ Sub-Group Executive: Position Term Number of Positions

DATE: Thursday October 26, 2017 TIME: 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. LOCATION: Prinzo’s 85 O’Connor Street Street Ottawa, Ontario AGENDA 1. Roll Call (Members of the Sub-Group Executive)

The Haut-Richelieu branch will hold its first annual general meeting (AGM) Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 18:30 Resto chez Pedro, 82 Rte 104, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Iberville Sector), J2X 1H1, Tel: 450-346-7976

The NFB group’s bargaining team met with the Employer on June 20, 2016, and with the team responsible for the WFA on October 31, 2016. Peter Kallianiotis joined the management team. Unfortunately, we then lost our negotiator, and it took some time to replace her.

To: PIPSC members at the Environment Canada-Downsview building (ECCC and SSC employees ) and the Toronto office of the CEAA Luncheon and Annual General Meeting-2017 Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017

TORONTO CENTRE AUDIT, FINANCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC (AFS) GROUP NEWS Summer 2017 In this edition … We have information about the GTA Modernization, the CRA wage gap and the Labour Day Parade. Ask us …

Don’t just take our word for it. Ask the experts who just published the International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index 2017. Canada’s public servants are number one!

The triennial Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) has been released and government employees have until September 29, 2017 to complete the questionnaire.

PIPSC Victoria Branch – 2017 Annual General Meeting and Elections Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017 Location: Gorge Vale Golf Club, 1005 Craigflower Road, Victoria, BC Meetings and Elections: 5:00pm - Welcome, Speeches, Elections

Invitation to Networking BBQ 2017 for AV Gatineau Subgroup members Agenda for Discussion: 1) Updates on the PIPSC AV Group recent retro-payments

Agenda 2017 REGIONAL STEWARD COUNCIL Friday, September 15, 2017 11:00 am Stewards’ arrival LUNCH 1:15 pm Opening remarks - Yvon Brodeur

Fellow members in the CS, RE, SH and SP Groups, Your respective collective agreements currently stipulate that compensatory leave earned during the previous fiscal year and outstanding on September 30, 2017 is to be automatically cashed-out.

For Immediate Release Labour Day 2017: Labouring to Fix Phoenix

PIPSC members are invited to participate in the following Canadian Labour Congress Labour Day events: Atlantic Region:

This is your invitation to attend the Annual Vancouver CS Subgroup AGM (Annual General Meeting) on 6th October, 2017. Please read the following invite carefully and to register here:

PIPSC London Branch and AFS Subgroup present: Everything You Wanted to Know about Performance Management Reviews but were afraid to ask

Result of the Strike Vote A Strike vote was held between August 24 and 28, 2017. A substantial percentage of the bargaining unit members voted in favour of providing your Bargaining Team with a strong strike mandate. A number of fun events are being planned for the next two weeks.

Please accept this invitation to another Better Together/ PIPSC Pitches In event. The Regina and District Labour Committee is holding the annual family friendly Labour Day Picnic

The AV group President and the AV BC/Yukon regional representative will be in town on October 18 and will be conducting an information session on important issues affecting the Public Service, particularly as they relate to the AV Group New collective agreement and to discuss the possibility of f

I sincerely hope this report finds you and your families having a great summer. Soon we will be back to school and back to work! This update will focus on our recent Regional Council held this past June, and provide some information on upcoming events in the region.

Fellow YHC members, The majority of the YHC members who voted have ratified the Tentative Agreement. We will be moving forward to sign the agreement as soon as can be arranged.

Fellow members, Earlier this year, I had the privilege of attending, along with some thirty PIPSC delegates, the 28th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), in Toronto.

We are pleased to invite you to the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the new 401 Burrard Street SP Sub-group! An important part of this AGM will be voting in an executive team.

Moncton Branch AGM Notice of Meeting Date:  Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Time: 6:30 pm Place: Curling Beausejour Club Inc 80 Lockhart Av, Moncton, NB E1C 3B8

Come join the fun by celebrating the launch of Capital Pride Week on August 20, 2017 at Hintonburg Park, Ottawa, for the Ten Oaks Project LGBTQ+ Family picnic from 2 PM to 5 PM. Bring your friends and families (and maybe a blanket or two!) and celebrate with the community!

Labour Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the union movement, specifically the eight hour work day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.

Moncton CS Sub Group AGM (Held in conjunction with the Moncton Branch AGM) Date: September 19, 2017 Time: 17:30 Location: Wedgewood Hall,   80 Lockhart Ave, Moncton

We are happy to announce that our new collective agreement is posted here.  Most changes took effect on the date of signing, 1 June 2017.  The changes to Article 22 Registration Fees, as well as to Articl