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All OCB members are cordially invited by the OCB Executive to join us for a Barbeque.

PIPSC Okanagan Branch 2017 Annual General Meeting and Elections Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Location: Sumac Ridge Golf & Country Club, 17333 Sumac Ridge Drive, Summerland, BC

Notice of Annual General Meeting Ottawa-Metro CS Sub-Group The Annual General Meeting of the Ottawa Metro CS Sub-Group of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) will be held on WHEN: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.

August 2017 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Link to the MP Group Executive list: http://www.pipsc.ca/groups/mp/executive

Fellow Computer Systems members: The PIPSC HRM CS Sub-group will be participating in the Halifax and Dartmouth Labour Day rally, parade and picnic, Monday September 4th. Keeping with tradition, the annual Labour Day Parade celebrates the strength and solidarity of workers.

Your NUREG Bargaining team met with employer on August 8, 2017. Two items were discussed; pay and Scientific Integrity. We have had a productive meeting with CNSC. We hope to have a tentative deal soon. In solidarity your bargaining team.

PIPSC NRC Newsletter July 2017 RO/RCO Group  Research Officers and Research Council Officers Group Executive Members (2017)      President - Susan O’Donnell    - Fredericton

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada submitted a grievance on the 24th of September 2014 regarding the employers’ decision to implement paid parking at CFB Halifax effective September 1, 2014.

Announcement of Elections Following the close of nominations on August 1st 2017, the following members expressed their willingness to serve as representatives on the Retired Members Guild Executive.

For Immediate Release CRA GTA modernisation plan risks harming staff and service, says PIPSC

Fellow Members, I would like to thank everyone who was able to participate during last week’s ratification vote.

Bill C-27 Information Session The PIPSC PEI Branch is holding an information session on government's proposed changes to some government pensions. Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 4:30-6:00pm The Loyalist Country Inn 195 Heather Moyse Drive Summerside, PE

Fellow SP Group members:

Voting on our tentative agreement ended on Friday July 28 at 15:30. The majority of the PIPSC NAV CANADA Group members have voted in favor of accepting the tentative agreement.

Group By-Law 8.13.1 states: One (1) Group Executive position shall be maintained for each region.

BASIC STEWARD TRAINING – ONTARIO REGION October 19 (1 p.m.) 20 & 21, 2017 Location:    The Grand Hotel and Suites 225 Jarvis Street, Toronto Maximum    20 participants

Hello, The PIPSC SP-Tunney’s Pasture Plus sub-group has teamed with the SP-NCR sub-group to offer a member appreciation and networking event…on a boat. Date: Tuesday August 15, 2017 from 7pm to 10 pm.

Members of your Edmonton Executive have committed to volunteering for events in the city of Edmonton.  As well as providing support to worthwhile causes (child, adolescent and family health), it lets those in the community know we are more than just faceless public servants we are participating m

Join members of the Calgary Branch Executive in an activity that demonstrates to the Calgary community that public servants are about much more than their next pay raise and sick day.

NR members have ratified the Tentative Agreement. The next steps, currently underway, will require the employer to calculate the new pay rates and translate the new agreement prior to signing by both parties. This can hopefully be completed by the end of August.

Join PIPSC, the Hon. Andrew Leslie, MP for Orleans, her Hon. Marie-France Lalonde, MPP for Orleans and his Hon. Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa-Centre on Monday, July 31stto support the Ottawa Food Bank.

As reported before, your bargaining team signed a tentative agreement on July 5, 2017 to complete this round of collective bargaining. Electronic voting on the tentative agreement will take place from July 24, 2017 to July 28, 2017 at 3:30 pm (EST).

Hello SP Stewards, Please find below a summary of new changes to our Collective Agreement. Thank you for all your work on the behalf of our members. Elizabeth Ptasznik SP Chief Steward

The Bargaining Team hosted an information session on July 12 at the St. Elias Center in Ottawa and on July 13 at the Delta City Centre in Ottawa. We can’t express enough how pleased we were at the record amount of participation we had.

A group of sixteen AV members from the St. John’s region recently picked a sunny Thursday evening (July 6th to be exact) at Quintana’s Restaurant to launch their own Sub-Group and conduct their inaugural AGM.

To all AU-CO-PG (AV Group) Members: AV Moncton SUB-GROUP 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, ELECTIONS AND LUNCH

Dear member You and your family are invited to a Peter Pan play by Shakespeare by the Sea http://www.shakespearebythesea.ca/ in Point Pleasant Park on August 23rd, at 7:00 pm.

NOTICE OF MEETING We have extended the deadline to Friday September 15, 2017. TO: Stewards in the British Columbia/Yukon Region FROM: Robert K. MacDonald Regional Director DATE: July 12, 2017

Recently, I sent an opinion piece to the Globe and Mail about our members’ ongoing problems with the Phoenix pay system and what I consider to be one of the root causes of the debacle: outsourcing.

Fellow Members, Following the announcement of our tentative agreement we felt it was necessary to provide you with the attached additional information to ensure you can evaluate all the positive gains against the mandatory payout of our severance and reduction to our DIP properly.

The Bargaining Team met on Wednesday July 5, 2017 to consider a Memorandum of Settlement that was offered by the company. Your Bargaining team and Group Executive agreed to unanimously recommend the acceptance of the settlement.

Note: This link will take you to an external website. Please note some employers may restrict access to external websites.

Your Bargaining Team has been waiting for some positive news before giving an update. Our last bargaining session and subsequent update was February 2017.

In the May 24, 2017 communiqué, the AFS Group provided information concerning the settlement reached on May 9, 2017, in regard to the volunteer to personal day grievances.

Topic: Retroactive Pay and Bill C-27 From: Your Union - The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) To: Members of the AV Group (CO, PG & AU Classifications)

Your AFS Negotiation Team requested meeting dates as soon as possible following our last bargaining session held May 9-12.  On July 14th, CRA agreed to another bargaining session on September 19-21.  We look forward to resuming negotiations with the aim to conclude a collective agreement.