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The Executive of Health Canada NCR Branch presents The Holland Cross IMGs Town Hall, July 31, 2017 – 10 am – 11:00 am

Your Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement with the Sunnybrook Mechanical and Electronic Technologists (SUN-MET) to renew the Group's Collective Agreement.

You are invited to join members of the Atlantic Regional Executive and St. Andrews Branch Executive for a “Meet and Greet” in The Carleton Rotunda at The Algonquin Resort.

While the current government has been right to criticize the last one for laying off hundreds of compensation staff before it rolled out Phoenix, it’s the decisions around outsourcing such projects in the first place that demand a rethink.

On June 1, the RE Group Collective Agreement was signed. We are going to see the first effects on our pay on July 12. The pay of most RE members will be adjusted based on the new hourly rate. There will also be a partial or full retroactive payment.

This is a special edition of “PIPSC @ IRCC” as I move on to new challenges within the federal government, and others take over the responsibilities of PIPSC Consultations at IRCC... and President of the IRCC NCR Branch. We've come a long way together!

I am pleased to report that our initiative to recruit and train CSs to work on Phoenix is making good progress.  I made a strong case for building the government’s in-house capacity at my recent meeting with the Cabinet Committee of Ministers tasked with fixing the beleaguered Phoenix pay system.

It’s time to give us your input for your contract! You collective agreement has expired, and now it is time to re-negotiate with the employer for better wages and working conditions.  The BCFNHA bargaining team will be holding 2 conference calls in order to obtain your input on w

The Shared Services Canada (SSC) Consultation Team is looking for stewards to volunteer to represent the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) in consultation meetings with Shared Service Canada.

Notice of AGM Annual General Meeting and Elections – Thursday Sept 21, 2017 TIME: 4:30 PM Registration and Meet and Greet 5:00 p.m. Dinner and Dessert 5:45 p.m. Meeting & Elections

The results are in - the Tentative Agreement reached between the PIPSC - NEB Group bargaining team and the Employer was ratified by the membership. Over 240 members participated in the vote, with a result of 97.9% in favour.

Since the Institute was informed about the Canada Revenue Agency’s Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Service Modernization initiative at the end of June, I have written to the Hon. Diane Lebouthiller, Minister of National Revenue, and Bob Hamilton, Commissioner of Revenue, to express our serious concerns about the negative impact this plan will have on some 1,000 PIPSC members and their families, and to call for a halt to the implementation of the CRA GTA Service Modernization Plan

This information is currently under review and will be updated in the near future.

SP-NCR Members’ Canada 150 Networking Event – Ottawa River Boat Cruise 2017 Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Time: 7:00 – 10:00 pm

It is with a profound sense of sorrow and regret that the Institute informs you of the passing of our friend and colleague, Michael Seiden.

On June 1, 2017, your YHC Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement with the employer for the renewal of the Collective Agreement. A summary of the Tentative Agreement was posted.  Posted here is the timeline of events leading up to the vote.

  On July 6, 2017 the Institute and the employer signed the SH collective agreement. Today’s signing of the SH Group collective agreement follows the group’s ratification in March 2017 of the tentative agreement reached with the employer in December 2016.

Your PIPSC CCC Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on June 21, 2017 we signed a tentative agreement to renew the current Collective Agreement. The Bargaining Team would like to thank all members for their input and support. The details of the Tentative Agreement are:

ATLANTIC NEWS YOUR PIPSC ATLANTIC REGIONAL NEWSLETTER Spring/Summer 2017 From the Director… Welcome to summer in the Atlantic region.

Dear members, Summertime is the best time for a casual event, just like the one we had last year! Your Ville-Marie Branch Executive is inviting you to a Happy Hour at Brasserie artisanale Benelux! When: Thursday, July 27th, from 4 pm to 7 pm Where:

FALL 2017 BASIC STEWARD TRAINING SESSION BASIC STEWARD TRAINING DATE: October 19, 20, 21, 2017- (2.5 days) LOCATION: Delta Hotel - Winnipeg, Manitoba

PIPSC Youth Symposium and AGM November 2017 - November 16-18, 2017 To: BC/Yukon Members From: Robert K. MacDonald, Regional Director RE: PIPSC Youth Symposium and Annual General Meeting - November 2017

On July 4, 2017 the Institute and the employer signed the CS collective agreement. Today’s signing of the CS Group collective agreement follows the group’s ratification in May 2017 of the tentative agreement reached with the employer in March 2017.

Season IV – July 27th, 2017 Repeat session on August 10th, 2017 The Executive of Health Canada NCR Branch presents:

The Professional Institute stands united with the Manitoba Federation of Labour and the Partnership to Defend Public Services in the fight against Bill 28, the Public Services Sustainability Act passed in late June by the Pallister government.

The NCR Stewards’ Council will be held on Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau.

On May 19, 2017, representatives from 12 organizations across the business sector all signed a letter, ”Investments in Our Borders”, that called upon the Canadian Federal Government to increase Canada Border Services Agency’s funding and resources to resolve the urgent problems related t

Ordinarily, the announcement earlier this month that spending by the Department of Defence (DND) will grow from its current $18.9 billion to $32.7 billion by 2026 would be cause for Canadians (and especially PIPSC members employed by DND) to feel more secure.

From the 55,000 professionals across Canada’s federal and provincial public sectors who proudly serve Canadians every day and the union that represents them, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, a happy 150th birthday to the greatest country in the world!

During this round of bargaining, the AV Group took the leadership on an insidious issue, Domestic Violence. While a broader national issue, Domestic Violence carries impacts, or the potential to impact PIPSC members.

VANCOUVER NR Sub Group Annual General Meeting DATE : July 26, 2017. 12:00– 13:30. LOCATION: Joey Restaurant 820 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC

GTA Service Modernization To all AFS members in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), As you are aware, the CRA has begun rolling out its GTA Service Modernization initiative across the region.

Last week I was invited to speak with the cabinet-level working group on Phoenix to discuss potential solutions to the Phoenix pay system. I brought to them a number of problems and possible solutions to help fix the disastrous Phoenix pay system. Public servants are still facing hardship and ongoing problems and we all desperately want to see relief and a solution soon.

On 17 June 2017, at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec, the PIPSC DND NCR OTTAWA/GATINEAU Branch held a SGM to elect an 11 member executive. Supervising the event was NCR Executive Member, Stacy McLaren, acting in her role as NCR Branch Co-ordinator.

On June 20, 2017, your Bargaining Team signed a Tentative Agreement with the Employer. An information session will be scheduled shortly to discuss the content of this agreement. Immediately following the information session, a ratification vote will be held.

Bargaining Teams for the YHC Group and the Yukon Hospital Corporation reached a Tentative Agreement on or about June 1, 2017, concerning the renewal of our Collective Agreement covering PIPSC members working at the Whitehorse General Hospital, the Watson Lake Community Hospital and the Dawson Cit