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Thank You and Request for Feedback Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy the sun on Thursday. We hope you enjoyed the activity. To maintain and even improve for next time, we would like your feedback on the event.

On June 14, 2017 the House of Commons Procedural Clerks, Analysis and Reference Group vote unanimously to ratified a tentative agreement with the Employer. Details of the signing of the new collective agreement will follow.

I am pleased to inform you that Mr. Kristopher Jollymore has agreed to take a position on our PIPSC Kentville Branch Executive with effective immediately. Consequently our Branch Executive is now as follows: President and Vice President: Muhammed Abudulai

Call for nominations The Chief Steward and the Regional Executive are requesting nominations for the NCR 2017 Steward of the Year Award. All nominations are due by August 25, 2017.

When: Saturday, July 8, 2017 *Event is open for registration to Ottawa West Branch members only Where: At the “Trolley Station” in Britannia Park North of the Pinecrest Rd and Carling Ave intersection

Your bargaining team met in a smaller group with management on June 5 and 6 in hopes of agreeing on a tentative settlement. We continued talks on Monday June 12 and the parties are continuing efforts to conclude bargaining.

We received the note below from the Employer regarding Phoenix and a technical issue that may arise with some members' pay. While the Employer assures us that all members will be notified of this concern and that any errors will be corrected in the next pay (June 28, 2017), we want to ensure all SP Group members are aware of the issue and check their pay stub for any potential errors.

At the close of the RE Annual General Meeting on June 2nd, your new RE Group Executive took office, as per the Elections Results from the Fall.

"Taylor and Gibbs: A big step forward for Canada's federal scientists" published in the Ottawa Citizen on June 14, 2017

The Ontario Region Steward Council will be held on Friday September 15 and Saturday September 16, 2017 at the Westin Prince, Toronto located at 900 York Mills Road, Toronto.

Every day, Canada’s world-class public service professionals confront new challenges in such diverse fields as the environment, the economy, security and health. As they meet these challenges from a global perspective, their expertise has earned respect worldwide.

Dear AFS Members, We have met with our AFS subgroup and CS zone presidents and they overwhelmingly support our continuing to fight for meaningful classification reform. We have a clear mandate in going forward.

The recent recommendations of yet another consultants’ report on Shared Services Canada (SSC) demonstrate that, when it comes to federal government outsourcing, there’s no shortage of private sector advice.

Member/Steward Training Framework “Managed Career Progression” Presented by Ontario Region Training Committee to: Training and Education Committee

June 9, 2017 We have verified the results for the elections to positions on the AFS Group Executive. The following candidates were successful (names underlined) and will take office commencing July 1st, 2017: CS Regional Representative:

Dear members, The SP Collective Agreement for the period 2014-2018 was signed on May 14, 2017, and has been in effect since then. It is posted online.

DATE: Thursday, June 29, 2017 TIME: 7:00PM LOCATION: Currie Field PRICE: $10 each

Branch events for 2017-2018 The purpose of this note is to introduce guidelines that have been developed to encourage PIPSC member engagement events at both the larger and smaller worksites throughout the Hamilton/Burlington Branch.

Next week, June 11-17, is National Public Service Week (NPSW). Since 1992 it’s been an occasion to recognize and celebrate the contributions Canada’s public service professionals make to society. The Professional Institute supports this celebration of our members’ accomplishments. In fact, we first proposed it.

A new report commissioned by Shared Services Canada (SSC) shows that the Institute is right in highlighting the dangers of outsourcing in the federal government.

On June 1, 2017, the Joint Union-Management Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion presented a

“Today’s update by Deputy Minister Lemay indicates that the government has again failed to plan ahead -- this time for entirely predictable increases in the numbers of employee payroll adjustments needed to implement new collective agreements,” said PIPSC Vice President Steve Hindle.

Date: May 04, 2017 Third Party Observer: PISPC PIPSC NR Executive Representative: Robert Porter PISPC Stewards: Niraj Chandra and Cameron Smith NCR PIPSC President, PWGSC Branch and Wellness Coordinator & Steward: Gordon Bulmer

The PIPSC NAV CANADA Group Bargaining Team was in meetings with the company from April 24-28, 2017. The parties continued discussions on numerous items and agreed on multiple non-monetary items. Negotiations between the parties is scheduled to continue from May 08 to 12, 2017.

On June 1, 2017 the Institute and the employer signed the RE collective agreement.

Employees of the Government of Canada will be celebrating National Public Service Week (NPSW) from June 11th to June 17th.

Hello, On April 28, the 2014–2018 AV collective agreement was signed and is therefore in force. You can find your collective agreement here.

Currently the Dorchester Branch is not in good standing as it has not met the requirements outlined in PIPSC By-Law 11.2.4. Atlantic Regional Director, Kim Skanes is convening this Annual General Meeting in an effort to revive the Branch and elect an Executive.

At the close of nominations on March 31st, 2017, the NAV Canada Election Committee had received seven valid nominations for three member-at-large positions on the NAV Executive.

The announcement this week that the federal government will temporarily hire an additional 200 staff, invest a further $142 million over three years, and introduce even more measures to expedite fixing Phoenix is welcome, if long overdue, news.

PIPSC is proud to announce that its Head Office building located at 250 Tremblay Road in Ottawa is the recipient of a Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada BOMA BEST Silver certification, which recognizes excellence in energy and environmental mana

The PIPSC NAV CANADA Group Bargaining Team was in meetings with the company from May 8-11, 2017. On Friday May 12, 2017 our team worked in closed meetings on our bargaining priorities. The parties continued discussions on numerous items and positive progress was made.

The majority of the CS members who voted have ratified the Tentative Agreement. We will be moving forward to sign the agreement as soon as can be arranged. The Employer then has 120 days from the signature date to implement retroactive pay.

PIPSC expresses its solidarity and support for members of the RCMP who are experiencing difficulty accessing front-line mental health services.

Dear Members, Your Bargaining Team met with the Employer on May 9 and 10, 2017. We reviewed the Employer's proposals and discussed your priorities, highlighted from the bargaining survey. Your top three priorities: Job security, Outside Consulting and Remuneration were presented.

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) is pleased to provide the following submission on Bill C-27, as requested in federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau’s correspondence received March 2, 2017.