News & Issues

Unions across Canada are welcoming you to Labour Day events, parades and picnics. Let’s celebrate our collective strength and show our solidarity with the Canadian labour movement!

The PIPSC EWSP technical and steering committees met several times with Treasury Board in late 2018 and early 2019 to finalize the proposed employee wellness support program that would replace our current sick leave regime.

National child care is a tried and tested policy that is long overdue in Canada. We're joining unions across Canada to call for a national child care plan.

We are pleased to announce the groups that have voted in favour of their new collective agreements. Find out where your group stands.

We support having a variety of menstrual products available in federally regulated and federal government workplaces.

The creation of the Centre is an important step forward in this regard and an excellent example of what can be achieved when the Employer takes the time to work with our union and our members towards a common goal.

Creating the tools to study, simulate, analyze and understand how different environmental phenomena interact with the physical environments in which we live is the mission of Jean-Philippe Gauthier-Bilodeau, Scientific Programmer Analyst for Environment and Climate Change Canada.

What is being awarded? When will I get the money I am owed? Your questions about the Phoenix compensation agreement answered.

Parliament has risen and MPs are back in their home ridings — we are getting closer to the next federal election. With fixed election dates, we can expect Election Day to be Monday October 21, 2019.

On June 18, 2019, PIPSC President Debi Daviau had the honour of addressing members of the Federal Black Employee Caucus (FBEC), an organization dedicated to combatting career obstacles in the public service such as racism, harassment, and under-representation.

On May 1, 2019 President Debi Daviau communicated our strong opposition to moving RCMP civilian members to the failed Phoenix pay system. RCMP Commissioner Lucki responded May 16 indicating her plans to go ahead. We are not backing down, and President Daviau has responded making that clear.

Some disability payments will be retroactively increased as a result of new collective agreements.

Watch this webinar to learn more about the memorandum of agreement to transition RCMP CMs into PIPSC collective agreements upon deeming.

The recent adoption in Québec of Bill 21, which is ostensibly aimed at imposing “secularism” on the province’s public service and on the people who receive them, is a disgrace and a blatant violation of civil liberties and basic human rights.

We strongly encourage you to participate in this year's survey. This will ensure the views of our members are well represented in this analysis.

PIPSC welcomes the landmark win for current and former employees who experienced harassment, assault or discrimination while working at the Department of National Defence, Canadian Armed Forces or Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces.

A Few Notes About This Summary The table below does not identify every provision of the collective agreements which do not have a comparable provisions within the RCMP Terms and Conditions of Employment.

The Institute is saddened to report the untimely passing of our friend and colleague Christine Lemay. Christine’s commitment to Institute members was deep and unwavering. We will miss her very much.

Together with the Canadian Labour Congress and other unions, President Debi Daviau wrote to the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food calling for action to restore meat exports.

The International Labour Organization adopted of a Convention and Recommendation addressing violence and harassment in the world of work. This is a historic international articulation of the right of everyone to have a world of work free from violence and harassment.

The PIPSC EWSP Advisory team has moved to a more intensive meeting schedule, with meetings now occurring every three weeks to coincide with, and provide support to the Technical Committee, that is meeting with Treasury Board to develop the proposed new wellness regime.

As agreed during negotiations and mediation, the RCMP and Shared Services Canada (SSC) have provided the Institute with a letter confirming the application and interpretation of certain provisions contained in the collective agreements:

PIPSC welcomes the new Departmental Science Advisor (DSA) at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Dr. Shawn J. Marshall.

After six years of attempted wage freezes from the Ontario provincial government, Carrie Gerdes had enough. She led the charge to have the radiation department at the Juravinski Cancer Centre in Hamilton certified with PIPSC in 2012.

Learn more about the economic gains we made at the central bargaining table.

Joined by a host of other Canadian union activists, PIPSC attended the world’s largest conference on gender equality, Women Deliver 2019.

The Canadian Labour Congress commits to protecting hard-won gains and to fill the gaps in access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Canada, including abortion.

Developing the Program and Reaching out to Members - Employee Wellness Support Program (EWSP) Update #3 The PIPSC EWSP Advisory Team has been meeting since last August, providing advice and guidance for the Technical Committee that is working with Treasury Board to develop the proposed

Applies only to RCMP civilian members upon deeming into the public service Anything not mentioned in this summary will be subject to the terms of the relevant collective agreements

June 14, 2019 COMPREHENSIVE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA AND

Only the changes to the Collective Agreement are identified in this summary. Everything else that is not mentioned in this summary remains unchanged.

You can now listen to the recordings of our recent union-wide telephone town hall on the Phoenix compensation agreement and our central bargaining wins.

LEAVE FOR LABOUR RELATIONS MATTERS CS Agreement 29.11 Effective January 1, 2018, leave granted to an employee under Article 29.01(2), 29.05, 29.06, 29.08, and 29.09 will be with pay; the PIPSC will reimburse the employer for the salary and ben

PIPSC Central Table Tentative Agreement May 22, 2019 May 22, 2019 13h00

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON SUPPORTING EMPLOYEE WELLNESS This Memorandum of Agreement is to give effect to the agreement reached between the Employer and the Bargaining Agent (hereinafter referred to as “the parties”) regarding issues of employee wellness.

The RCMP CM Negotiation Team has successfully concluded negotiations in mediation with the Treasury Board to secure a Memorandum of Agreement establishing the terms for transition of RCMP civilian members into the PIPSC collective agreements.