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Please note that the proposed AGM will be delayed this year due to various reasons - most of all is that posting season is upon us, the Executive, as well as yourselves‎.
Published on 1 June 2018

Show support for fellow PIPSC members employed by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories who are fighting to save their pensions.

The Government of Canada removed nuclear workers from the Public Service Pension Plan without consultation or discussion. Their work is integral to, among other things, developing safe, medical isotopes to diagnose and treat disease.

It’s time the current government make things right and reverse the decision of the previous government.

Published on 31 May 2018

There should be nothing “incomprehensible” about the failure of the Phoenix pay system. And yet that’s exactly what Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s second and final report yesterday concluded. “The Phoenix project,” the AG said, “was an incomprehensible failure of project management and oversight,” born of what the Globe and Mail in its report describes as “an obedient public service fearful of making mistakes.”

It’s true, numerous warnings about Phoenix and countless pleas not to proceed with it (including from PIPSC and other unions) went inexplicably unheeded. But can we really say this failure by senior management (Ferguson singles out three unnamed government executives) was “incomprehensible”? No doubt the climate of fear cultivated by the former Harper government had a lot to do with this, as did its years of aggressive cost-cutting, distrust of the public service, dislike of unions, and over-reliance on outsourcing.

Given all these, it seems obvious that a government that welcomes in-house proposals for an alternative pay system, encourages the involvement of public servants, and doesn’t over-rely on outsourcing stands a much better chance not only of developing a better pay system but of changing the culture of the federal government along the lines proposed by the Auditor General.

As it happens, there is such a proposal, and it comes from PIPSC’s own AFS Group National Executive.

Better Together!

Debi Daviau

President

Published on 30 May 2018

Toronto CS Sub Group Annual General Meeting (AGM) - June 7, 2018

You are cordially invited to the 2018 Toronto CS Sub-Group Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Please join us at the Granite Brewery and Restaurant for a buffet dinner and discussion on key issues affecting the CS Group: bargaining, sick leave, contracting out, etc.

CS Group President Stan Buday will provide an update on everything CS with a focus on the next round of bargaining.

Published on 30 May 2018

ATLANTIC REGIONAL STEWARD COUNCIL

October 19 - 20, 2018  The Delta Halifax Halifax, NS

The Atlantic Regional Steward Council will take place on Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Delta Halifax. The Council will be one and one half days; starting on Friday at 1:00 pm, with registration beginning at 11:30 am. The Council will continue all day Saturday starting at 8:30 am and will conclude at 4:30 pm.

Published on 29 May 2018
The results for the elections to positions on the AV Group Executive have been verified. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for a position (name underlined) has been declared elected.
Published on 29 May 2018

Ottawa, May 28, 2018 -- The 2018 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, Michael Ferguson, will be tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 29 May 2018. The Spring Reports include the Auditor General's second and much-awaited report on the Phoenix Pay System.

PIPSC President Debi Daviau will be available for comment.

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada represents some 55,000 professionals across Canada’s public sector.

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For further information:
Johanne Fillion (613) 228-6310 extension 4953 or (613) 883-4900 (cell)
 

NOTE:

The 2018 Spring Report 1 of the Auditor General of Canada — Building and Implementing the Phoenix Pay System:  The Office of the Auditor General examined whether the Phoenix pay system was fully tested, would deliver the functions needed to pay federal employees, was secure, and would protect employees’ private information. We also examined whether Public Services and Procurement Canada adequately supported selected departments and agencies in their move to Phoenix.

Source: http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/mr_20180507_e_43017.html

Published on 28 May 2018