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NOTICE OF MEETING - November 6, 2017 AGM

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE AFS SUB-GROUP, SHERBROOKE OFFICE

PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA

As members, you are invited to attend the

Sherbrooke AFS Sub-Group AGM

Date: Monday, November 6, 2017

Time: 4:45 p.m.

Place: Le Buffet des continents

340 South Belvédère St., Sherbrooke (Québec) J1H 4B5

Our guest speakers will be:

- Mr. Steve Parent, AFS regional representative and members of the AFS Bargaining team;

Published on 6 November 2017

The Victoria Branch is having a logo contest. We are seeking logo design submissions from our membership and the winning logo will receive a prize worth $100. All members are eligible to submit designs and the winning logo will be chosen by the Victoria Branch Executive (unless they have submitted an entry). This logo will be used in official communications as part of an email signature, on letterhead and it can be used for visibility products such as hats, shirts, mugs, pins, pens, etc.

Published on 3 November 2017
Our RO/RCO bargaining team including our PIPSC negotiator met with NRC management on October 11 and 12. As we wrote in our last update, the bargaining meeting focused on the non-monetary items on our list of demands; pay negotiations will start at a later date.
Published on 3 November 2017

PIPSC AFS IOTSO Sub-Group:

PIPSC AFS Bargaining Team representatives will be giving information sessions regarding the Tentative Collective Agreement that was reached on September 23, 2017 between the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) Audit, Financial, and Scientific (AFS) Group and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Time code: 050 Meetings

Sessions will be offered at the following dates and locations:

IOTSO, 333 Laurier Avenue West - Room 508/509

Published on 3 November 2017

Fellow members,

We have received several inquiries about the impact of the Phoenix pay system on retroactive pay for members who signed new collective agreements this year.

The government is in no position – despite its previous commitments to the contrary – to guarantee that full, accurate retroactive pay will be paid on time for its employees, including those represented by the Institute.

In response, PIPSC has filed 3 policy grievances on Phoenix-related issues, accusing the Treasury Board of failing to implement the terms of the AV, RE and SP Group collective agreements within the specified time frames. This includes but is not necessarily limited to the implementation of our members’ Annual Rates of Pay.

In these grievances, we are asking the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB) to order the Treasury Board to immediately implement the terms of the AV, RE and SP collective agreements, and to compensate employees for all losses, financial or otherwise, resulting from the breach of the agreements. We will be filing other similar policy grievances given that the Treasury Board will also not meet the upcoming deadlines for the CS and SH agreements. Once their respective deadlines have passed, the Treasury Board will be in violation of these collective agreements and PIPSC will proceed with the filing of further policy grievances.

We also recommend members affected by the Phoenix debacle file individual grievances in support of the policy grievances if they have not been successful in getting action on their pay issues so far. Please review the process outlined at http://www.pipsc.ca/news-issues/phoenix-pay-system first, then talk to your local steward about your situation.

We will continue to update you regularly on this critical issue.

Better Together!

Debi Daviau,
President

Published on 3 November 2017