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** CTAO Severance Grievance Update**

We want to provide an update to members who filed grievances when the CRA refused to include their prior years of service with the CRA as part of the calculation of their severance pay entitlement following a spell with the Ontario Ministry of Revenue. The matter is currently scheduled to proceed at the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board on January 23-25, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario.

Published on 4 January 2018

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**PSTAR Severance Grievances Update**

We want to provide an update to members who filed grievances when the CRA refused to include their years of service with the Ontario Ministry of Revenue as part of the calculation of their severance pay entitlement. The matter is currently scheduled to proceed at the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board on January 23-25, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario.

Published on 4 January 2018

We are pleased to announce that our AFS members have voted to accept the September 23, 2017 tentative agreement to renew our collective bargaining agreement for the December 22, 2014 to December 21, 2018 period.

We have notified our employer of our voting results so they can complete their ratification process and arrange a signing date as soon as possible.

Pay adjustments are retroactive with other contract changes being effective upon the parties signing the agreement. 

Published on 20 December 2017

Dear AFS Member,

On September 23rd, 2017 your AFS bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with CRA to renew the AFS collective agreement. This agreement must be ratified by the AFS membership. Please find below your ratification information kit in preparation for the ratification vote that will be held between December 6th and noon December 20th, 2017 (Eastern Time).

Published on 23 November 2017
On Saturday, September 23, 2017, the AFS Negotiation Team reached a tentative agreement with CRA that provides a fair wage increase for all of our AFS members and commits the parties to meaningful consultations on classification matters.
Published on 24 September 2017

Mr. Doug Mason
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
Audit, Financial and Scientific Group President

Dear Doug:

I am writing in response to your correspondence received September 7, 2017. I would first like to thank you for following up on our conversation last May. You raised important and relevant points.

I acknowledge the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada – Audit, Financial and Scientific (PIPSC-AFS) bargaining unit’s concerns regarding the Agency’s classification standards that are used to assess AFS jobs.

Published on 21 September 2017

We have achieved a major success in our challenge to CRA's arbitrary plans to force a thousand of our AFS members in the GTA to relocate. Due to the efforts of our stewards and members, we were notified on August 15th that CRA intends to go back to their objectives and consult with us on how to achieve those objectives.

Published on 21 August 2017