Audit, Financial and Scientific Group
We have verified the results for the elections to positions on the AFS Group Executive. The following candidates were successful:
President
Doug Mason - acclaimed
Vice-President
Shawn Gillis - 818 - elected
Peter Gilkinson - 542
Frank Wong - 500
Manjit Singh - 165
Their 3 years term of office starts on 1 July 2024
The results were announced at the AFS group AGM on 8 June 2024
OTTAWA, June 5 2024 – Over lunch time on Thursday June 6, members of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) will hold a rally for remote work rights outside Canada Revenue Agency Headquarters in Ottawa.
PIPSC Vice-President, Sean O’Reilly, and AFS (Audit, Financial and Scientific - CRA) PIPSC Group President Doug Mason will question the Canada Revenue Agency’s decision, despite being a separate employer, to follow Treasury Board lead.
PIPSC asserts that this is not about just another day a week in the office, it’s about bad workplace management, deteriorating working conditions and lack of respect for the employees who deliver the services that Canadians rely on.
Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Time: Noon to 12:45PM. SPEECHES will start at 12:15 PM
Place: CRA Headquarters, 555 Mackenzie, OTTAWA (ON)
Speakers:
PIPSC represents over 75,000 public-sector professionals across the country, most of them employed by the federal government, and over 16,000 AFS members employed at the CRA. Follow us on Facebook, on X (formerly known as Twitter) and on Instagram.
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For further information: Johanne Fillion, 613-883-4900 (cell), jfillion@pipsc.ca
The AFS Group Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the Delta Ottawa City Centre (virtual and in-person). The AFS Group By-Laws provide for ninety-three (93) delegates including the eleven (11) members of the AFS Group Executive. The remaining eighty-two (82) official delegates are allocated on the basis of population by region and chosen by the Regional Representatives.
There are two (2) vacancies on the AFS Group executive, for President and Vice-President. The successful candidate will take Office on July 1, 2024.
Following the close of nominations on May 1, 2024, the following members expressed their willingness to serve as Vice-President on the AFS Group Executive. The President position has been acclaimed by Doug Mason. Congratulations Doug!
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I met with CRA Commissioner Bob Hamilton on May 2nd, along with UTE President Marc Brière. While I can’t say that I was surprised by the outcome, it is still disappointing.
In spite of all the formal and informal feedback and even official survey results that indicate the negative impacts on our members, our CRA Commissioner chose for the Agency to worsen the work life balance and stress levels and productivity of our AFS members.
At the request of the AFS Group Elections Committee as per PIPSC By-Law 17.3.2.1, the PIPSC National Elections committee is conducting the 2024 AFS Group elections to the National AFS Group Executive.
According to AFS Group By-Law 7.5.1, in 2024, being a year before a year divisible by three, elections will be held for AFS Group President and Vice-President for a three (3) years term.
As per AFS Group By-Law 7.4.10: Successful candidates will take Office on July 1.
Work to develop and implement a proactive Pay Equity Plan at the Canada Revenue Agency is well underway, and committee members have been spending multiple days per week with UTE, Unrepresented, and employer representatives to complete a Pay Equity Plan.
The AFS Group is pleased to announce that our members have voted to accept the tentative agreement reached with CRA on September 16, 2023.
We anticipate signing our new collective agreement on December 14th, following management completing their ratification process.
In solidarity,
Doug Mason
AFS President
Your AFS Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on September 16, 2023, we signed a tentative agreement to complete this round of collective bargaining. The Bargaining Team would like to thank all members for their support.
We believe we have reached the best negotiated deal possible in what has been a challenging round of negotiations. Please find below your ratification information kit in preparation for the ratification vote
Here are the supporting documents outlining our gains:
Dear AFS Members,
We are pleased to invite you to attend a national virtual contract information session. You are allowed up to 2
hours of paid leave time to attend this session, if you have not attended a previous one.
This French language sessions will be hosted by Québec Region AFS Representative, Jean Couillard. There
will be a separate notice for November 14 th and 15 th English language session to be hosted by our AFS
President, Doug Mason along with our AFS Vice-President, Shawn Gillis.