June 22, 2012

Ratification meetings will be held on July 4 in the Lakeview Room at the Four Points by Sheraton Winnipeg International Airport at the following times:

Session 1: 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

The Trent-Severn Waterway, Rideau Canal and Western Quebec Canals are in trouble. March 29, 2012 the Federal Budget cut funding to Parks Canada by 29.2 million dollars.

May 23, 2012

Ottawa, ON - Striking workers at Fredericton International Airport Authority (FIAA) agreed to remove the picket line to allow HRH Prince Charles and Camilla, to visit Fredericton, NB on Sunday May 20th.

As a result of a phone call with Premier David Alward, workers at FIAA agreed to allow the visit.  In return the Premier agreed to contact members of FIAA’s board to ask that they return to the bargaining table.

We are providing this update to clarify any misinformation that may exist about the NAV CANADA Pension Plan (NCPP).   

For some time now, NAV CANADA has been engaged in discussion with the Nav Canada Bargaining Agents Association (NCBAA) about changes to the NCPP including indexation.  The ultimate goal of these discussions has been to solve the “pension problem”. The “pension problem” is the volatility of the solvency liabilities and associated contributions NAV CANADA is required to make.

(Ottawa) The Public Service Alliance of Canada has confirmed that 598 of its members are among the 1,072 Department of Fisheries and Oceans workers being told today that they could lose their jobs. It isn’t known yet how many of these workers will be laid off or how many positions will be cut.

The Canadian Coast Guard is hardest hit: of the 1,072 notices, 763 are going to Canadian Coast Guard workers, 460 of whom are PSAC members represented by the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees.