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  • New Brunswick’s Crown Counsel and Prosecutors join PIPSC
  • 13-MAY-2013 08:00 AM
  • With a strong majority, close to 100 members of the New Brunswick Crown Counsel Association (NBCCA) and New Brunswick Crown Prosecutors Association (NBCPA) have joined the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), a national union.
  • Growing, Growing, Gone: Government Continues to Plough Through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • 10-MAY-2013 09:23 AM
  • Some 350 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) employees represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) received Workforce Adjustment (WFA) notices today across the country, bringing to nearly 6,000 the number of PIPSC members who have been informed by the government that their services may no longer be required since the tabling of the 2012 federal Budget.
  • Press Release - More Cuts at National Defence Canada
  • 23-NOV-2012 09:50 AM
  • Department of National Defence (DND) professionals represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) received the news today that their positions will be “affected” by the government’s continuing cuts to programs and services.
  • Press Release: Nuclear Experts hold Rally at AECL's Chalk River Laboratories
  • 11-JUL-2012 09:30 AM
  • With a July 17, 2012 strike deadline fast approaching, nuclear experts represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) held a news conference and staged an information picket today at Chalk River Laboratories to seek a fair settlement from their employer, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).
  • Press Release - $150 Million Settlement: Landmark Victory for Gender Equality
  • 03-JUL-2012 12:30 PM
  • After an arduous eight-year fight for justice, health professionals represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) welcome the presentation of a milestone $150 million dollar settlement in the Walden et al v. Canada case to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT).
  • Press Release: Unhealthy Choices
  • 11-APR-2012 01:27 PM
  • Ottawa, April 11, 2012 – More than 1,500 federal government professionals and scientists represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) are being notified this week that their positions will be affected as a result of federal budget cuts.
  • Press Release - Report reveals potential scale and impact of federal cutbacks
  • 23-JAN-2012 03:31 PM
  • A new study calls attention to the dramatic impact of cuts already announced by the federal government on services to Canadians. The report’s authors attempt to fill the information gap created by what they describe a “purposeful and strategic lack of transparency” on the part of the federal government.
  • Press Release : Strength In Numbers: Pipsc Votes To Join The Canadian Labour Congress
  • 05-NOV-2011 03:16 PM
  • In line with its strategy of developing partnerships with other bargaining agents, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) voted today to join the ranks of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Over 400 PIPSC delegates to the Institute’s 92nd Annual General Meeting currently being held in Ottawa participated in the ballot.
  • It's Time For A Fair Deal That Protects Public Servants And Their Families
  • 04-NOV-2011 09:33 AM
  • Gary Corbett, President of The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) and Vice-President, Debi Daviau, today lead more than 500 PIPSC member representatives in a rally to encourage public servants to stand up for their right to fair bargaining during collective bargaining.
  • Media Advisory – PIPSC 92nd AGM - November 4-5, 2011
  • 03-NOV-2011 08:35 AM
  • Ottawa, November 3, 2011 – The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) will hold its 92nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 4-5, 2011 at the Delta City Centre in Ottawa.
  • Press Release : New Shared Services Agency
  • 05-AUG-2011 05:13 PM
  • The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) expressed serious concerns today about the Shared Services agency announced on August 4, 2011.
  • Press Release: Electoral Budget Fails Canadians
  • 22-MAR-2011 08:45 PM
  • The 2011 federal Budget seems designed to garner election support instead of showing real leadership on the government’s part, according to the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).
  • Real Protection For Public Service Whistleblowers Please!
  • 13-DEC-2010 02:20 PM
  • The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) applauds the work of Auditor General Sheila Fraser, whose recent report points to nothing less than a lack of integrity within the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada (PSIC).
  • CNSC Professionals Sign Agreement
  • 08-NOV-2010 10:59 AM
  • The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and its professional staff represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PISPC) signed their second collective agreement on Monday, November 8, 2010. The agreement will expire on March 31, 2011.
  • Media Advisory: Panel discussion on Parliament Hill: Evidence vs. Ideology in Canadian Public Policy
  • 02-NOV-2010 10:23 AM
  • In partnership, the three main unions representing the professionals in the public service of Canada: The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) and the Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO) have organized a panel of leading thinkers to discuss this critical issue, which should have a considerable influence on the direction of our country follows in the future.
  • PIPSC Ends Exploratory Talks on Expedited Bargaining
  • 26-OCT-2010 11:49 AM
  • Six Groups (AV/CS/SP/NR/RE/SH) represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) have unanimously decided to halt participation in exploratory expedited negotiations with the Treasury Board of Canada.
  • PSC Report Sounds the Alarm on Contracting-out Abuses
  • 14-OCT-2010 11:54 AM
  • The Public Service Commission report on the government’s use of temporary help services, released on October 5, affirms the long-standing claim of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) that the government is creating a permanent, parallel public-service workforce with limited rights and transparency to Canadians.
  • Press Release: A Victory for Professionalism and for Canada's Nuclear Professionals
  • 01-JUN-2010 03:28 PM
  • The critical importance of safe nuclear facilities regulated by thoroughly qualified staff was decisively underlined last week by the Federal Court’s dismissal of an application for the judicial review of an arbitral award involving employees of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), the federal agency responsible for regulating Canada’s nuclear industry.
  • Press release: AECL Layoffs Compromise the Future of Canada's Nuclear Industry
  • 01-JUN-2010 08:20 AM
  • Layoffs announced earlier today at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)’s Research & Technology Operations Division in Chalk River are poorly timed, compromise the future of Canada’s nuclear industry, and will have serious consequences on the availability of medical isotopes, according to the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).
  • Press Release - End the Discrimination Against Public Service Nurses
  • 12-MAY-2010 12:33 PM
  • As Canadians mark National Nursing Week, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) calls upon the federal government to immediately put an end to discriminatory practices against some 450 of its nurses who determine Canadians’ eligibility for Canada Pension Plan benefits.
  • Press Release - Joint labour press conference on pension
  • 02-MAR-2010 09:54 AM
  • In the face of the ongoing misrepresentation about federal employees’ pensions and other retirement benefits, representatives of the Professional Institute the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) will set the facts straight on the eve of the upcoming federal budget in a press conference to be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 2, in the Charles Lynch Room of Parliament Hill.
  • Press Release - Professional Institute Launches Legacy Foundation
  • 19-FEB-2010 08:17 AM
  • Today the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, a national union representing 57,000 professionals and scientists in the public sector, will launch a new registered charity to support the education of deserving children across Canada.
  • Press Release - Safe Food or "Fiscal Responsibility"?
  • 24-JUL-2009 01:47 PM
  • The release earlier this week of the Report of the Independent Investigator into the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak clearly demonstrates just how far Canada’s public health infrastructure has been allowed to stray from its once-sterling food safety record...
  • Press Release - Union has concerns about New Brunswick budget
  • 17-MAR-2009 03:51 PM
  • The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) has serious concerns about the budget delivered today by the Government of New Brunswick. The government has announced the elimination of public service positions, a two-year wage freeze and an indefinite hiring freeze on all open competitions for permanent positions.
  • Press Release - PIPSC Appoints Acting President
  • 24-FEB-2009 04:59 PM
  • Following the passing of President Michèle Demers, the Board of Directors of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) announces the appointment of Mr. Gary Corbett to the position of Acting President of PIPSC.
  • Media Advisory - PIPSC to Comment on Budget
  • 23-JAN-2009 07:34 AM
  • Michèle Demers, President of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) will be available on January 27th 2009, from 4:00 p.m. onwards, to provide comment on the federal budget in Room 253-D, Railway Committee Room of the Centre Block.