Before the start of the workday on the first day of the Treasury Board’s three-day in-office mandate, members of the Public Sector Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE), Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO), and other federal public sector unions are rallying once more to let federal government officials know why they are against the mandate.
Forcing thousands of federal employees back to insufficient and expensive downtown Ottawa offices more days a week is not a viable long-term solution to fix downtown Ottawa’s decades-long economic problems, and is affecting workers’ productivity, not to mention costing Canadian taxpayers money that could be better spent on affordable housing, community services and public good.
The telework mandate happened unilaterally, with no consultation with employees or their unions despite agreements made during the last round of negotiations, and did not consider existing issues with the hybrid policy already in place, or the negative impacts on employees.
Date: Monday, September 9
Time: 8 am ET
Where: 365 Laurier St West - In the quad between Jet-S and Jet-N towers – Ottawa, ON
Speakers:
- MC: Alex Silas, National Executive Vice-President, PSAC
- Sharon DeSousa, National President, PSAC
- Jennifer Carr, President, PIPSC
- Nathan Prier, President, CAPE
- Dany Richard, President, ACFO
- Andrea Joya, President, CAPE Local 522 (at IRCC)
- Phil Matheson, National President, CEIU
PSAC will also be holding member outreach events on September 9 at 8 a.m. at Place du Portage (between ESDC and GAC) and Tunney’s Pasture (at the footpath in front of Statistics Canada).
Media Requests
CAPE media relations: Laura Gauthier, lgauthier@acep-cape.ca, 613-261-6526
About PSAC
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is Canada’s largest federal public service union, representing nearly 230,000 workers in every province and territory in Canada, including more than 165,000 federal public service workers. Read more.
About PIPSC
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) was founded in 1920. With over 75,000 members, the Institute is the largest union in Canada representing scientists and professionals employed at the federal and some provincial and territorial levels of government. Read more.
About CAPE
With more than 25,000 members, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees is one of the largest federal public sector unions in Canada, dedicated to advocating on behalf of federal employees in the Economics and Social Science Services (EC) and Translation (TR) groups, as well as employees of the Library of Parliament (LoP), the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (OPBO) and civilian members of the RCMP (ESS and TRL). Read more.
About ACFO
The Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO-ACAF) is North America’s largest union that exclusively represents accountants, comptrollers, auditors, and other financial professionals. ACFO-ACAF currently represents upwards of 6,000 members across 70+ departments within the Canadian federal public service and at NAV Canada. Read more.
