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USGE training: Take your place; Have your say!
Try it! You'll like it! And what's more, it's good for you! The 'it' is our unique in-house training program. Since 2004, the USGE has provided training geared to the specific needs and concerns of our Local Officers and activists. We are proud to be one of only several PSAC component unions to offer such 'in-house' education. (more...)
Time to prepare Audited Local Financial Statements for 2008.
It’s a new year. And that means Locals are reminded that they must submit an audited financial statement for the year 2008 to the National Office no later than March 1, 2009.(more...)
Fred Sadori new USGE Labour Relations Officer
There will be a new face around the USGE National Office starting February 2. Fred Sadori will be joining the staff as a new Labour Relations Officer. (more...)
USGE member training starts the New Year with a successful NCR session
The USGE's highly-popular member training course, Organizing the Locals, started the New Year with a successful three-day session for our National Capital Region members. (more...)
USGE commits to RCMP Harassment Program
The USGE is showing its commitment to the RCMP Harassment Program by entering into its first-ever Interchange Canada Agreement between the force and our Natonal Office staff. (more...)
A message for the New Year from John Edmunds, National President
Another year has come and gone. And we are already several weeks into a new year. However 2008 will be remembered as having been particularly eventful for the USGE and its members. (more...) 
Successful Organizing the Locals training sessions in the Prairies Region
Another two cities. And another two successful USGE training sessions. (more...)
Conservatives putting CSC's agribusiness program out to pasture
The Conservative government has decided that Correctional Service Canada is getting out of the business of agribusiness. And the USGE is none too pleased. (more...)
CSC-USGE Work Description Grievances Working Committee making progress on tackling backlog
Our Correctional Service Canada members who have submitted a work description grievance may well be wondering what became of it. (more...)
Electronic USGE Representative Information Form back up and running
You can fight your enemy. You can fight apathy. You can even fight the common cold. But the toughest fight of all is the fight against computer code! (more...)
USGE back DOJ-PPSC efforts to address Legal Assistants' job satisfaction issues
The USGE is backing an effort by the Department of Justice and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to address job satisfaction, recruitment, and retention issues affecting Legal Assistants. (more...)
A healthy and happy retirement to Jane Hansen, Local 70006 Past President!
Late last year, USGE members and other friends of Jane Hansen gathered at a surprise retirement party for the longtime union activist and Past President of Local 70006, representing out National Capital Region members employed by the Department of Justice and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. (more...)
Rollout of new generic Detachment Assistant job descriptions still on track for March 31
Slow but steady progress continues to be made on new job descriptions for RCMP Detachment Assistants. Phase One is on track to be completed by the end of March. (more...)
USGE National Office job availability: Term Information Management Clerk (Bilingual Imperative)
The USGE has an immediate job opening for the position of Term Information Management Clark (Bilingual Imperative) in our National Office in Ottawa. (more...)
PPSC members opt to remain in DOJ Locals
Familiarity breeds ... solidarity! That's certainly the conclusion to be drawn from the decision by our Public Prosecution Service of Canada members to remain united in USGE Locals with their former co-workers at the Department of Justice. (more...)
USGE and 'The Personal' deliver preferred home and auto insurance rates
USGE members will have recently received a letter from National PResident John Edmunds drawing your attention to our union's arrangement with the Personal Insurance Company — a Canadian company offering attractive group rates for your home and auto insurance needs. (more...)
Dates and locations set for balance of Organizing the Locals training
Dates and locations have now been chosen for the remaining regional sessions of the USGE's popular Organizing the Locals training course. (more...)
PSST Complaints: Only the USGE National Office can assign a representative
The Public Service Staffing Tribunal is the only hearing-based recourse available to USGE members who wish to launch a complaint related to internal appointments and layoffs. (more...)
National President's Report to March USGE National Executive meeting available for downloading
The National President's Report to the March USGE National Executive meeting can be downloaded by clicking on your choice of icons. (more...)
Pacific Region Organizing the Locals training course to be rescheduled
Nowadays, it's hard enough juggling our own competing personal agendas and priorities. Trying to do that for more than a dozen busy people is the challenge faing the USGE every time we try to find workable dates for our regionally-delivered training program. (more...)
USGE seats at PSAC Convention vacant during address by Human Rights Advocate, the Honourable Louise Arbour
USGE delegates attending the 2009 PSAC National Triennial Convention in Vancouver refused to remain seated during an April 28 address by the Honourable Louise Arbour, Human Rights Advocate. (more...)
Labour Relations Board denies group grievance on Isolated Post and Government Housing Directive
After a four year battle, an adjudicator has denied a 'test case' that sought to maintain the Isolated Post and Government Housing Directive for a wide range of federal government workers. (more...)
OSA grievance route still open for Parole Office Supervisors
It was a significant gain back in July 2008, when the USGE and Correctional Service Canada signed a Memorandum of Agreement restoring Offender Supervision Allowance (OSA) to a number of Parole Officers who had seen the allowance arbitrarily stripped away by the employer. (more...)
Detachment Assistant job description review: Phase One completion date pushed back to May 22
The completion date for Phase One of the RCMP Deptachment Assistant job description review has been pushed back to May 22, 2009. (more...)
USGE and NPB sign Memorandum settling all grievances flowing from employer's 2003-05 classification review
It took four years and a lot of work, but the USGE and Natonal Parole Board management have successfully settled all outstanding grievances arising from the employer's comprehensive classification review launched earlier this decade. (more...)
First USGE scholarships launched in remembrance of Louise Pargeter
The USGE National Executive has approved the creation of our union's first-ever scholarships for the children and dependents of members in good standing. (more...)
Yet another delay, as RCMP management puts off key meeting on Detachment Assistant job description review
It's getting to be a regrettable pattern. There is yet another employer-inspired delay in addressing the RCMP Detachemnt Assistant job description review. (more...)
Local Officers — Take an oath to get sworn in!
Local executive officers are the bedrock of the USGE. Our union would be nowhere without these women and men who so freely give their valuable time and effort to protect the workplace rghts of their colleagues. (more...)
Ontario Organizing the Locals training session makes its mark in Markham
Notch up another successful USGE Organizing the Locals training session, this time for our Ontario members outside the National Capital Region. (more...)
Arrivals, retirement sees shuffle of LRO responsibilities
The arrival in the National Office of several new faces, coupled with an imminent retirement has led to a shuffle of responsibilities for USGE Labour Relations Officers. (more...)
Welcome Robin Kers, our new Labour Relations Officer
We are pleased to welcome Robin Kers as a new term Labour Relations Officer in the USGE National Office. (more...)
RCMP Harassment Policy — Have your say!
As you know, USGE Service Office Marion Fitzgerald is on a one-year Interchange Canada agreement with the RCMP's Respectful Workplace Program. (more...)
A Huge Win for RCMP Detachment Clerks
Some said it couldn't be done! Sone said it wouldn't be done! That, in a nutshell, was our first conversation with RCMP representatives over the need for a complete review and overhaul of work descriptions covering over one thousand Detachment Clerks who assist RCMP officers in front-line policing. (more...)
Has your address or work email changed? Let us know!
The USGE National Office relies on an up-to-date address and other contact information in order to ensure that you, the member, receive important union information conerning your job and oher workplace developments. (more...)
Application deadline June 30 for 2010 Labour College residential program
The Labour College of Canada is resuming its yearly Intensive Program following significant changes to course design and delivery. (Please note that the Program is delivered only in English.) (more...)
Pacific Region session wraps up a highly successful 2008-09 USGE national training program
The USGE's 2008-09 national training program ended on a high note with the June 2-4 Organizing the Locals training course for our Pacific Region members. (more...)
National Office Job Posting: Communications and Research Officer (Bilingual)
The USGE has an immediate job opening for the position of Communications and Research Officer (Bilingual) in our National Office in Ottawa. (more...)
2009 National Local Presidents Meeting set for September
Each year following our Triennial National Convention, the USGE organizes a National Local Presidents Meeting in Ottawa. The official call for this year's NLPM, to be held September 27-29, was mailed to all our Locals in early May. (more...)
Quebec Region members profit from USGE's in-house training
It was the turn in late May for our Quebec members to gain from the USGE's in-house training program. (more...)
Photo marks CSIS contract signing
While our members at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service officially signed a new collective agreement last April 7, the USGE jsut this week obtained a photo from management of the union and employer team members. (more...)
USGE and PSAC launch major campaign to save prison farms
The USGE and the PSAC are launching a major comeback campaign to block plans by Correctional Service Canada (CSC) to close farming operations at six institutions over the next two years. (more...)
Moncton training session for USGE Atlantic members highly successful
Some two dozen activists from our Atlantic Locals participated in a highly successful USGE training session held in Moncton from May 12 to 14.
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Labour College application deadline extended to July 24
There's good news for any of our activists who were considering applying to the Labour College of Canada's 2010 residential program, but had difficulty meeting the previously-announced June 30 deadline. (more...)
Our best wishes to Donn Reid, as veteran Labour Relations Officer retires from the USGE
Donn Reid, the popular and respected USGE Labour Relations Officer, takes a well-deserved retirement this month. (more...)
Don't wait to register for the PSAC National Health and Safety Conference
For good reason, the USGE has a large number of activists keenly interested in health and safety issues. So, before heading off this month or next on that well-deserved holiday, make sure you register for the 2009 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference. (more...)
Dorchester BBQ rallies community to save farm program at Westmorland Institution
The community of Dorchester, New Brunswick has rallied to support our 'Save Our Farms' campaign — efforts by the USGE and other organizations to reverse the Harper government's decision to eliminate prison farm programs. (more...)
Prison farms closures show how out of touch the Government is
The announcement by Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, that the Federal Government is pushing ahead with the closure of Canada's prison farms shows just how out of touch this Government is. (more...)
Update on USGE/CSC Working Group on Work Description Grievances (pdf)
Riverbend inmate says prison farm system not just about gaining employment skills
Letter to the Editor, sent to the Prince Albert Daily Herald. (more...)
USGE supports the CPC call for independent policing of RCMP
The Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE) has come out in support of the recent report released by the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP (CPC), in which there is a call for an external party to police Canada's national police force.
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USGE BBQ and Rally in Ottawa a great success
The USGE is please to announce the success of its BBQ and Rally to protest the closure of Canada's six prison farms.. (more...)
National Local Presidents Meeting focuses on Duty to Accommodate
The USGE National Local Presidents Meeting was held on September 24-25, 2009 in Ottawa. Presidents representing all USGE locals attended two full days of workshops to learn more about the union's role with respect to Duty to Accommodate and Duty of Fair Representation.
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PSAC 2010 Calendars
The ever-popular annual calendar produced by the Public Service Alliance should be available in the next few weeks. (more...)
National Joint Council — Living Cost Differential Survey
Beginning in mid-October 2009, Statistics Canada will be conducting a survey of the Ontario Region in order to determine the Living Cost Differential Indexes for the Isolated Posts and and Government Housing Directive (the Directive) of hte National Joint Council. The survey will consist of a combination of paper surveys and site visits, and will include prices of common household articles and staples as well as oher goods and services such as insurance, transportaton and daycare.
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Occupational Group Structure Review Process
The PSAC has been working on the Occupational Group Structure review process. They have mailed out an initial bulletin to all PA members in order to provide a brief explanation of the review process.
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H1N1 update
Do you have questions about H1N1 and how your employer is handling related health and safety or pay and benefits issues?. (more...)
USGE member training continues
The USGE is continuing with its tradition of providing great training to its members with its latest offering, Grievance Training. Participants in these sessions included brand-new stewards as well as seasoned reps and all found something new to take back to their locals and members. (more...)
Local 60001 members stand up to Mother Nature and protest closure of Firearms Centre
Mother Nature huffed and puffed, but could not keep our members down. On November 30, Local 60001 members, friends and family participated in the Miramichi Parade of Lights, using the occasion to remind Canadians how proud they are to keep them safe. (more...)<
PSAC Statement on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
This year marks the 20th anniversary of hte Montreal Massacre, when a man named Marc Lépine killed 14 young women at the École Polytechnique. This extreme example of violence against women will forever be branded in our collective memory. It is marked yearly on December 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women. (more...)
Latest update on National Detachment Clerk Review
Since the official launch of the Detachment Assistant generic work descriptions, a number of Detachement Clerk positions have been reviewed and classified; however, due to the variety of organizational structures across the country, some issues have arisen during the early implementation phase regarding the application of the appropriate generic. (more...)