PSAC - 2009 News releases

News releases 2009

2009-12-15: Museum strike is over
2009-12-14: Tentative agreement reached in museum strike
2009-12-12: Olympic torch avoids crossing picket line at Museum of Civilization
2009-12-11: Rally and concert to support striking museum workers
2009-12-10: Bookstore, or Bonuses?
2009-12-09: Douglas Cardinal concerned with deterioration of museum artifacts during 80-day strike
2009-12-03: Ending violence against women includes keeping federal long gun registry
2009-12-01: Museum continues to refuse arbitration as strike drags into 11th week
2009-11-26: Negotiated settlement impossible Museum workers reject final offer
2009-11-19: National Gallery of Canada - Privatization and dismissal
2009-11-18: National Health & Safety Conference Public Service Alliance of Canada; Striking museum workers signal support for binding arbitration
2009-11-17: Museum workers have been on strike for 58 days - Union asks if the Museum of Civilization is going for a record
2009-11-09: Striking museum workers to throw picket line tea party in honour of Prince Charles; Striking Canadian War Museum employees to organize Remembrance Day activities
2009-11-06: Striking museum workers occupy Lawrence Cannon's office
2009-11-05: National Gallery of Canada leaves the public in the dark
2009-11-04: After six weeks on the picket line, museum workers take their message to the Hill
2009-10-30: Halloween party for children
2009-10-28: National union leaders to federal government: When it comes to Aboriginal Rights – Sometimes Sorry is not Enough!
2009-10-26: Museum workers to march to Heritage Minister's office, demands still unmet
2009-10-21: University chair honours unionist; Outdoor exhibit will feature the “real treasures” of the Museum of Civilization – its workers
2009-10-09: Workers on strike organize second outdoor children's museum during Thanksgiving weekend
2009-10-08: Ottawa-area MPs to demand a fair contract for museum workers; Museum talks break down over sub-contracting
2009-10-07: Museum talks break down over sub-contracting
2009-10-02: Workers on strike organize outdoors children's museum; Solidarity among workers in Canadian art institutions
2009-09-29: National Gallery workers to show solidarity for workers on strike at the Museum of Civilization and War Museum
2009-09-28: Rally in Ottawa protests against cancellation of prison farm rehab progam
2009-09-21: Picket lines are up at the Museum of Civilization and War Museum
2009-09-17: Museum workers set to strike Monday if no agreement reached
2009-09-03: Union vows to fight lay-offs at the National Gallery of Canada
2009-08-28: Museum workers vote to strike
2009-07-31: Customs and Immigration officers to march at pride parade for first time in full uniform
2009-07-29: New federal heating plans should get the big chill
2009-06-26: Union launches major campaign to save prison farms
2009-06-24: Akwesasne teachers ratify first tentative agreement with Mohawk Council
2009-05-15: Unsafe buildings threaten government workers' health and safety, says PSAC
2009-05-07: Public security, private contractors a bad mix says union, P3 arrangement to build secure government facility a bad call
2009-04-30: John Gordon re-elected PSAC National President
2009-04-28: PSAC to challenge Harper government's attack on workers' and women's rights
2009-04-27: Human rights advocate Louise Arbour to address PSAC convention
2009-04-24: International labour activists to discuss how public services deliver peace, human rights and democracy
2009-04-21: Public Service Alliance of Canada to hold 15th National Triennial Convention
2009-04-15: New study confirms that public services are the best deal for Canadians
2009-04-01: Tory bill Threatens to Gut Canada's Grain System
2009-03-09: Senators on the right track with budget bill
2009-03-06: Women launch complaint against Harper government for destroying the right to pay equity
2009-03-04: Women gather at UN to condemn the Harper government's record on women's rights
2009-02-23: PSAC slams Budget Implementation Act for undermining collective bargaining and threatening women's right to pay equity
2009-02-13: PSAC members ratify new agreement with Parks Canada
2009-02-12: PSAC says “pay equity” bill threatens women's rights
2009-02-03: Federal Government in violation of Charter of Rights and Freedoms, says PSAC
2009-01-28: Federal budget fails women, working people says PSAC
2009-01-23: Serco's Labour relations record at 5 Wind Goose Bay
2009-01-23: PSAC members ratify new agreements with Treasury Board
2009-01-12: Workers on strike against Serco

Date Modified : 2010/07/29