Media

March 11, 2011

Union slams Service Canada management for ‘incredible, irrational and insensitive’ move to declare Atlantic Canada a unilingual English region

OTTAWA – The union representing Service Canada workers says the move by senior management to declare Atlantic Canada a unilingual administrative region is “incredible, irrational and insensitive”. February 7, 2011

Service Canada workers join chorus of criticism over office closures and reduced service across Newfoundland and Labrador

ST. JOHN’S – The union representing federal workers who provide employment, pension and other important services across Newfoundland and Labrador is adding its voice to the growing chorus criticizing Service Canada’s decision to severely reduce service in a number of smaller communities across the province. March 23, 2010

Fighting the budget cuts: round one, Sydney, Nova Scotia

The recent federal budget means cuts to the services offered to Canadians and to the staff who deliver them. At CIC’s Sydney processing centre, 147 jobs will be lost, but the union is fighting back at all levels. October 22, 2009

It is time Parliament called ‘strike three’ on Immigration Refugee Board appointment practices, staff union says

IRB becoming a ‘patronage sinkhole’ while failing to respond to condemnation by both Public Service Commission and Auditor-General July 21, 2009

Maritimes communities to be hit hard by Service Canada staff shifts and service cuts

The federal government union representing Service Canada employees is accusing Ottawa of an “attack on small town and rural communities across the Maritimes” by quietly implementing a program of staff centralization and service cuts for the unemployed.