PA group: Negotiations focus on classification reform, workplace surveillance.

Conservatives’ version of target benefit pension plans a threat to retirement security.

Sick leave doesn’t cost government extra: PBO report.

An online activist training course for young workers who want to lead, build, and organize for change.

Taking Charge of Change (TCC) is an intensive six-week activist training program for young workers and youth activists (age 30 and under) who want to lead, build and organize for change. This program takes place in a participatory online learning environment.

This program will help you:

• Build leadership skills to engage and mobilize young workers.
• Build knowledge about the issues affecting young workers in the union, workplace and community.
• Deepen your understanding of past and present labour and social justice issues using an anti-oppression framework.
• Develop organizing skills for building a movement.
• Bonus! Build solidarity with other young activists across the country!

Applications are open from June 9, 2014 to July 9, 2014.

FOR more info, please go to:

http://www.canadianlabour.ca/tcc

Correction: Elections for Alternate Ontario NVP’s and Alternate Women’s Issues NVP @ 457 Richmond St.  will take place tomorrow, June 26/14 12:30pm-1pm in the 6th floor lunchroom  and will hosted by your friendly neighbourhood local 581 union treasurer, Sandy. If you are available, please stop by and cast a ballot (or 2). There will be candidate info available.

June 20, 2014 marks the opening of World Pride 2014 in Toronto.

Toronto is the first city in North America to host World Pride and PSAC Ontario would like to wish all participants a happy and safe World Pride 2014 during this 10 day event.

Sunday, June 29th, 2014 is the Pride parade.

If you are reading this…. You are a “follower” of our local 581 union website.

If you are new, welcome! If you were an early joiner, thanks 🙂

If you have provided your email address to us, we have entered it in to follow our website, so that you will receive an email when there is a new post. You would have needed to confirm this, and if you no longer wish to receive updates, you can “un-follow”. However, we hope you do want updates!

Hopefully you will find the posts on here informative and applicable to you. It is updated by the local union executive.

Have a great weekend!

P.S. Our current collective agreement expires TODAY. It will still be used until we get a new one.

Elections Next Week

 1-1:30pm Thursday, June 26, 2014 in the 6^th floor lunchroom 457 Richmond St London

To be determined at the CIC office 417 Exeter Rd. London

 For:

CEIU Alternate NVP’s for Ontario

CEIU Alternate Women’s NVP

Ontario Council Rep ­ -CIC only

Alternate CIC NVP for Ontario – CIC only