You’re Invited to Columbia Sportswear’s Employee Store! (Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC))
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
is exclusively invited to access the store – take advantage now as the invite runsJune 14 – July 7 only! The bulleted information below is a helpful guide to share with your team, if needed.
WHAT THE EMPLOYEE STORE HAS TO OFFER:
- EMPLOYEE discount, meaning items are marked with Employee Pricing (40 – 50% off regular retail pricing)
- All of the latest product from the Columbia Sportswear Company family (SOREL, Mountain Hardwear, prAna, and of course Columbia Sportswear)
WHAT TO BRING TO ACCESS THE STORE:
- The attached invite (printed or shown on mobile phone)
- Work /organization ID (business card, badge, pay-stub, signature of work email, uniform, membership card etc.)
- Personal photo ID
- This invite is valid for you + 4 guests(you must be present)
- This invite grants store access only(offer not valid online)
Phoenix pay system cost could total $2.6B before cheaper replacement ready
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/phoenix-pay-system-cost-report-1.5138036
PSAC Leadership Tour Update

Date: Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Time: 11 am—12:30 PM
Location: Orange Boardroom
Service Canada Centre
457 Richmond St, London
AND
Date: Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Time: 6 pm—8 pm
Location: Canada Room
Days Inn by Wyndham
1100 Wellington Road South, London
** Snacks and refreshments will be served.
All PSAC members are welcome to attend *
PSAC’s National President, Chris Aylward, National
Executive Vice-President, Magali Picard and Regional
Executive Vice-President for Ontario, Sharon DeSousa
are touring southwestern Ontario.
This is an opportunity for members to talk to our
National and Regional PSAC leaders about ongoing
Bargaining, Phoenix and the upcoming
Federal Election
Meet the PSAC National President
Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 6 PM – 8 PM
1100 Wellington Rd S, London, ON N6E 1M2, Canada
Hosted by PSAC Local 610
Chris Aylward, the PSAC National President, and Magali Picard, the National Vice-President, are meeting with PSAC members in the London area. A meet and greet will be held at 1100 Wellington RD, S. in the Day Inn Canada Room. Food and drinks will be provided. All members are welcome to join 😊
Before the meet and greet members are welcome to join for a rally at 451 Talbot Street at 12 pm.
Hope to see you there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/379070969360719/
Day of Action
Tommorrow marks 3 years since the launch of Phoenix. Join is tomorrow, February 28th, to show your support for the Day of Action. We will be meeting at by the back door at 11am to take a picture to send to PSAC. Hope to see you there.
http://psacunion.ca/phoenix-day-action-anniversary-2019
AGM CEIU LOCAL 581 results/thanks
Updated local exec team:
President: Melissa Boucher
1ST VP London: Ismael Sanchez
2nd VP Satellites: Scott McIntosh
3rd VP IRCC: Nathan Haley
Secretary: Stacey Duffield
Treasurer: Sandy Snider
Stewards: Sadia Naz, David Pereira, Thu Trinh, Robert Dinning, Trish Herbert, and Doug Muggah
Congrats to all continuing and newly acclaimed and thanks to Tracey Frank for her work on the local union.
Thank you to guest speakers, Lyle Gall- Southwest rep on PSAC regional council- and Nicole Ma- one of the CEIU Ontario NVP’S and to Travis Lahnalampi-the other CEIU Ontario NVP- for providing a bargaining update.
Minutes and reports from the meeting will be shared in the near future.
Thank you for the opportunity to have been your local president for the last 6 years or so. (Sara B. Johnson)

