Voting is now well underway on a new collective agreement for our members employed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. A tentative agreement was reached between the CFIA and our bargaining agent, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, last February.
Food safety inspectors and managers at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency all share a common view concerning the adequacy of available resources to do their job.
The Agriculture Union were front and centre as delegates to the Canadian Labour Congress convention took to the streets of Montreal May 8 in a mass demonstration against an ‘austerity agenda’ that is seeing attacks on public services across the country.
The Agriculture Union Social Justice Fund (AUSJF) has announced funding for two projects that meet its mandate of “building capacity in our communities and around the globe for people to participate and flourish fully in their daily lives.”
Agriculture Union members employed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will soon have the opportunity to view comprehensive details of the proposed collective agreement reached the first week in February.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency employees and their families are turning to counselling for work-related issues at three times the rate of other federal government workers.
Congratulations to Subir Aryal! The new member of Toronto’s Local 00014 was the lucky winner of the draw for an Apple iPad that brought a close to the Agriculture Union’s latest Rand sign-up campaign.
After more than two years of intense negotiations, our members at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have a tentative agreement.
Contract talks for a new collective agreement with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency resumed February 6.
Our bargaining agent, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and the Agriculture Union are urging our members at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to write Health Minister Rona Ambrose to protest CFIA’s latest disregard for the wellbeing of its employees.
