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.
Locals are reminded that during this round of Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and Regional Seminars resolutions to conventions and selection of delegates to conventions are to be made.
The annual cross-country round of Agriculture Union Regional Seminars kicks off later this month and continues through March.
According to the audit, basic sanitation problems and cleanliness concerns continue to haunt facilities that produce ready to eat products and meat slaughter facilities whose products are eaten by Canadians and Americans alike.
Long-awaited contract negotiations for our Canadian Food Inspection Agency members, which resumed in Ottawa on December 4, look to be short and not terribly sweet.
Further information on this unfortunate turn of events can be found HERE on the PSAC’s Web site page on CFIA negotiation.
