Leading Progress — 100 years of history at PIPSC

 Leading Progress: The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada 1920–2020 Author: Jason Russell ISBN: 9781771134781 One hundred years of progress for Canadians. One hundred years of results for Canadian workers. On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association.

It’s High Time We Had Policies Guaranteeing Sick Time for Canadian Workers

 Letting sick workers stay home is good policy and smart business. A food handler going to work with a cough, a parent sending their sick child to school, or an emergency room nurse making snap decisions through the fog of a flu. It doesn’t take a medical degree to appreciate

The Real Costs of Informal Caregiving in Canada

 National strategy needed for unpaid caregivers in the workplace The phenomenon is not exactly marginal: according to a recently released government report, one in every three workers in Canada is assisting a chronically disabled person--many of them seniors--with transportation, household maintenance or day-to-day tasks. The 6.1 million employed workers who

Representing Canadian workers: the IBEW and Kathy Choquette

 "I knew I wanted to get into a trade,” says Kathy Choquette, an electrical foreman with Ziebarth Electrical Contractors Inc. (ZEC). Choquette is celebrating 10 years with the company and 21 years with the IBEW. It all started in 1989 when she took the Women in Trades and Technology course at

Representing Canadian Workers: IBEW Member Francis Vaillancourt

 Francis Vaillancourt works as a project manager in procurement for the Department of National Defence. He joined the government in 2006, and enjoys every minute. “I love my job. It’s the best one I’ve had in my life,” Vaillancourt says. He was hired as a specialist for missiles and naval

Defending workers’ rights while advocating for a new approach

 How do we determine value in Ontario? This question typically drives the development of economic policy, but in today’s Ontario, it also frames labour relations. If one were to listen to some politicians, lobby groups and thinktanks, one would assume that workers in this province were overpaid, underworked and slacking

Building a Better Canada

 Welcome to 2014. This issue marks the beginning of our series on Building a Better Canada. Ottawa is where politicians and senior civil servants make the key decisions that directly impact the type of country we want Canada to be. How do we improve health care by making it more