Work environment

Sisters, Brothers and Friends,

By now you should be aware that the employer will be asking all the employees to report to the office 3 days a week in September of 2024. This decision was taken without consultation with your union.

PSAC and other bargaining agents (PIPSC and CAPE) have launched actions and UTE fully supports these campaigns.

We know some of you have already completed the form below, but if you have not, we are encouraging you to send a letter to your MP and the President of Treasury Board using this PSAC link to make sure your voice is heard!

In April, we asked you to boycott National Public Service Week because we were outraged over the employer’s unnecessary use of the moratorium on term conversions.  Since then, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) chose to follow Treasury Board and require workers to report to the office a minimum of three days a week starting in September.  At the same time, the employer advised us that approximately 2,000 of our term members working in its Contact Centres would see their contracts expire on May 10, not to be renewed.

Sisters, Brothers and Friends,

Brothers, Sisters and Friends,

This will serve as an update to the messages from our National President on May 16^th regarding the Commissioner’s arbitrary and unilateral decision to comply with the Treasury Board Direction of an increase to an average of three days per week Requirement of On-site Presence (ROOP).

New Access to Information documents show that the federal government’s decision to impose a rigid three-day in-office mandate was not based on data or research on productivity, despite clear evidence that hybrid work boosts performance. The documents reveal the government ignored their own evidence and steamrolled ahead with a plan.