http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-currentnews.htm#Two The latest NHU News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:00:18 -0400 Friday, October 15 is the deadline for receipt in the National Office of applications for the NHU's 2010 scholarships.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-currentnews.htm#OneWed, 01 Sep 2010 07:00:18 -0400 Our ever-popular 'Dues Checker' has now been updated with the latest data from the June 2010 employer print-off, allowing NHU members to see just how and where their dues money is collected.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-august2010.htm#OneTue, 03 Aug 2010 14:47:41 -0400 The National Health Union has spoken out strongly against the Conservative government's move to quietly axe the annual Public Service Employee Survey. And we're urging NHU members to call their Member of Parliament to complain about this politically-partisan move by the Harper government.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-july2010.htm#ThreeSat, 31 Jul 2010 12:22:09 -0400 The National Health Union is pleased to announce that Mark Hockley has joined the National Office as Service Officer for our Locals in Ontario and the West.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-july2010.htm#TwoTue, 13 Jul 2010 16:39:16 -0400 NHU members in mainland British Columbia have elected themselves a new Local executive.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-july2010.htm#OneThu, 01 Jul 2010 14:10:03 -0400 Aggressive intervention by NHU has led Health Canada to agree to a joint union-management committee to address the ever developing problem of workplace harassment.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-currentnews.htm#ThreeSun, 13 Jun 2010 18:08:46 -0400 As many of you have seen, Health Canada has posted a notice that ,as of July 2010, the PSAC dues amount taken from NHU members' salaries will be increasing.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-currentnews.htm#TwoThurs, 10 Jun 2010 13:46:34 -0400 The NHU's local leadership left last week's 2010 Local Presidents' Conference with both a better understanding of the challenges that lie ahead and a stronger grasp of how to meet them head on.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-currentnews.htm#OneWed, 02 Jun 2010 19:29:20 -0400 The NHU has welcomed the decision by Health Canada to maintain its Fort Qu'Appelle office and not consolidate services in Regina.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-currentnews.htm#OneMon, 31 May 2010 16:13:43 -0400 Each April 28, the labour movement pauses to acknowledge and honour those brothers and sisters who died due to workplace disease or injury.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-april2010.htm#TwoThu, 22 Apr 2010 11:12:47 -0400 The Public Service Alliance of Canada on April 7 entered into mediation talks with Human Resource and Skills Development to reach a settlement on a long-standing grievance relevant to those members who worked at Income Security Programs, Human Resources Development Canada as Service Delivery Agent 2's from 1995-2006.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-april2010.htm#OneFri, 16 Apr 2010 09:28:53 -0400 As mandated by the National President of the PSAC, the National Health Union is moving forward with the next phase of a process that could lead to a settlement of the longstanding SDA-II cases for our former members now working at Service Canada.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-currentnews.htm#OneWed, 31 Mar 2010 21:12:52 -0400 It's sad but true. Whenever the Canadian economy falls, attacks against federal public service pensions rise.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-february2010.htm#OneFri, 26 Feb 2010 14:40:10 -0500 Especially at this time of year, one recalls the adage that “it is better to give than to receive”. That was indeed the case when Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health in Winnipeg recently marked its tenth anniversary.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-january2010.htm#OneMon, 04 Jan 2010 18:19:08 -0500 The holiday season gives us all a welcome pause in our busy lives to reflect upon our blessings.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2009.htm#SixMon, 21 Dec 2009 14:30:21 -0500 The official Report of National President Tony Tilley to the recent meeting of the NHU National Council has been posted on our Web site.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2009.htm#FiveThu, 17 Dec 2009 13:46:08 -0500 Two young Winnipeg men are the recipients of National Health Union Scholarships for 2009.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2009.htm#FourTue, 15 Dec 2009 11:36:04 -0500 Monique Willman didn't see the 'ambush' coming. And the Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada members of Local 50012 couldn't have been happier.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2009.htm#ThreeFri, 11 Dec 2009 14:14:05 -0500 The NHU is urging our members in the National Capital Region to take part in a December 13 event in support of striking employees of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2009.htm#TwoThu, 10 Dec 2009 16:57:31 -0500 A Web site is always a work in progress. So we're pleased to say that the official minutes of the meetings of our National Council are now available for viewing and/or downloading ON THIS PAGE.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2009.htm#OneThu, 03 Dec 2009 15:45:22 -0500 As coincidences go, this was a most welcome and appreciated one.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2009.htm#FourTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:58:50 -0500 NHU Local Officers from across the Atlantic Region will meet in Halifax this week to participate in an intensive day-and-a-half session designed to equip them with the knowledge and skills to confidently represent their members in the workplace.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2009.htm#ThreeTue, 17 Nov 2009 10:02:59 -0500 The ever-popular annual calendar produced by the Public Service Alliance is now being distributed through PSAC Regional Offices across the country.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2009.htm#TwoFri, 13 Nov 2009 15:33:12 -0500 Union-Management Consultation Committees (UMCCs) are an official forum where management and employee representatives meet to exchange information on policy, procedures, conditions of employment and other matters of interest to the parties.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2009.htm#OneThu, 12 Nov 2009 09:30:17 -0500 Each autumn, in preparation for our Local Annual General Meetings, the National Health Union asks our executives and activists to reach out to those co-workers who, for one reason or another, have yet to sign a union card.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-sns-news-october2009.htm#OneMon, 19 Oct 2009 09:40:30 -0400 The long-awaited arbitral award for the TC group has been handed down and the union bargaining team has candidly labelled the new collective agreement a 'deep disappointment'.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-september2009.htm#TwoTue, 29 Sep 2009 10:12:56 -0400 NHU president Tony Tilley says the furore over body bags shipped to restock northern Manitoba first nations nursing stations should in no detract from the “diligent and dedicated work of our members” in preparing for possible pandemic outbreaks.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-september2009.htm#OneFri, 18 Sep 2009 16:13:23 -0400 Time is slipping away! The deadline for receipt of applications for 2009 National Health Union Scholarships is September 11.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-august2009.htm#OneTue, 25 Aug 2009 12:27:52 -0400 One of the NHU’s most popular initiatives – our ‘Dues Checker’ – is back after an absence of almost a year.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-july2009.htm#ThreeThu, 23 Jul 2009 13:20:48 -0400 As we are all aware, collective bargaining in the federal public service is a lengthy and convoluted process. Our bargaining agent, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, sensibly groups the classification groups it represents into ‘Tables’ sharing common work conditions and interests.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-july2009.htm#TwoMon, 06 Jul 2009 16:43:10 -0400 It’s a bureaucratic case of ‘don’t shoot the messenger’. Health Canada has confirmed the rumour that departmental parking rates are set to jump next spring.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-july2009.htm#OneWed, 01 Jul 2009 13:22:20 -0400 The National Health Union has for many years offered Scholarship Awards to the members and their children.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-june2009.htm#OneThu, 25 Jun 2009 12:22:54 -0400 There’s some positive news for Service Canada’s 800 Service Delivery Agent IIs who recently learned that senior management had reneged on their prior written commitment to classify and pay these employees properly.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-may2009.htm#TwoMon, 25 May 2009 11:03:37 -0400 If you owed the government money, signed a binding agreement to pay up and then unilaterally changed your mind and refused to honour your signature, you could reasonably count on getting a not-so-friendly knock on the door from the authorities. Right?http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-may2009.htm#OneThu, 14 May 2009 13:02:51 -0400 We are delighted to welcome Gilles Robinson as Service Officer in the NHU national Office in Ottawa.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-april2009.htm#OneFri, 17 Apr 2009 10:55:23 -0400 Just over 4,300 of our PA members will be receiving retroactive pay cheques sooner than later thanks in large part to the initiative taken by Health Canada compensation staff in the National Capital Region and elsewhere across the country.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-march2009.htm#OneThu, 05 Mar 2009 11:02:58 -0500 It's quite an honour. And it's very well deserved.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-february2009.htm#TwoWed, 25 Feb 2009 17:05:27 -0500 Over the next few years many of our members will become eligible to leave the Public Service without penalty because they will have reached the age of 55 and have more than 30 years of service.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-february2009.htm#OneWed, 11 Feb 2009 14:50:16 -0500 Congratulations to Brent Tolley-Martel! Brent, who turns 20 this month, has been awarded the National Health Union’s Apprenticeship Scholarship for 2008. The photo above shows the young man receiving a union cheque in the amount of $2,500 from National President Tony Tilley to help facilitate his studies. http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-january2009.htm#OneWed, 11 Feb 2009 14:45:50 -0500 The NHU is pleased to offer the ‘NHU News Service’ – what is referred to as a RSS feed – so that you'll never miss out on the latest information and events.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2008.htm#ThreeSun, 21 Dec 2008 09:55:41 -0500 The holiday season is once again upon us. A chance to pause and reflect. To gain from the past and anticipate the future.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-december2008.htm#TwoMon, 15 Dec 2008 11:43:39 -0500 Around this time of year, many members are looking to receive the popular annual calendar produced by our bargaining agent, the Public Service Alliance of Canada.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2008.htm#FourTue, 18 Nov 2008 09:32:40 -0500 As part of the successful launch of the new National Health Union, last August’s inaugural Triennial National Convention saw the election of a larger-than-usual number of fresh faces to our National Council.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2008.htm#ThreeThu, 13 Nov 2008 12:18:46 -0500 Given Health Canada’s mandate, many NHU members are deeply involved in Aboriginal health issues. In fact, a large number of these members are themselves from the First Nations, Métis or Inuit communitieshttp://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2008.htm#TwoMon, 10 Nov 2008 11:40:55 -0500 Each autumn, in preparation for our Local Annual General Meetings, the National Health Union asks our executives and activists to reach out to those co-workers who, for one reason or another, have yet to sign a union card. http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-november2008.htm#OneThu, 06 Nov 2008 13:11:24 -0500 With November once again upon us, it’s the time of the year when all National Health Union Locals should be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM).http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-october2008.htm#TwoTue, 28 Oct 2008 11:40:58 -0400 The National Health Union has for many years offered scholarship awards to our members and their children.http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/news-october2008.htm#OneWed, 01 Oct 2008 20:30:14 -0400 A new name. A new logo. A new governing structure. And now…a new Web site!http://www.nhu-sns.ca/en/nhu-news-september2008.htm#ThreeWednesday, September 24, 2008