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Frontline rehabilitative staff must help shape protocols if early releases from federal penitentiaries is to happen safely.
April 3, 2020 (Ottawa), The Union of Safety...
Correctional officer at Port-Cartier Penitentiary gets COVID-19
Alexie André Belisle for Radio Canada
Published on March 26, 2020, at 2:01 PM
A correctional officer at the Port-Cartier Penitentiary is one of three...
Canada’s Correctional System Close to Breaking Point
Le Soleil, February 27, 2020
The case of Eustachio Gallese, who will plead guilty Thursday to the murder of Marylène Lévesque, has highlighted weaknesses in Canada’s...
Today, I wrote Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu to share with him my serious concerns regarding his unacceptable and misogynistic comments made during a French language interview...
USJE Statement on the Eustachio Gallese case
Updated version - Issued on February 10, 2020
The Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE) was extremely saddened to hear about the recent murder of...
Pressure to release offenders earlier to the community, changes to key rehabilitative programs and inadequate staffing to supervise offenders are putting communities and workers at...
Saint John halfway house understaffed, union says after another offender walks away
Nicholas Dylan McNamara left the Parrtown Centre for the second time this year, police announced
CBC News · Posted: Nov 06, 2019 10:07 PM AT |...
OTTAWA (May 16, 2019) – A national survey of Canadian parole officers conducted by the Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE), a federal public...
Canada's federal correctional system has a strong foundation
Stan Stapleton, President of the Union of Safety and Justice Employees, The Hill Times, Wednesday October 17, 2018
Working to prepare federal prisoners to return safely...
Trudeau government has a distinctly different vision for federal Corrections
Op-ed from Stan Stapleton, President of the Union of Safety and Justice Employees, Published Hill Times, Monday September 17, 2018
Three weeks ago, Minister Goodale...
Supreme Court Rules 5-4 In Janus Union Fees Case
The US Supreme Court has delivered a blow to workers in the US with a ruling that strips public sector unions of their ability to...
Union rallies against Phoenix pay system at finance minister's T.O. office
From the Toronto Sun (article available in English only)
May 4 2018
Hundreds of members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) protested in Toronto...
Trudeau government to cancel 'flawed' and 'unacceptable' $1 billion Phoenix pay system
National Observer
27 February 2018
By Mike De Souza & Trish Audette-Longo
Cet article n'est pas disponible en français, mais un article similaire de La Presse Canadienne est...
Kingston prison farms to reopen
Thanks to the efforts of so many people - including many USJE members - the federal budget has allocated funds to reopen the Collins Bay...
Outsiders must oversee cultural change at Edmonton Institution
Stan Stapleton, USJE National President
Edmonton Journal
On Monday, Correctional Service Canada confirmed that it had terminated two correctional officers and two managers at the maximum-security prison,...
Union applauds firing of Edmonton correctional officers amid harassment investigation
Edmonton Journal
Jan 12 2018
The firing of four correctional officers — including two managers — shows Correctional Service Canada is finally taking bullying, abuse of power...
Pilot project launched at CSC to fix Phoenix
Radio-Canada
December 30, 2017
A new Payroll Unit comprised of 22 Pay Advisors that has been set up at the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is offering...
Union offers support to 'suffering' workers at Edmonton Institution
Union of Solicitor General Employees urges prison staffers to report bullying and harassment
CBC News
November 9, 2017
A workers' union staged an information line outside...
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA WIDESPREAD IN FEDERAL PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES
New Report Calls for Federal Measures to Protect Safety and Justice Workers Affected by Exposure to Traumatic Material
Stan Stapleton - National...
Why are Civilian Members of the RCMP not receiving a salary increase?
On April 5, 2017, the RCMP Commissioner broadcast information confirming a Treasury Board approved pay package that will be provided only to regular members of...
Riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary
Following Wednesday’s riot, USGE Regional Vice President, Barry Stolar, traveled to the Saskatchewan Pen to talk with USGE members, assist the Local Executive, and provide...
New year brings heightened safety concerns for Canadians
Recent USGE survey shows six in ten (63%) of Canadians are worried about public safety in Canada going into 2017.
Majority Believes that Canadians (66%)...
Maintain the momentum on public safety officer health research
By Stan Stapleton, USGE's National President
Published by The Hill Times: Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 3:54 PM
This fall, the House Committee on Public Safety...
Government repeals anti-union legislation
On Wednesday, Parliament voted to adopt Bill C-4, a government bill that repeals the previous Conservative government’s controversial anti-union bills C-377 and C-525.
Earlier this year,...
USGE input features prominently in Parliamentary Report on Operational Stress Injuries
The Union of Solicitor General Employees welcomes the Parliament of Canada’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security’s report on Operational Stress...
Re-opening Canada's prison farms is just the first step
By Stan Stapleton, National President of the Union of Solicitor General Employees, as published in the Hill Times, July 4, 2016
Recently, Minister Goodale announced...
Save Our Farms - Online Public Consultation
Some of you may remember USGE’s participation in the Save Our Farms campaign from 2009. Despite the campaign’s efforts, all prison farms had been closed...
Why this union cares about Syrians
The following article by Stan Stapleton, USGE National President, was published in the Ottawa Sun on Saturday October 17, 2015.
This morning,...
(In French) Réinsertion sociale des détenus: des coupes dangereuses?
From La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/actualites-judiciaires/201505/18/01-4870483-reinsertion-sociale-des-detenus-des-coupes-dangereuses.php
(Ottawa) Des compressions dans des programmes de réinsertion sociale des détenus dans des pénitenciers fédéraux mettent la sécurité du public en...
Ottawa Citizen: Auditor General: Inmates spend more time behind bars
As published in The Ottawa Citizen...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/auditor-general-prison-inmates-spend-more-time-behind-bars
Ottawa Citizen: Federal budget - Government poised to impose new PS disability plan
As published today in The Ottawa Citizen...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/federal-budget-government-poised-to-impose-new-disability-plan
La Presse: Les fonctionnaires fédéraux écopent encore
As published today in La Presse (in French)...
http://affaires.lapresse.ca/dossiers/budget-federal-2014/201402/11/01-4737866-les-fonctionnaires-federaux-ecopent-encore.php
USGE President Stan Stapleton: The hope of parole serves a purpose.
As published today in the Ottawa Citizen...
Public safety is clearly on the minds of Canadians. And for good reason, given recent domestic and international events....
Ottawa: Representatives from the Union of Solicitor General Employees and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are in Calgary for a week-long hearing on...
Supreme Court Victory: Court Upholds the Right to Strike
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada released a groundbreaking decision that enshrines the right to strike as a constitutionally-protected right.
As posted by the Public...
Ottawa: The Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board (PSLREB) has ruled in favour of the Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE) and the Public...
RCMP Officers have right to collective bargaining, Supreme Court rules
As posted by CBC news...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-officers-have-right-to-collective-bargaining-supreme-court-rules-1.2912340
CCLOs were part of an innovative Integrated Police and Parole Initiative across the country. These CCLO positions were filled with reputable police officers from the...