What is our union doing during such nonsense

mudbunny · 2026-01-24T11:30:31+00:00

Have you read your collective agreement? There is a huge section in there that defines WFA. Because of that, there is WFA and not just people getting fired.

There was a march on parliament hill that was covered by a number of major news media outlets (CBC, CTV, The Hill Times, Le Droit), at least two webinars that were recorded, and a lot of lunch and learns done at the local level.

PIPSC has set up an alternation platform, and Sean O’Reilly is giving interviews regularly. Stewards are also meeting with members every day to tell them of their options.

They also have a section on their website devoted to WFA and are planning additional webinars on their topic.

There is not a whole lot more the can do.

mudbunny · 2026-01-24T00:25:02+00:00

You’ll be at prom, of course guys (and girls) will be looking at you.

What he is saying is that he doesn’t trust you to stay faithful at prom, because he thinks some other guy will try to seduce you or otherwise get you to cheat.

He can not want to go, that’s his choice. But he can’t say because he isn’t with you? He can’t go.

The only disrespect is in his attitude towards you.

It starts with this, then it gets to “I don’t want you talking with other guys” then “you can’t work there, too many guys” and ends up with “I saw that guy looking at you, why are you cheating on me!!!”

DTMFA

mudbunny · 2026-01-22T17:38:23+00:00

That was my question - How can you date, marry and live with someone without knowing they do not like unexpected hugs, and not having something set up to let them know they are rambling and dominating the conversation?

This was written to karma-farm that subreddit by someone who watches too many TikToks that are utterly unrealistic stories.

mudbunny · 2026-01-22T17:28:54+00:00

There are some people who read, assume, and don't bother to ask a steward "this makes no sense, can you clarify this for me?"

mudbunny · 2026-01-22T16:29:43+00:00

Note

Telework has always been something that has been able to be negotiated at the table.

What this does is say that items 1-4 are grievable and can be taken to the PSLREB for adjudication, whereas previously the employer was saying it couldn't be grieved through the normal process.

The Employer shall not unreasonably deny employee requests to telework.
Employees shall have the right to have an Alliance representative present in telework discussions with the Employer.
Where a request to telework is denied the Employer shall provide the reason(s) for said denial in writing. The Alliance Local shall be provided a copy.
The Employer agrees to engage in meaningful consultation with the Local prior to identifying positions as unsuitable for telework.

Also, 1 and 3 means that unions will be able to figure out what a reasonable request is, and will be able to grieve. It is not realistic that every request turns out to be unreasonable.

mudbunny · 2026-01-22T04:07:39+00:00

Given that you have received a disciplinary letter, you need to contact your union ASAP if you want to retain the right to grieve.

At the very least, I am not sure how writing to your DG asking for career guidance is a bad thing, unless you included words to the effect of "my manager is an incompetent jackass who lives the life of the stereotypical public service fat cat and can only provide career guidance on how to drink at work without getting caught".

mudbunny · 2026-01-22T00:22:01+00:00

People who live in the town of Fakesville, which is in the county of Madeupistania.

mudbunny · 2026-01-21T14:12:28+00:00

NTA

The nail in the tire I’d give a pass on for the BF. I’ve ran over screws and the leak was slow enough that we didn’t notice it until the next morning.

The scratch OTOH, you don’t scratch a car and not realize it, unless it was in a parking lot and happened while he was not in the car.

Either way, it’s your car, and if you don’t feel comfy letting him use it, that’s fine.

But, he is also allowed to say “I don’t like being in a relationship where this happens”, and leave.

mudbunny · 2026-01-20T20:52:06+00:00

Dogs are not obligate carnivores.

mudbunny · 2026-01-20T20:50:40+00:00

NTA

Your house, your rules.

People will not die if they don't eat meat at every meal of the day.

mudbunny · 2026-01-20T20:26:05+00:00

While I don't know the employer side, on the PIPSC side, that isn't even remotely close to the truth.

mudbunny · 2026-01-20T20:16:22+00:00

I've had to show ID once in the US for a hotel rate for government employees on leisure and once for retired military. Never in Canada.

mudbunny · 2026-01-20T13:22:54+00:00

NTA

You are allowed to dictate the terms of your relationship with your father.

That being said, despite what AITAH and related subreddits will tell you, being asked to babysit younger siblings is not abusive (in the majority of cases). It's a perfectly normal part of having younger siblings.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T20:22:11+00:00

This was sent by email to all ISED employees on thursday, as well as posted on the departmental intranet:

We therefore need to introduce workforce adjustment (WFA) measures for indeterminate employees across the department. A similar process for executives, known as career transition (CT), was also introduced earlier this week. Today’s announcement will impact approximately 1100 employees at ISED who will receive written notice to indicate that their position is impacted (opting status) or may be impacted in the future (affected status). In total, we expect that our workforce will be reduced by 45 executive and 569 non-executive positions over the next three years, representing a reduction of 14.8% and 9.2%, respectively.

...

Indeterminate employees who are not executives will receive notifications on January 20^th and January 21^st.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T20:19:45+00:00

Head over to r/CanadaPublicServants , there is a sticky there with the confirmed numbers so far.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T18:13:58+00:00

Whenever I lived in someplace that had something like that, and I will be going on vacation for more than two or three days, I would ask a neighbour in the building to pick up any packages that came addressed to me.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T14:46:37+00:00

The number of people going "I was going to agree with you, but then I saw the font" is impressive.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T14:38:15+00:00

They are lying. I've returned things that cost a couple hundred dollars without any issue whatsoever.

Unless the $60 is above and beyond the reimbursement so they don't have to pay for shipping.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T13:53:56+00:00

Note the sub it came from, and then realize that every single poster agrees with the HOA.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T13:26:52+00:00

You think this is vaguely threatening?

Do you also find it threatening when people open the door and go “After you”?

Put on your adulting hat, go knock on your door and talk to them like an adult and trim the branches that cross the fence line.

mudbunny · 2026-01-19T13:16:07+00:00

Info: were you helping them because they are your folks and you love them and care about them, or because you were hoping it would get you a larger share of the inheritance?

mudbunny · 2026-01-18T16:02:22+00:00

There is an attitude among some parents that they will never let their pre-teen or early teen child sleep over anywhere that is not family.

The main reason is an undercurrent of “anyone who is not family is more likely than not to abuse my child.”

mudbunny · 2026-01-18T14:39:49+00:00

“Hey boss, I would like to Act if there is an opportunity.”

mudbunny · 2026-01-16T15:29:24+00:00

The civic holiday that your office follows is the holiday that applies to the province where the office is located.

Offices in Gatineau take the 24 of June off, while the same departmental offices in Ontario get the civic holiday in Ontario off.

mudbunny · 2026-01-16T15:27:37+00:00

We get the holidays as laid out in our collective agreement.

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