Health Services (SH) Group

SH Group Ratification Kit Your SH Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on August 4th, we reached a tentative agreement with the Treasury Board to conclude this round of collective bargaining.

1 August 2024

SH Bargaining Update – Tentative Agreement Reached!

Bargaining Update – Tentative Agreement Reached! 16 July 2024

Final push: show your support for our bargaining team!

As we gear up for our next bargaining session from July 23 to 25, 2024, we’re at a pivotal point in our negotiations. Now, more than ever, we need your visible and vocal support!

10 July 2024

TBS Pay Equity Update

After a dreadfully slow and painstaking start, amplified by the employer underestimating the scope of the challenge of putting together the largest Pay Equity Committee and Pay Equity exercise in Canada, we are happy to report that the Pay Equity Committee is finally starting to make some, albeit

25 June 2024

SH Bargaining Update #18

Your SH bargaining team met with the Treasury Board Secretariat (employer) from May 28-30, 2024 and again from June 10-12, 2024.

28 May 2024

Op-Ed: Federal healthcare professionals are unsung heroes

From the icy expanses of the North serving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis to the challenging environments of federal prisons and military bases, Federal Health Care Professionals are the backbone of a system facing unprecedented challenges – from below-average salaries to violence in the workpla

28 May 2024

Proposed changes to the bylaws

The following proposed change to SH by-law will be presented at this year's SH AGM: Current article: 22 May 2024

SH election results are in!

The SH Executive election committee has verified the results for the 2024 elections. The following candidates have been elected to our group executive, and will take office at the first executive meeting taking place on May 25th 2024:

16 May 2024

SH Bargaining Update #17

Update #17 on SH Bargaining Team Meeting with Treasury Board Dear SH Members, We wanted to provide a brief summary of the recent meeting between the SH bargaining team and the Treasury Board, which took place from April 30th to May 2nd, 2024.

1 May 2024

Letter to Minister Freeland

Please click here to review the open letter from the SH Group bargaining team to MP Chrystia Freeland regarding concerns over federal health care funding followin

3 April 2024

Election Voter's Kit 2024

Voters Kit for the 2024 Election to the SH Group Executive 25 March 2024

SH Bargaining Update #16

We wanted to provide you with a brief update on the recent developments in our group negotiations with the Treasury Board.

27 February 2024

SH Bargaining Update #15

We recently met with the Treasury Board on February 13-15th, 2024 and continued our momentum toward completing non-monetary issues. We are pushing for the recognition and distinction of the SH members and their distinct status as regulated professionals in the Federal Public Service.

15 February 2024

#Now or Never -Signature Block

SH Members, Your bargaining team is still pushing hard at the negotiations table and we need YOU to help us show them that we mean it when we say #Now or Never.

29 January 2024

SH Bargaining Update #14

Your Bargaining Team has been hard at work and we've made some progress on non-monetary articles. 17 January 2024

SH Group Executive Call for Nominations

Submit your nomination for available union leadership roles by March 8, 2024. The HEALTH PROFESSIONAL (SH) Group executive is seeking nominations for the following positions:

24 November 2023

Bargaining Update #13

SH Group members, 12 October 2023

Bargaining Update #12 September

Dear PIPSC SH Group members, Thank you to the almost 1000 members who sent the letter to your MP! If you haven’t yet, it’s not too late! Help us turn up the heat on your employer! Find the link here:

12 September 2023

Take action to ramp up the pressure ahead of the next critical round of bargaining!

We’re headed into the next round of bargaining on September 26 and the federal government needs to address the critical issues federal health care workers are experiencing.

14 July 2023

SH Group Bargaining Update #10 and 11- June 2023

SH Group Members, 1 June 2023

SH election results are in!

The SH election committee has verified the results for the 2023 elections. The following candidates have been elected to the SH executive, and will take office immediately:

11 May 2023

SH Group Bargaining Update #9- May 2023

On May 2nd and 3rd, 2023 members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met with Treasury Board and their new negotiator Martin Hamel.

11 May 2023

Open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland

Please click here to review the open letter from the SH Group bargaining team, signed by Eric Massey, to MP Chrystia Freeland on the importance of bargaining and coming to the table w

27 April 2023

SH 2023 Annual General Meeting - Resolutions to consider

The 2023 SH Group Annual General Meeting is fast approaching! Please click here to review the Agenda and the Resolutions to be considered at this year's AGM.

13 April 2023

Voters Kit for the 2023 Election to the SH Group Executive

This is your voter’s kit for the election of the SH Group Executive. Voting will take place by electronic means only. You will be receiving by email your electronic ballot key.

3 April 2023

SH Group Bargaining Update #8- March 2023

Select members of the SH Bargaining Team participated in the Canadian Health Coalition’s Health and Hope Lobby Events on Parliament Hill on March 28th.

16 March 2023

SH Group Bargaining Update #7- February 2023

After facing challenges securing dates for our next meetings with the Treasury Board, members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group finally secured meetings on February 28 and Mar 1, 2023.

2 February 2023

SH Group Executive Minutes; Nov 17, 2022

SH Group Meeting #1 November 17, 2022 Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal QC Attendees: Bruno Gagnon, Selena Glover , Eric Massey, Deborah Gaeon, Rachel Boyko , Terry Hupman, Lynn Ohlson, Donald Moisan, Rene Campbell, Lois Pelletier , James McGrath,

25 January 2023

SH Group executive call for nominations

Submit your nomination for available union leadership roles by Monday, March 13 at 4:00 PM ET. 23 November 2022

SH Executive election results are in!

The SH election committee has verified the results for the 2022 elections. The following candidates have been elected to the SH executive and take office immediately:

21 November 2022

SH Group Bargaining Update #6- November 2022

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met on November 7th, 2022 for a final preparatory meeting for the upcoming round of bargaining. During this meeting the SH Bargaining Team made finishing adjustments to the language and asks within our current proposals for this round of bargaining

27 October 2022

It’s almost Halloween – let’s scare the employer!

With bargaining around the corner, we want to show our managers, department heads, Treasury Board, and all decision-makers that we mean business. What better way to scare them with our solidarity than on Halloween?

13 October 2022

SH Group Bargaining Update #5- October 2022

The SH Group collective agreement expired on September 30, 2022. The terms and conditions in our current collective agreement will remain the same until we reach a new agreement.

27 September 2022

SH Group Bargaining Update #4- September 2022

Members of the Bargaining Team for the SH Group met on August 23 to August 25, 2022 for preparatory meetings for the upcoming round of bargaining. During these meetings the SH Bargaining Team reviewed:

13 September 2022

Resolutions to be considered at the 2022 SH Annual General Meeting

Please click here to review the Resolutions to be considered at the 2022 SH Annual General Meeting. 29 August 2022

Voter's Kit for the 2022 Election #2 to SH Executive

Following the close of nominations on August 2, 2022, the following members expressed their willingness to serve as representatives on the SH Group Executive.