Sick leave, wage increases and setting the tone for bargaining

Over the past few weeks and months, the issue of public sector sick leave has dominated the headlines. Many of […]

Mar 26, 2014

Changes to the Public Service Health Care Plan

The Association of Canadian Financial Officers, in conjunction with the other federal public service bargaining agents, have reached an agreement […]

Feb 12, 2014

Budget 2014 - Not Worthy of the Podium

Fellow FIs, The federal government has disclosed its Economic Action Release plans for 2014, and at a time when Canadian […]

Collective bargaining call for committee members

The FI Collective Agreement expires on November 6th, 2014 FIs are needed to serve on the Collective Bargaining Committee for […]

RBC Severance Seminars

As a result of the Arbitration Award removing the continued accumulation of voluntary severance from our Collective Agreement, you will have […]

ACFO Position on Area of Selection

Area of Selection and its impact on career mobility and advancement is a key issue for our members. The Public Service […]

Nov 26, 2013

Solution to A.G.'s Concerns is More FI Capacity

The 2013 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada was tabled in Parliament this morning. This government should be very concerned […]

Nov 13, 2013

Income Inequality is Hurting the Economy

History is repeating itself and we have yet to learn from it. Our society is being pulled apart. Growing income […]

Update on New Salary Implementation and Severance Cash Out

Salary Implementation November 7th 2013 marks the effective date for significant changes to our salaries resulting from the July 5, 2013 […]

Oct 30, 2013

Denouncing Back-Door Changes to Labour Legislation

Fellow FIs, On October 22, 2013, Bill C-4 was tabled in Parliament.  This bill proposes substantial amendments to the Public Service Labour Relations […]

FI Collective Agreement: Implementation Underway

ACFO officially signed a new FI Collective Agreement on September 30, 2013.  A copy of the agreement is now available on ACFO’s website; for […]

"Pay in Arrears" Issues Resolved

Since Treasury Board announced it would be moving to a pay in arrears systems as part of its  “pay modernization” […]