Federal workers brace for massive job cuts - Letters warning 'affected' employees expected today in at least 10 departments

Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen With Files From PostmediaApril 11, 2012 4:58 AM

At least 10 federal departments are expected to send notices today to hundreds of employees across the country that their jobs will be "affected" by the $5.2 billion in cuts that were unveiled in the recent federal budget.  For the second Wednesday in a row, workers are braced for a round of the "affected" notices, which triggers a complicated process negotiated with the 18 federal unions that departments are using to manage job losses of more than 19,200 over the next three years. This will be the largest round of notifications so far but unions expect another next week. Gary Corbett, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, confirmed the union was given the mandatory advance notice from departments last week that notices will be delivered to employees in 10 departments. They include Agriculture Canada, Canadian Space Agency, Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Citizenship and Immigration, Correctional Service Canada, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Industry Canada, Public Health Agency and Treasury Board. (more)