Union worried feds could turn back on IT workers post-Phoenix

The head of PIPSC says she wants the government to commit to not contracting out ongoing maintenance work once Phoenix is running smoothly.

Debi Daviau, the president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, says the government could choose to contract out the ongoing maintenance of the Phoenix payroll system once it is running normally, which she would be against.The Hill Times file photograph

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BY EMILY HAWS

September 27, 2017

The head of one of the largest public service unions is warning the government not to contract to an outside company the ongoing maintenance of the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system once it's working properly. “I have yet to get a commitment, although I will be se...

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