Hill security officers’ labour dispute escalates, as union alleges ‘intimidation,’ ‘threats’ by management

‘There’s some animosity starting to build,’ says Senate Protective Service Employees Association president Brian Faust. Senate officers’ collective agreement expired Sept. 30.

Hill security officers are once again wearing lime green hats and matching wristbands calling for 'respect,' as part of an ongoing labour dispute between the Security Services Employees Assocation and the employer, the Parliamentary Protective Service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

September 29, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—House security officers have resumed protest actions amid an escalating labour stand between the officers’ union and the Parliamentary Protective Service, with the union last week filing dozens of grievances over what it’s deemed a “cocktail of intimidation, threats and disin...

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