{"id":9799,"date":"2021-12-16T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9799"},"modified":"2021-12-16T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:17:01","slug":"hearing-dates-set-for-black-class-action-lawsuit-against-the-federal-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9799","title":{"rendered":"Hearing dates set for Black class action lawsuit against the federal government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bpsw_class_action_0_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bpsw_class_action_0_1.png 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bpsw_class_action_0_1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bpsw_class_action_0_1-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>December 15, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The class action lawsuit against the federal government by current and former Black employees has reached another milestone with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilltimes.com\/2021\/09\/30\/certification-hearing-set-for-multi-billion-dollar-black-public-servants-class-action-suit\/320445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">certification hearing dates set for September 21-23, 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal court judge Jocelyne Gagn\u00e9 rejected the government\u2019s earlier request for a delay. This hearing is a crucial step and will determine if the class action proceedings will continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit continues to gain momentum, with 1,082 former and current Black federal public service employees seeking over $2.5 billion in damages. A large number of plaintiffs are past and present PSAC members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/antiblack-racism-public-service-OUV-1-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PSAC is supporting this historic legal action and seeking intervener status.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you identify as Black, Caribbean or of African descent and currently work or have worked for the federal government in the past 50 years, you are eligible to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackclassaction.ca\/join-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">join the class action<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit reaches back 50 years, arguing the federal government perpetuated Black employee exclusion: the systemic practice of limiting skilled Black workers from career advancement opportunities, which has led to them being disproportionally underrepresented at the highest levels of the federal public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to 2020 Treasury Board statistics, Black employees are one of the largest groups of racialized workers in the federal government at 3.5 per cent, yet only comprise 1.6 per cent of those at the executive level. Black workers also tend to be clustered in lower-level administrative categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Show your support<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackclassaction.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0about the Black Class Action Lawsuit<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/canada-justice-for-black-federal-public-service-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign the petition<\/a>\u00a0demanding justice for Black federal public service workers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/hearing-dates-set-black-class-action-lawsuit\">Hearing dates set for Black class action lawsuit against the federal government | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 15, 2021 The class action lawsuit against the federal government by current and former Black employees has reached another milestone with\u00a0certification hearing dates set for September 21-23, 2022. Federal court judge Jocelyne Gagn\u00e9 rejected the government\u2019s earlier request for a delay. This hearing is a crucial step and will determine if the class action &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9799\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hearing dates set for Black class action lawsuit against the federal government&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9802,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9799\/revisions\/9802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}