Young Workers

PSAC produces a wide variety of toolkits, booklets and resource guides for activists, Locals and Branches, and Regional Committees and Area Councils. We have collected them here as a resource for members. If you would like a printed copy of any of these materials, contact your regional office or PSAC Representative. updated January 2021

We currently have two Young Workers Committees in BC - the Vancouver Island YWC and the Mainland & Haida Gwaii YWC. Download the minutes of their meetings below.

Todd Smith is a PSAC member from BC who travelled to Guatemala in March 2020 as part of the PSAC Social Justice Fund's Education In Action delegation. Along with ten other PSAC members from across the country, Todd was there to learn more about the culture and some of the struggles Mayan people face daily and build solidarity between Canada and indigenous communities in Guatemala. http://youtu.be/V7TgCqUzq3g More about the Comité Campesino del Altiplano (CCDA)

The PSAC Social Justice Fund invites your members to participate in the next “Education In Action” project in Guatemala for 2 weeks in spring 2020. Education In Action is supported by the PSAC Social Justice Fund to engage members and other Canadians to deepen their understanding of Guatemala and to build solidarity with Mayan communities in Guatemala.

Many thanks to Corinne Foster, a young worker and PSAC member who attended the BC Federation of Labour School at Camp Jubilee, and shared this report with us. For more information about PSAC BC's Young Worker Committees and initiatives, vist http://psacbc.com/our-organization/young-workers Camp Jubilee: June 14-16, 2019 a report by: Corinne FOSTER Learning

Grant’s Law was put in place to safeguard our exposed and vulnerable late night workers who often work alone and exposed to higher rates of violence in the workplace. These workers are very often young workers as well, starting out in their careers in the workforce.

PSAC’s youngest members met in the Ottawa from December 7 to 9 to take part in the very first national gathering of young workers. A selection of nearly 50 delegates, all aged 35 and younger, traveled across the country to receiving training, and to strategize around and discuss important issues facing the youngest demographic of Canada’s workforce.

On September 27th the Vancouver Island Young Worker Committee elected new leadership and executive members to take the committee forward into 2019 and beyond. Please welcome the revamped and new executive members to the committee and stay tuned for initiatives from your Vancouver Island Young Worker committee going forward.

The Alliance Executive Committee (AEC) has approved a one-time National Young Worker Forum to be held in Ottawa from December 7-9. This forum is an opportunity for a limited number of young workers (age 35 or under) to participate in a dynamic weekend of networking and planning for the 2019-2021 cycle. The goal is to see many robust regional young worker committees thriving and more young PSAC members using these committees to plug into their union.

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