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PSAC BC Regional Newsletter for January 2016

January 7, 2016 - 3:52pm • Bargaining, Workplace problem solving, Political Action

Save the date: First-ever CLC National Young Workers Conference - Oct 23-25 2016 in Ottawa

January 7, 2016 - 9:10am • Young Workers

The first-ever CLC National Young Workers’ Conference will be held from October 23 to 25, 2016. This conference will bring together young workers, youth activists, and allies to build young workers’ power to address the changing nature of work, empower young and new leadership in workplaces and unions, and lay the framework for a renewed and growing labour movement.

PSAC lauds Liberal government’s blocking of Bill C-377

January 4, 2016 - 10:20am • Political Action

Public Service Alliance of Canada welcomes the Minister of National Revenue’s announcement this morning that reporting requirements for unions under Bill C-377 will be waived for 2016.

Call Out: PSAC BC Racially Visible Regional Conference – Organizing Committee

December 18, 2015 - 11:28am • Human Rights
PSAC-BC is planning on holding a Racially Visible Regional Conference in the Spring of 2016 in Vancouver! 
 
We are currently seeking members who are willing to play an important role in the organizing of this conference by providing input from a regional perspective.  The Organizing Committee will work closely with Jennifer Chieh Ho, PSAC-BC Racially Visible Equity Coordinator, and Monica Urrutia, PSAC Regional Representative, and will be expected to provide their services in the lead up to, during, and after the conference. 
 

PSAC welcomes plans to re-open Kitsilano Coast Guard Station, urges government to act quickly

December 16, 2015 - 1:00pm • Metro | Political Action

Hunter Tootoo, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, officially announced today that the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station in Vancouver would be re-opened.

“PSAC is happy to see the government listened to British Columbians and officially announced Kits Station’s reopening today,” said Bob Jackson, Public Service Alliance of Canada Regional Executive Vice-President for BC.

Domestic violence at work online resource centre

December 15, 2015 - 3:20pm • Women, Domestic Violence

For the past two years, the Canadian Labour Congress has been spearheading an initiative to address the impact of domestic violence in the workplace.  According to a recent cross-Canada survey conducted by the CLC and researchers at the University of Western Ontario, one in three workers has experienced domestic violence, and this violence follows them to work. Over 80 percent of victims reported that their performance was negatively impacted, and more than half said the abuse occurred at or near their workplace. Domestic Violence affects us all.

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