Updates

Please see the attached notice from PSAC National President Robyn Benson regarding National Public Service Week activities which takes place June 14 – 20, 2015. At the March 2015 meeting of the National Board of Directors, we once again called for a boycott of NPSW.

Tony Clement and the Conservative government are at the Treasury Board, Parks and CFIA bargaining tables intent on dismantling our sick leave and benefits and at CRA the employer refuses to bargain meaningfully.

What is the significance of May 1st/International Workers’ Day?

In most other parts of the world May 1st is celebrated as Labour Day and is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the International Labour Movement, Anarchists, Socialists and Communists. The May 1 date was chosen to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chicago that occurred in May 4, 1886. More info wikipedia.

Upcoming Events for May Day in BC:

We don’t know when the next federal election will be called, although the latest possible date for it is October 19, 2015. Here are five easy things you can do to help elect a Member of Parliament who values strong public services and the workers who deliver them.

Thanks to one of our members from PSAC/Union of National Employees Local 20088 for sharing her thoughts and experience on Vaisakhi!

Every April, millions of Sikhs world-wide celebrate Vaisakhi, a day that marks the harvest celebration and the anniversary of one of Sikhism's most important events, the establishment of Khalsa.