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Alice West wins 2013 Rosemary Brown award

October 9, 2013 - 2:02pm • Women, Political Action
republished with kind permission from the September issue of the Advocate, the official newsletter of the BC Federation of Retired Union Members.

Alice West, former PSAC National Director and President of BC FORUM, has won the 2013 Rosemary Brown award for Women, recognizing her immense contribution to the labour movement, equality and social justice in Canada, and in particular her contributions in the area of Women in the Labour Movement.

New online course: We Are All Affected - Engaging our Members: One-to-one Conversation Campaign

October 8, 2013 - 3:26pm • Bargaining, Political Action

Conservative MPs want to weaken unions. They want to pass a law that will open up our collective agreements. They want to take out our union security clauses.

The most important thing we can do to combat these attacks is educate and engage thousands of members about the gains our union has made and the threats we face.

Help our veterans stop Veterans Affairs office closures

October 7, 2013 - 1:52pm • Political Action

You can help veterans stop the closure of the Veterans Affairs offices in their communities. In the lead-up to Remembrance Day and beyond, PSAC members will be working with veterans to organize events in their communities and urge Members of Parliament to speak out against the closures.

PSAC BC and the United Way - a message from the REVP

October 4, 2013 - 10:58am

I was recently honoured to be asked give the keynote speech at the United Way of the Lower Mainland Labour Campaign kick-off and would like to share with PSAC members some of what I spoke about.

NWAC expresses disbelief, and is taken aback by Canada’s response to the UN Human Rights Council

September 30, 2013 - 11:44am

Ottawa, ON (September 20, 2013). The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is stupefied that Canada is rejecting calls from the UN Human Rights Council for Canada to develop a comprehensive national review to end violence against Aboriginal women.

The NWAC has called on the Government of Canada for several years now to conduct a National Public Inquiry; over these years, thousands of Canadians and organizations have responded in support of the necessity to document and resolve the situation of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada.

Veterans traveling to Ottawa to oppose cuts to frontline services - tune into a live webcast to hear what they have to say

September 30, 2013 - 9:36am • Political Action

Canada’s veterans will be in Ottawa Thursday, October 3rd to talk about why the federal government must not close Veterans Affairs offices they rely on.

The office in Prince George has already been shut down and the government says that by February, offices in Corner Brook, Charlottetown, Sydney, Thunder Bay, Windsor, Brandon, Saskatoon and Kelowna will be closing their doors to veterans too.

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