Public Service Alliance of Canada
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| Full name | Public Service Alliance of Canada |
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| Founded | 1966 |
| Members | 172,000 (2012)[1] |
| Affiliation | CLC, PSI |
| Key people | Robyn Benson, president |
| Office location | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Website | www |
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is one of Canada’s largest national labour unions, with members in every province and territory. In fact, it is the biggest union in the Canadian Federal Public Sector. PSAC members also work abroad in embassies and consulates.
While many of PSAC’s 172,000 members work for the federal government, crown corporations or agencies as immigration officers, fisheries officers, food inspectors, customs officers, national defence civilian employees, and the like, an increasing number of PSAC members work in the private sector: in women’s shelters, universities, security agencies and casinos. In Northern Canada, the PSAC represents most unionized workers employed by the governments of the Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories and some municipalities.
PSAC’s National President is Robyn Benson who won election following her predecessor's (John Gordon's) retirement in May 2012. Prior to being the PSAC National President, Benson was the Regional Executive Vice-president of the PSAC for the Prairie region..
PSAC's Ottawa headquarters building, designed in 1968 by Paul Schoeler, is a notable example of modernist architecture in Ottawa.[2]
Components
- Agriculture Union (AU/PSAC) formerly the Canada Agriculture National Employees Association (CANEA) charter union
- Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU/PSAC) charter union
- Customs and Immigration Union (CIU/PSAC) charter union
- Government Services Union (GSU/PSAC) joined after the merger in 1999 with the former Union of Public Works Employees and Supply and Services Union
- Nunavut Employees Union (NEU/PSAC) joined in 1999, previously members had belonged to the UNW
- National Health Union (NHU/PSAC) charter union
- Natural Resources Union (NRU/PSAC) joined in 1978
- Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE/PSAC) charter union
- Union of Environment Workers (UEW/PSAC) joined in 1972
- Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE/PSAC) charter union
- Union of National Employees (NE/PSAC) (formerly the National Component) charter union
- Union of Northern Workers (UNW/PSAC) joined in 1970
- Union of Postal Communications Employees (UPCE/PSAC) joined in 1967, successor to the former Canadian Railway Mail Clerks Federation
- Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE/PSAC)
- Union of Taxation Employees (UTE/PSAC) charter union
- Union of Veterans Employees (UVE/PSAC) charter union
- Yukon Employees Union (YEU/PSAC) joined in 1990
Presidents
- Robyn Benson (UTE), 2012–present
- John Gordon (GSU), 2006-2012
- Nycole Turmel (CEIU), 2000-2006
- Daryl Bean (PWU/GSU), 1985-2000
- Pierre Samson (CEIU), 1982-1985
- Andy Steward (AU), 1976-1982
- Claude Edwards, Civil Service Federation of Canada (CSFC), 1966-1976
Regions
- Atlantic
- British Columbia
- National Capital Region
- North
- Ontario
- Prairies
- Québec
References
- ↑ Membership info from PSAC web site - http://www.psac-afpc.org/affiliations/national-e.shtml.
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External links
- Official website
- Agriculture Union
- Canada Employment and Immigration Union
- Customs and Immigration Union
- Government Services Union
- Nunavut Employees Union
- National Health Union
- Natural Resources Union
- Union of Canadian Transportation Employees
- Union of Environment Workers
- Union of National Defence Employees
- Union of National Employees
- Union of Northern Workers
- Union of Postal Communications Employees
- Union of Solicitor General Employees
- Union of Taxation Employees
- Union of Veterans Employees
- Yukon Employees Union
