Public Service Alliance of Canada
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
’s largest national labour union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
s, 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
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
and consulates.
While many of PSAC’s 160,000 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
Private sector
In economics, the private sector is that part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is run by private individuals or groups, usually as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the state...
: in women’s shelters, universities, security agencies and casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
s. In Northern Canada, the PSAC represents most unionized workers employed by the governments of the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
, Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
and the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
and some municipalities.
PSAC’s National President is John Gordon; he was elected in May 2006 after Nycole Turmel
Nycole Turmel
Nycole Turmel, MP is the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament. She was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 federal election, representing the electoral district of Hull—Aylmer, and became interim leader of the New Democratic Party after leader Jack...
, who had held the Presidency since 2000, retired. Prior to being elected President, Gordon was the National Executive Vice-President.
PSAC's Ottawa headquarters building
Public Service Alliance of Canada Building
The Public Service Alliance of Canada Building is a modernist elliptical office building in Ottawa, Ontario, constructed in 1968 as the national headquarters for the Public Service Alliance of Canada...
, designed in 1968 by Paul Schoeler, is a notable example of modernist architecture in Ottawa.
Components
- Agriculture Union (AU/PSAC)
- Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU/PSAC)
- Customs and Immigration Union (CIU/PSAC)
- Government Services Union (GSU/PSAC)
- National Component (NC/PSAC)
- Nunavut Employees Union (NEU/PSAC)
- National Health & Welfare Union (NHWU/PSAC)
- Natural Resources Union (NRU/PSAC)
- Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE/PSAC)
- Union of Environment Workers (UEW/PSAC)
- Union of National Defence EmployeesUnion of National Defence EmployeesOne of the largest components of the Public Service Alliance of Canada is the Union of National Defence Employees.They represent more than 14,000 civilian employees working in the Department of National Defence...
(UNDE/PSAC) - Union of Northern Workers (UNW/PSAC)
- Union of Postal Communications Employees (UPCE/PSAC)
- Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE/PSAC)
- Union of Taxation Employees (UTE/PSAC)
- Union of Veterans' Affairs Employees (UVAE/PSAC)
- Yukon Employees Union (YEU/PSAC)