Updates

In 1966, the United Nations proclaimed March 21st as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.   While there has been some progress with respect to racial justice, racism persists in Canadian society, there has also been some erosion of human rights over the past decade.   

Members of the Halifax Regional Women's Committee celebrated International Women's Day at a sold out breakfast sponsored by the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Women's Committee on Wednesday, March 8th.  Rhonda Doyle LeBlanc, who is also the Maritime Director for Women, received the Sister of the Year Award.     Guest speaker for the breakfast was Becky Kent former NDP, MLA and now the Provincial Coordinator for the Transition House Association of Nova Scotia.  Also joining in the celebration was Danny Cavanagh, President of the Federation of Labour.    

To:      All Locals/Branches, RVP’s, NVP’s, Regional Women’s Committees, Human Rights Committees, Young Worker’s Committee and Area Councils From: Jeannie Baldwin, Regional Executive Vice-President – Atlantic, Public Service Alliance of CanadaDate:   March 14, 2017Re:      Atlantic Voice Award Below, please find the guidelines and nomination form for the Atlantic Voice Award.

PSAC-Atlantic Regional Council ELECTED The members of the Atlantic Regional Council are elected geographically (NS, NB, NL, PE) and/or by constituency (Equity Group, non-Treasury Board, etc.) at PSAC-Atlantic’s Triennial Convention.  All Council members are assigned to work with Committees of the Council.  It is in the balance of these two functions that Council members define their roles and responsibilities.

The SJYWC raised $700 in support of the Ronald McDonald House for the Spare Some Love annual bowling fundraiser.  8 young workers attended. The four young workers on the SJYWC team were Brian Gallant (UTE 90001), Kayode Oluwadairo (TAUMUN), Leanne Moss (UNE 99242), Shad Rahman (TAUMUN).  CEIU local 90113 also submitted a team consisting of Allison Doyle, Karla White, Melissa Thomas and Melissa White. Thank you to PSAC Atlantic and to all of you who donated to support this great cause.

Call for Nominations for Regional Executive Vice-President and Alternate Regional Executive Vice-President ATLANTIC This is the official call for nominations for the position of Regional Executive Vice-President and Alternate Regional Executive Vice-President for the Atlantic.  Elections for these positions will be held at the Atlantic Regional Convention in Saint John, New Brunswick, June 23 to 25, 2017 A Nominations Form can be downloaded below.

Sisters Debbie Morris and Patsy Murphy taking part in the red dress campaign. The red dress campaign is an aesthetic response to the more than 1,000 missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Although we need to celebrate the many achievements made towards equality, there remains a lot of work.  To this day, women are being denied equal pay for equal work and they are subject to discrimination and threats when they hold positions of power.  We can look in our own country where Alberta Premier Rachel Notley faces threats on a regular basis – because she’s a woman. Regardless of political affiliation, religious belief or even sexual orientation, women should be treated equally, period! Take action

Montage of the NS teachers demo that the NS Area Council1 put on our storage room door which is adjacent to MLA Diana Whalen's office.