Political action

Monday September 7th was a beautiful day as 20 PSAC members and staff joined in the Halifax Labour Day March & Picnic.  The march started at Victoria Park after listening to several rousing speeches and the Labour sounds of SOLIDARIGLEE and then marched to the South Commons for a free BBQ, face painting, balloon animals by our own Milo the Clown (UNDE 80407), and the musical unionized sounds of Joe Murphy.

Despite 5-10 cm of snow and temperatures below freezing 36 members of USGE local 80110 and local 80116 chanted & waved to passing motorists as they protested outside MP Scott Armstrong's local for 19 minutes on their lunch break on the 19th November. They were protesting proposed cuts to sick leave and other concessions from the Conservative government.

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Participants to a PSAC's Local Officers Training participated in a rally to oppose the Fair Elections Act in Halifax on Saturday at the Seaport Market. 

On October 3rd, 2013 residents of Sydney attended a town hall meeting at Branch 12 of the Royal Canadian Legion that was organized by the Public Service Alliance of Canada.  The Federal Government plans to close the Sydney, NS, Veterans Affairs office which will have a widespread negative effect on over 4200 veterans who rely on their services. 

When an opportunity presents itself to lobby an MP, members need to be ready to take it and this is exactly what UNDE 60303 Local President Morris Shannon and his component RVP, Daniel Frost, did when they were presented with an opportunity to meet with NDP Defense Critic, Jack Harris, while he was in Moncton on other business.