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PSAC CONVENTION: GETTING READY TO TAKE ON HARPER
By Crystal Warner, PSAC Metro Vancouver Coordinator
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) held its Triennial Convention between April 26 and May 2, 2015. The ultimate governing body of the PSAC, comprised of 17 components, dozens of Directly Chartered Locals (DCLs), seven regions, and roughly 180,000 members, ended with a shift to the left, and a war cry from National President Robyn Benson to stop Stephen Harper in the next federal election.
Roughly 500 delegates and 200 observers spent a week in what many are calling one of the most progressive conventions in PSAC history. PSAC delegates, compromised mainly of federal public sector workers, answered her call by passing an emergency resolution to spend $5 million to organize and mobilize, to take legal action to defend our constitutional right to free collective bargaining and to elect a federal government that respects workers and union rights and the federal public service. Read More!
TOP TEN WAYS TO BETTER INCLUDE NEW UNION MEMBERS
By Nora Loreto
Ten tips for bringing new workers into the union
Regardless of the age on our birth certificates, the divide that exists between new and less new members of a union can be difficult to bridge. Considering how important solidarity among members is in a union, we’ve come up with our top ten pieces of advice for getting (and keeping) your new members involved.
1. Make space
Older members will likely have more information in meetings and might take up more space in meetings or events. Be aware of how often you’re speaking and find ways to help limit the participation of people whose participation tends to dominate. Find ways to encourage the participation of people who talk a little. When everyone has the opportunity to participate as equals, we can build a solid base of goodwill. Read More!
A CAUSE WORTH FIGHTING FOR: REMEMBERING THE IKEA LOCKOUT
By Dot Tompkins, former shop steward at IKEA Richmond
The other day, a person I call a friend posted a link to a Google Maps street view that brought so many memories flooding back. The location was my former place of employment and the area where we spent 18 months walking back and forth wearing a picket sign. The Google images had been taken during our labour dispute and showed our ‘nest’ as well as some of our people on the line.
After spending 18 months strolling that square footage, I have such vivid memories of the area. I remember spending time counting the number of barricade sections after the company put them up to ‘keep us out’, and calculating the cost of that action in comparison with the cost of what we were fighting for. Read More!
PROTECTING EDUCATION FROM SCHOOLING: THE COMMON INTEREST OF ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY TEACHERS
By Jeff Noonan, Vice-President (Internal) Windsor University Faculty Association
As Alan Sears demonstrates in his superb Retooling the Mind Factory, the values the school system will serve has been a fundamental political-economic problem for over a century. Mass education developed as a response to economic changes that required a literate and numerate workforce. At the same time, the development of literacy and numeracy skills enable working people to think for themselves, with the attendant danger that they will begin to think against rather than with the dominant value system and structure of power.
The political and economic struggle of the ruling class to control educational labour reveals a contradiction in its social interpretation. Read More!
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