News: 14th PSAC Convention begins May 1
Published by Patrick April 27th, 2006 in Conventions/Conferences, National Issues, PSAC news releases Tags: news-release, triennial-convention, turmel.
OTTAWA - After six years as the PSAC’s national president, Nycole Turmel will be stepping down and making way for a new leader of the 155,000-strong union. Elections for the new national president and national executive vice-president will be held on Friday, May 5, 2006, starting at 8:30 a.m.
The PSAC Convention officially begins on Monday, May 1, in Toronto, but there will be a pre-convention forum on political action and social justice on the previous day.
The Sunday Forum
- What: Political Action and Social Justice Forum
- Who
- Moderator: Hassan Yussuff, Canadian Labour Congress Secretary-Treasurer
- Panelists: Olivia Chow, NDP Member of Parliament; Carole Lavallée, Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament; Alex Munter, Ottawa Mayoralty Candidate; Jim Sinclair, British Columbia Federation of Labour President