Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

The BC Federation of Labour is seeking young workers (18-30 years old) to facilitate workshops in high schools about workplace health and safety. The goal of this Project is to educate workers and students about Occupational Health and Safety hazards and solutions and thereby contribute to preventing injuries, illnesses, diseases and deaths in BC workplaces. We currently seeking to identify young workers who are interested in facilitating these workshops.  The goal is to have a diverse group of facilitators from across the province.

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The British Columbia Federation of Labour (BC Fed) is offering numerous upcoming Occupational Health and Safety Educational opportunities. These courses are single day events at a cost of $85.00. The following is a list of courses being offered

Registration forms can be obtained through the BC Fed’s website or by contacting James Little at the BC PSAC office. For further information, please visit the BC Federation of Labours Occupational Health & Safety Education Resource Center.

By Philip Emeagwali, Harare

Globalisation, or the ability of many people, ideas and technology to move from country to country, is not new. In Africa, it was initiated by the slave trade and given impetus by colonialism and Christian missionaries.

The early missionaries saw African culture and religion as a deadly adversary and as an evil that had to be eliminated. In 1876, a 27-year-old missionary named Mary Slessor emigrated from Scotland to spend the rest of her life in Nigeria. For her efforts in trying to convert the people of Nigeria, Mary Slessor’s photograph appears on Scotland’s ten-pound note, and her name can be found on schools, hospitals and roads in Nigeria.

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Public Service Alliance executive Patty Ducharme believes that unions are still relevant to workers, and plans to march at the annual Labour Day parade in Toronto

Doug Ward, Vancouver Sun, Saturday, September 02, 2006

Patty Ducharme is talking about her smile. The one that pushed her into the labour movement. The one that makes her convinced that unions are still relevant today.

Ducharme recognizes that Labour Day for most Canadians is just another holiday — not the celebration of workers and unionism that marked the day’s beginnings in the late 19th century.

But that doesn’t mean unions are outmoded, says the Vancouver woman who was recently elected national executive vice-president for the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

Which brings us back to Ducharme’s story about her smile.

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via BC Human Rights Committee

Please be advised that the poster for the External Advertise CR 04 collective process for the Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley area will be posted on the PSC Website at www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca on Tuesday September 5th, 2006 for 72 hours. Would you please inform staff that may be interested including all casual employees and students of the above.

Please note that preference may be given to the first 200 screened in applicants, depending upon the total number of applications received. Candidates are asked to apply on-line, applications received by other methods will not be accepted. Also note the organizational needs for the position meets Employment Equity representation rates as per HRSDC/SC HR Environmental Scan and/or the Region Multi-year Employment Equity Action Plan.
A copy of the statement of merit is attached.

This Labour Day, PSAC reaffirms its commitment to helping build a just, inclusive, secure and prosperous society for workers and their families by defending quality public services. While challenging, this is a goal that we must achieve for the good of working Canadians across the country.

The Conservatives came into power earlier this year inheriting a strong economy, with low unemployment and a hefty budget surplus. Instead of building on these gains, the Harper government shifted to full reverse by implementing its declared priorities, which are designed to help the Conservatives win a majority in the next election rather than to respond in a sustainable way to what Canadians really want and need.

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