Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

Canadian Labour Congress to Ministers Solberg and Finley: Where are the Filipino 11?
Temporary Foreign Worker Program Should Be Suspended

OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress calls for an immediate moratorium of the government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program until a comprehensive investigation of identified abuse and exploitation cases takes place. Full suspension of this program is necessary as the government officially acknowledges that it cannot “monitor the working conditions offered by the employer following entry into Canada” – that it cannot protect these workers.

To print the English PDF version, please click the link below

http://canadianlabour.ca/index.php/november/1290

Each year PSAC members remember and mourn the 14 young women in Montreal attending the École Polytechnique who were killed on December 6, 1989. Each year we rededicate ourselves to end violence against women.

A recent study published by Statistics Canada (Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends 2006) points out that, while we acknowledge the problem, it stubbornly persists. “Women are more likely than men to be the victims of the most severe forms of spousal assault as well as spousal homicide, sexual assault and criminal harassment (stalking)”. Our news media inform us regularly of yet more women and girls who are victims of lethal violence.

It’s important to remember all the women who are victims of violence. It’s even more important to take action to end that violence. We need long-term systemic solutions that will allow women to function on an equal basis in our society. We need solutions that will ensure that women have the economic security they need to end their dependence on abusive relationships. We need governments that recognize that women’s equality is not yet a reality in Canadian society.

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PAKISTAN UNDER THE GUN
Perspectives on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
Public Forum, Film Screening and Discussion

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007, 6:30 pm
Alma Van Dusen Room, Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia - between Homer and Hamilton(lower level -take elevator/stairs by main library entrance)
From Granville Skytrain Station: 2 blocks east on Dunsmuir, 1 block south on Homer

FREE EVENT:

Join us for a public forum and interactive discussion on human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Pakistan. Support the resistance of the Pakistani people!

Co-sponsored by the Vancouver and District Labour Council, India Pakistan Peace Network (IPPN), South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. Endorsed by the PSAC International Solidarity Committee.

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Please join us at our Surrey/Delta/Langley Area Council meeting, Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 5:30 p.m. at the Knight and Day Restaurant, 9677 King George Highway, Surrey.  Please RSVP fraserg@psac.com or call 604 430-5631.

Union shoppers, we need your help!

Sears has locked-out their IBEW service technicians. On October 1st, 2007 Sears locked-out skilled technicians in BC’s lower mainland that refused to work under an imposed contract that included:

· 4 years without negotiated pay increases
· Split work weeks
· Loss of boxing day as a holiday
· Working 2.5 hours more per week with no overtime

Sears makes its profits from working people.

*Please do not buy Sears Merchandise during this dispute.*
*Tell Sears to treat their long time employees fairly!*

Call:
1-800-972-7579 (Presidents line) -or-1-800 469-4663

Come and join the Vancouver-based P.S.A.C. Human Rights Committee members for dinner to celebrate Human Rights Day.

When: Monday, December 10th

Where: In the boardroom of the PSAC Regional Office, #200-5238 Joyce St. (one block south of the Joyce Street Skytrain Station)

What time: gather at 5:45pm, dinner will be served when it’s ready.

What: A festive, turkey dinner with all the trimmings, and a chance to meet and socialize with members of the Human Rights Committee. No official meeting agenda, and no guest speakers. Just good food, good company, and fun.

Please RSVP to fraserg@psac.com or 604 430-5631 to ensure enough food for all. Thanks, we look forward to sharing a meal with you.

To provide an opportunity for PSAC members to meet and discuss this round of TB bargaining, we are planning to hold info sessions on the following dates and locations.

If you are unable to come to the meeting, sign up for Treasury Board bargaining alerts and find out how to contact your Area Coordinator at the regional website: www.psacbc.com/tb-regional/

FB UNIT MEMBERS:
Meet Morgan Gay, PSAC Negotiator for the FB Group and Carolyn McGillivray, FB member negotiator
December 11th, 2007, 11:30AM - 1PM
Sandman Hotel, 180 West Georgia St.
Ballroom

PA UNIT (TABLE 1) MEMBERS:
Meet Megan Adam, PA member negotiator
December 12th, 2007, 11:30AM - 1PM
Vancouver Public Library
Peter McKay room

TB Info Sessions Poster