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News releaseJune 26, 2005 Robyn Benson re-elected PSAC Regional Vice-President for Prairie regionCalgary - Delegates to the PSAC Prarie regional convention have elected Robyn Benson as their Regional Executive Vice-President (REVP) for a three-year term. “The PSAC Prairie Region is now more representative than ever, thanks to changes to our regional structure that were accepted by delegates at convention this weekend,” stated Benson. “The inclusion of representatives from all equity groups in addition to a youth representative on our regional council will significantly advance PSAC's progressive agenda.” This is Benson’s third term as REVP for the Prairies. She was first elected into the position at PSAC’s triennial convention in 2000. Prior to that, Benson had been the Regional Vice-President for the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) since 1993. She worked for 20 years with the Winnipeg Taxation Centre of Revenue Canada , now the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Brian Molsberry was also re-elected as the alternate Regional Executive Vice-President for the Prairies Region. He would become the REVP in the event that Benson could not complete her term of office. About 300 delegates to the regional convention met from June 24 to 26 and passed resolutions calling for a national union strategy to eliminate regional rates of pay and to make this issue a priority political campaign. Many PSAC members working in operational services (Table 2) at Treasury Board, in particular, believe that the employer’s practice of paying different rates based on regional locations to workers doing the same work is discriminatory and does not respect and value the work they provide. Another resolution, which took effect as soon as it was passed, was to guarantee one delegate per area council to the regional convention. The PSAC represents about 23,000 members in the Prairie region. - 30 - For information:
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