What we do
The PSAC exists to help its members have a voice in their workplace and in their community. Here is a summary of the services we offer to our 150,000 members. You can learn more by clicking their links located to your right.
Bargaining
Experienced union negotiators work with members to determine the best bargaining demands package for the group. Together, they negotiate with the employer to come up with a collective agreement that is ratified by the members.
Benefits for members
Our size allows us to negotiate good rates on home, vehicle, and group life insurance, hotel, moving and car rental discounts and a special reduced-interest rate MasterCard for our members and their immediate families.
Classification and equal pay
Specialized staff help members make sure their classification systems are free of bias and that members are properly classified and paid for the work they do.
Disability insurance
The mandate of the Disability Insurance Program is to promote issues related to disability insurance and represent the interests of PSAC members through advice, representation and technical assistance to elected officers, staff and PSAC members regarding the interpretation and application of public and private disability insurance arrangements.
Education
Members have access to introductory and advanced courses, held on evenings, weekends and in-residence conducted by our staff. Members are also trained to deliver union educationals, often at the worksite.
Employment equity
The PSAC has been a leader in the fight to promote equal opportunities and to abolish discrimination. Staff act as a resource to anti-discrimination, human rights and women's committees within the union to eliminate discrimination in the workplace through negotiations and ensure a discrimination-free union.
Grievance and arbitration
Members receive training on how to represent their co-workers using a grievance procedure to resolve complaints. Experienced staff represent members in the arbitration process when grievances are referred to an independent third party for resolution.
Health and safety
Staff work with Local Health and Safety Committees, lobby for better health and safety laws and negotiate health and safety provisions in collective agreements.
Human rights
The PSAC Human Rights Program is based on a mobilizing approach, rather than an advocacy approach. This means that the Union provides support to members from equity groups to discuss, identify and strategize around how to best address issues of particular concern to them.
Organizing
On average, unionized workers enjoy better wages, benefits and pensions than unorganized workers. The PSAC has full-time organizers working to bring more Canadian workers into the union family.
Pay equity
The PSAC has a proven record on pay equity. In 1999, the PSAC obtained a record settlement for 200,000 actual and past members with the federal government. This agreement helped advance the cause for pay equity for all Canadian women. This victory was not an end but the beginning, as many employers are still refusing to pay their female workers the same wage as their male counterparts.
Pensions
The mandate of the PSAC Pension Program is to promote issues related to pensions and represent the interests of PSAC members through the provision of advice, representation and technical assistance to elected officers, staff and PSAC members regarding the interpretation and application of public and private sector pension plans and associated pension legislation and regulations.
Political action
Because governments create policies and pass laws that have a direct impact on workers' lives, our members make their concerns known and work together to influence politicians through the PSAC's political action committees. Members also work with other progressive groups and coalitions to promote alternative policies which benefit workers, their families and communities.
Women's rights
The Women's Program continues to expand with on-going conferences at the regional and national levels as well as through the development of campaigns and initiatives on emerging issues.
Youth
More and more young people are joining the PSAC and the union has to address their needs and issues.
Jobs at the PSAC
Working for the PSAC might interest you if you wish to use your talents and energy to help our 150,000 members. Browse through the job postings and see if you want to join a dynamic union.
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Date Modified : 2008/03/31
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