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Day of Mourning: “Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living”

April 28 is one of the most significant days on the global labour movement’s calendar. The Labour movement created the Day of Mourning to commemorate workers killed or injured on the job. It started with American unions, then Canadian unions,...

April 28, 2025

World Book Day: read our union’s history

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World Book Day: read our union’s history

United in Action profiles the UCTE from the beginning of Canadian public-service labour organizing to the release of the book in 2023. Strikes, conventions, and political milestones are featured in this history, but also an awareness of the day-to-day hard...

April 23, 2025

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Doing the Work: 2024 ULDP Graduates

The Union Leadership Development Program is an education course whose purpose is to develop and empower future leaders. The PSAC holds it once per three-year cycle, combining in-person and remote learning sessions over the course of roughly a year. The...

April 10, 2025

Registration call: 2025 PSAC National Women’s Conference

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Registration call: 2025 PSAC National Women’s Conference

PSAC women members in good standing are invited to apply to be a delegate to the PSAC’s 2025 National Women’s Conference. The conference will be held in person in November in Toronto. The theme is “Women United: Breaking Barriers and...

April 4, 2025

The Trudeau Liberals’ Mixed Record on Worker Rights

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The Trudeau Liberals’ Mixed Record on Worker Rights

A new Liberal leader probably means an imminent election – or at least that’s the plan that was announced when Trudeau prorogued parliament in January. That brings an end to the session of Parliament. What have the Trudeau years been...

March 13, 2025

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International Working Women’s Day

A friendly reminder that this is a labour-based day of observance! Most IWD messages you hear today will omit this, but the day grew out of women organizing into unions and taking to the streets to demand rights and dignity...

March 8, 2025

Labour and The Long Road to Social Justice

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Labour and The Long Road to Social Justice

While we may wish every day should be World Day of Social Justice, let’s reflect today on the UCTE’s role in the PSAC Social Justice Fund, and how you can support global impact through your union activism. We featured this...

February 20, 2025

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Family Day: Labour and Long Weekends

The third Monday in February is Family Day in five provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. In others, it is known as Nova Scotia Heritage Day, Islander Day in P.E.I., and in Manitoba as Louis Riel Day. Québec does not have a...

February 17, 2025

Golf Tournament May 28: Registration Open!

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Golf Tournament May 28: Registration Open!

This year’s tournament is May 28 at the Meadows Golf and Country Club. Shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. rain or shine. Register early! Registration is $110 per golfer or $400 per foursome. More info: Mike Wing Charity Golf Tournament

February 13, 2025

QFL President warns delegates of the dangers facing unions

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QFL President warns delegates of the dangers facing unions

Magali Picard, the President of the Quebec Federation of Labour, and former PSAC National Vice President, addressed the 19th UCTE Triennial Convention in Montreal. In her speech she rang a warning bell about American style so called “Right-to-work” laws and...

September 22, 2023