Edmonton

Edmonton Area Council Meeting 20 September 2016 Called to order 17:31 Present: Vice President: Ben Lemon , Mildred Ncube, Joe Sunu, & Kara Rathie & Chris Beaton Staff Present: Karoline Klug, Regional Representative Adoption of the Agenda Minutes: Adoption of 12 July minutes Final Details of the Solidary Brunch were discussed Planning of CLIFF (Canada Labour Int’l Film Festival): Date will be the at 1730 17 November (Thursday). New business: Discuss Steve’s Resolution – as it needs to be submitted by the 8 Dec.

The Edmonton Area Council would like to invite all PSAC members to join them at their next meeting on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 @ 5:30 p.m. at the Edmonton Regional Office (10665 Jasper Avenue, Suite 670)

In Attendance: Charmaine Nelson, Chair; Darlene Lewis, Vice Chair; Kim Haynes, Treasurer; Dragana Ristivojevic, Secretary; Karoline Klug, A/Regional PSAC Rep; Kim Cardinal; Patty Jessome; Gulnar Dhalwani; Jennifer Chieh Ho

Regional Women's Committees are an integral part in ensuring our members have a local hub for political and community action and making those critical alliances with marginalized groups in our communities. If you are interested in working on activities that affect women, build on our strengths in the PSAC and develop partnerships with community organizations committed to issues affecting Women please join us! Please post on union bulletin boards and give wide distribution and encourage your Union Sister's to attend. Meetings details:

The PSAC’s Union Development Program (UDP) has been one of the most comprehensive union leadership training programs in Canada for more than 35 years.  CLICK HERE TO APPLY! The deadline date for applications is Friday October 7, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.

The 7th Triennial Convention of the PSAC Prairie Region will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the Fairmont Winnipeg beginning Friday, April 21, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and concluding Sunday, April 23, at 12:30 p.m. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Before registering, we suggest that you carefully read the information below OR the PDF document made available HERE.

Event listings of Labour Day activities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Dates, times and locations are subject to change as details become finalized. Please visit our website regularly as we finalize the schedule. We look forward to welcoming members to the ratification vote meetings listed below. These ratification votes are for members of the PSAC/Union of Taxation Employees in the prairies that work for the Canada Revenue Agency. Visit the national website for information about the agreement: http://psacunion.ca/employer/canada-revenue-agency

In Attendance: Charmaine Nelson, Chair; Darlene Lewis, Vice Chair; Dragana Ristivojevic, Secretary; Kim Haynes, Treasurer (phone); Deb Basaraba; Gulnar Dhalwani; Patty Jessome; Nina Babcook, A/Regional PSAC Rep; Karoline Klug, A/Regional PSAC Rep

In Attendance: Ben Lemon – EAC representative for PRC & interim president of EAC; Kara Rathie – member of UEW local 30703; Joe Sunu– member from CFIA local 30023; Karoline Klug - PSAC Staff advisor; Nina Babcock - PSAC Staff advisor