Lethbridge

This Pride Month, we honour and stand in solidarity with our members and activists who continue to work tirelessly to help advance LGBTQ2+ rights. Under the realities of COVID-19, we know that Pride will look very different than in previous years. But as people on the Prairies typically are, Pride organisers are getting creative with the events that they are hosting.  Find events in your community.  Manitoba Winnipeg Pride September 4-13, 2020 www.pridewinnipeg.com

What does it mean to be an ally?  How can you build your knowledge and skills to take meaningful actions in the workplace to be a better ally to equity seeking members? Tune in to our webinar recording on allyship and discover how the word 'ally’ is a verb and it means ACTION! You can view there recording of the webinar here!

Ever feel frustrated with decisions made by the government? Whether it is Municipal, Provincial or Federal you can make a difference. Join us in a discussion on ways to make your voice matter! View the recording for Get Involved. It is your Right! Images used in the webinar are attached below. 

Thank you to all the members who participated in the 10th webinar in a series of webinars from the PSAC Prairie Region. Please share this information with all of our members, especially those that may be interested in the topic. In this webinar you will learn about your pension and benefits: what are the contributions rates, monthly benefits – formula, indexing and more! View the recording of Pensions: An Overview of How the Federal Public Service Pension Plan Works! 

Lethbridge and District Area Council Annual General Meeting  Minutes - May 26, 2020 @ 6pm Via Zoom

Krysty Thomas Lethbridge Area Council Rep  Prairie Region Council February 2020 Although it has only been a few months since my November 2019 report the Lethbridge and District Area Council (LDAC) has been involved in several notable activities. 

Steve Sukhbir GLBTQ2+ Persons Rep  Prairie Region Council February 2020 I have been elected to the position in December 2019 and am currently the 1st Vice President of my Local Union of National Defence Employees, 30905 located in Edmonton. I have participated in the PRC conference call in January 2020 and attended the meetings for the Edmonton Area Council and the Edmonton Human Rights committee.

Regional Women's Committees (RWC) Representative, Deb Kosteniuk (February 2020)

Glenn Hollyoake Young Workers Rep Prairie Region Council February 2020 Winnipeg The Winnipeg YWC continues to be inactive. Multiple attempts to restart the Winnipeg YWC have been unsuccessful.  Edmonton The Edmonton YWC is currently inactive. Elections were held on January 15th and there was no interest from the outgoing in Executive in continuing. Many of the former members are involved in Edmonton AC as well as a component Young Worker Committee.

This report covers the period from the last PRC meeting in November 2019. The federal election kicked off this reporting period.  With the new elections act requirements, more coordination was required.  Every member in the Prairies received a mailout with information on political party platforms.  We launched an election page on our regional website to consolidate all election related event notices and information.  While we were successful in getting some labour friendly MP’s elected, we also lost some great MP’s that were always ready to stand with our members.