For almost two years PSAC members have been struggling with pay issues under the Phoenix pay system such as: no pay,…
Campaigns
The key to a strong union is through building connections in the community and working together to create safer neighbourhoods, better employment opportunities, alleviate food insecurity and create workplaces free of discrimination.
Our campaign and partnerships page tracks our ongoing work to improve the lives of Northerners and offers opportunities for you to play a part to make your community a happier place to call home. Click on the links below to view and participate in our regional and national campaigns.
Featured campaigns:
We Need to Protect Workers’ Pensions
Support Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Now!
Burnt By Phoenix Rally – Yellowknife
There will be a Burnt By Phoenix Rally on Wednesday, February 28th. The event will take place from 7:45 am to 8:30 am at…
Labour Views – Fight for 15-North: Northern labour groups to push for $15 minimum wage
A new year begins and with it a new hope that the working lives of Northerners continue to improve. As I…
Labour Views- Minimum Wage and the North
Across the country there is an increasingly accepted view that raising the minimum wage is both socially responsible and of net…
Watson Lake members reach tentative deal with employer
The Town of Watson Lake and the members of YEU/PSAC Local Y029 have achieved a tentative deal, ending a week of…
Indigenous activist asks PM Trudeau to reject the TPP
Indigenous activist Brenda Sayers held the portfolio that legally challenged the Federal Government from ratifying the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and…
We Can Do Better: Building an NWT Common Front
In the fall of 2015, 41 individuals from 24 labour, Indigenous, social and environmental agencies met in Yellowknife to begin work…
Healthy Apple Campaign
More and more Northerners are turning to food banks to sustain themselves. PSAC North has pledged to assist food banks and…
PSAC-UNW Local hosts Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser
Submitted by the NTFL For three years Local 32 has joined the Coldestnightoftheyear.org in helping to spread awareness about homelessness and…
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
How PSAC is working to end violence against women December 6 marks the anniversary of the Montréal Massacre, where 14 young…