Updates

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and current public health orders and recommendations, the PSAC/UNW bargaining team and the City of Yellowknife have agreed to postpone conciliation meetings, which were scheduled for April 15 and 16, 2020. Conciliation meetings will now take place June 11 and 12, 2020.   In Solidarity, Your UNW/PSAC North Bargaining Team: Holly Ferris Reilly MacNeil Geraldine Penny Bob Taylor Martin Rioux, PSAC Negotiator

PSAC North Regional Offices:  Our offices are currently closed, but PSAC North staff are working remotely. Adhering to our Health and Safety values, this pre-cautionary measure is essential to help protect our members, staff and their communities. If you need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Our staff is pleased to assist you via phone and/or email. Click here for our staff directory.

PSAC North Yukon Regional Women’s Committee in Whitehorse, sponsored International Women’s Day event that was taking place in Whitehorse on March 7, 2020 for International Women's Day.  The Committee provided $100 worth of refreshments to a local business that was holding their 3rd Annual International Women's Day Tattoo Fundraiser organized by Molotov & Bricks. All proceeds from the day were donated to Kaushee’s Place and Victoria Faulkner Women’s Shelter. 

PSAC North Nunavut Regional Women’s Committee Planned an Event for International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2020.  Best laid plans for this event were cancelled because of a Blizzard that arrived on March 7 and stayed till March 9th with 1/8-mile visibility However, members of the Committee had the opportunity on Saturday night, March 7, to attend IWD celebration at the Black Heart Café sponsored by the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council.

PSAC North NWT Regional Women’s Committee celebrated International Women’s Day by delivering donations to women’s shelters across the Northwest Territories. The committee organized “Purse Drive” and received around 150 purses from women in Inuvik and Yellowknife. Committee members and volunteers packed personal care items in each purse and delivered them to shelters.   PSAC North NWT Regional Women’s Committee would like to thank sponsors and donors:

PSAC North Yukon Regional Women’s Committee members came together on Saturday, February 8th to assemble 25 baskets containing essential household items such as mugs, glasses, cooking utensils, etc. for the Whitehorse Transition Home.  Women’s Committee would like to thank all members and volunteers who made this possible. The committee received a donation from Local Y017 of the Yukon Employees’ Union.

Your membership pays off! In addition to the many benefits and rights, PSAC members in good standing can apply to attend and participate in national and regional events, conferences, conventions and more! As a member in good standing, you can elect your union officers, run for positions in the union and have a bigger role in the labour movement.

  Do you have a purse, in good condition, that you no longer use? PSAC North NWT Women’s Committee is collecting purses that will be filled with toiletries and donated to all women’s shelters in the NWT on March 8 for International Women’s Day.   You can drop purses off at the PSAC North office (4910-53rd Street - Suite # 201), Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  

The 29th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) will be held from Monday, May 4 to Friday, May 8, 2020 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The PSAC will be fully funding up to fourteen delegates to represent PSAC’s five equity groups: women, Indigenous peoples, racially visible peoples, persons with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ2+ communities. In addition to equity groups, the PSAC will fully fund up to seven young worker delegates.

By Dawn Skinner, PSAC North NWT Regional Women’s Committee   Period poverty is a pervasive issue in Canada and yet many of us may ask what period poverty is. In a nutshell, 'period poverty' refers to having a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints. It has been called a great barrier to equality and low income, homeless and marginalized women bear the brunt of it.