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PSAC North Regional Council

Racially Visible Committee

We promote union actions on issues affecting racially visible members by:

Educating, politicizing and mobilizing racially visible members by making links between themselves, the union, the workplace and the community.
Empowering, uniting and engaging racially visible members to take action and move the Human Rights Agenda forward
Encouraging networking and open communication among racially visible members, the PSAC National Human Rights Committee and other PSAC National/Regional bodies.

Join our growing team

We participate in conferences, education and training programs on issues that affect racially visible members.

We are relied upon for representation of racially visible members, their issues and equality goals in the various union bodies, programs and social justice groups.

We sit on the National Human Rights Committee and other PSAC National and Regional bodies … and much more.

Click HERE to read the invitation letter of the Nunavut Regional Racially-Visible Committee.

Make a difference

Some of our work is focused on reviewing, discussing and making recommendations on issues, policies, strategies and initiatives that affect racially visible members.

We also keep our eye on legislation, provisions or practices that are discriminatory and recommend union policies, programs or actions that will end and redress the discrimination and racism.

Join our committee and pursue your area of interest. There is room for everyone who wants to make a difference. We welcome your contribution!

You can also view Terms of Reference for Racially Visible Committees in Nunavut , Yukon and the NWT.

To print or download the Racially Visible Committee brochure, click here.

Charting Our History: A chronology of racialized workers in Canada and the laws that impact them

February 13, 2014 - 10:23am •

James Calbert Best was the son of a human rights activist and a railway porter, his career in the federal public sector began in the Department of Labour in 1949, where he co-founded the Civil Service Association of Canada, one of the organizations that merged in 1966 to form the PSAC.

Temporary Foreign Workers Program in Canada: Modern Day Slavery

February 13, 2014 - 10:07am •

We are living in an era when corporations and labour/workers crisscross the globe in an ever ending queues: corporations want to increase their wealth and profit margin, while workers want a standard of living that enables them provide for themselves and their families.Corporations have rights and are growing their monopolistic power while workers are dispersed and increasingly more vulnerable. They form part of the same system and occupy the same “transnational space”. This is globalization.

The plight of foreign workers

February 5, 2014 - 10:21am •

Thousands of migrant workers arrive on Canada’s shores every year in search of a better life; higher wages, a better quality of living and a safe place to raise their families. But Canada’s temporary foreign worker program has become a bog of red tape and loopholes that merely benefit employers and leave workers out to dry.