Union History
Components/DCLs
Random Trivia
Presidents/VPs/REVPs
Strikes
100

The year Public Service workers won bargaining rights.

1965

100

Our favourite DCL.

Union of Saskatchewan Gaming Employees

100

This union first gained maternity leave.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

100

This person is the current PSAC president.

Sharon De Sousa

100

This strike occurred in 1919.

The Winnipeg General Strike.

200

This was the first Black labour union in North America.

The order of Sleeping Car Porters.

200

This fellow is the USJE National President.

David Neufeld.

200

This is the largest union in Canada.

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

200

This person was the first female president of the PSAC.

Nycole Turmel

200

 PSAC's first strike occurred in this year.

1970 - against Defence Construction Ltd.

300

This is the oldest union in Canada.

Canadian Labour Union (1872-1878).



300

Our Edmonton Area Council's chair is a member of this component.

UTE

300

The PSAC 2021 Pay Calendar was this colour.

teal/mint


300

This individual was the 3rd PSAC president

Pierre Samson (1982-1985 CIEU)
300

This report is used to help resolve labour disputes when negotiations between employers and unions reach an impasse.

PIC Report (Public Interest Commission)

400

These two unions merged at a founding convention in 1966 to form the PSAC.

The Civil Service Federation of Canada and the Civil Service Association of Canada.

400

This tripartite UN agency's acronym is ILO.

International Labour Organization.

400

This country is considered the most unionized.

Iceland.

400

There are this many REVPs.

7

400

This union is currently on strike.

CUPE

500

This is a popular song on the picket line.

Solidarity Forever.

500

Marianne Hladun was a member of which component.

Agriculture.

500

These three countries have the worst workers rights.

Bangladesh, Belarus and Ecuador.

500

This VP was arrested on a picket line.

Alex Silas.

500

This happened on April 19, 2023.

PSAC's biggest strike in it's history.

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