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Agriculture Union
The Agriculture Union is an affiliate of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). It has more than 8,000 members who work for Canadian federal government departments and agencies such as the: * Canadian Food Inspection Agency * Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, including ** Agri-Environment Services Branch ** Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal ** Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency * Canadian Grain Commission * Canadian Dairy Commission * Public Service Commission * Department of National Defence (language training) * Canada School of Public Service History In 1960 the Canada Agriculture National Employees' Association (CANEA), a national organization, was created to represent Canada Agriculture employees across Canada. In 1967, the CANEA became the newly formed Agriculture Union of the PSAC. The new Agriculture Union became one of the 16 founding staffing associations, representing almost 40 occupational groups, at the Presidents' Conference on Unity which negotiated a merger to for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embedded Inspector
Similar to an embedded journalist, an embedded inspector is paid by the regulator to observe regulated practices at the place of regulated activity. The inspector can work for his entire inspection career at the same regulated facility. This term is commonly employed in modern British parlance, but the principles are global. Examples include: * Office for Nuclear Regulation * British Transport Police , nativename = , abbreviation = BTP , patch = , patchcaption = , logo = British Transport Police Logo.svg , logocaption = Logo of the British Transport Police , badge = , badgecaption = , f ... References {{reflist Regulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Unions In Canada
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organizations Based In Ottawa
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNI Global Union
UNI Global Union, formerly Union Network International (UNI), is a global union federation for the skills and services sectors, gathering national and regional trade union. It has affiliated unions in 150 countries representing 20 million workers. The head office is in Nyon, Switzerland. UNI Global Union ratified over 50 Global Framework Agreements with multinational corporation as of 2021. History UNI was the result of the merger of four organisations: International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET), Media and Entertainment International (MEI), International Graphical Federation (IGF) and Communications International (CI). They merged on 1 January 2000, to form Union Network International. On 2 March 2009, the federation changed its name to UNI Global Union. Leadership General Secretaries :2000: Philip Jennings :2018: Christy Hoffman Presidents :2000: Kurt van Haaren :2001: Maj-Len Remahl :2003: Joseph T. Hansen :2010: Joe de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Services International
Public Services International (PSI) is the global union federation for workers in public services, including those who work in social services, health care, municipal services, central government and public utilities. , PSI has 700 affiliated trade unions from 154 countries representing over 30 million workers. History In March 1907, the executive of the German Union of Municipal and State Workers, based in Berlin, issued a call to "workers employed in municipal and state undertakings, in power stations, in gas and waterworks, in all countries" to attend an international conference in August 1907, in Stuttgart. Four Danes, two Dutchmen, eight Germans, a Hungarian, a Swede and a Swiss met in the Stuttgart trade union building for the First Congress of Public Services International, representing 44,479 workers, and they founded the International Secretariat of the Workers in Public Services. This grew rapidly, and by 1913 represented more than 100,000 workers, enabling a part- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (french: Congrès du travail du Canada, link=no or ) is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated. History Formation The CLC was founded on April 23, 1956, through a merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), the two major labour congresses in Canada at the time. The TLC's affiliated unions represented workers in a specific trade while the CCL's affiliated unions represented all employees within a workplace, regardless of occupation. The trades-based organizational model, which strongly continues today especially in the building and construction industries, is based in older European traditions that can be traced back to guilds. However, with industrialization came the creation of a new group of workers without specific trades qualifications and, therefore, without ready access to the representation offered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrystia Freeland
Christina Alexandra Freeland (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician serving as the tenth and current deputy prime minister of Canada since 2019 and the Minister of Finance (Canada), minister of finance since 2020. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party, Freeland represents the Toronto riding of University—Rosedale in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons. She was first appointed to Cabinet of Canada, Cabinet following the 2015 Canadian federal election, 2015 federal election and is the first woman to hold the finance portfolio. Born in Peace River, Alberta, Freeland completed a bachelor's degree at Harvard University, studying Russian history and literature before earning a master's degree in Slavic studies, Slavonic studies from University of Oxford, Oxford University. She began her career in journalism working in editorial positions at the ''Financial Times'', ''The Globe and Mail'' and Reuters, becoming managing director of the latter. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada School Of Public Service
The Canada School of Public Service was created on April 1, 2004. The School is the main educational institution for the Government of Canada, and is part of the Treasury Board portfolio. It was created from an amalgamation of the following three organizations: the Canadian Centre for Management Development, Training and Development Canada and Language Training Canada. Mission The School's primary responsibility is to provide a broad range of learning opportunities and establish a culture of learning within the public service. The School is a departmental corporation whose mission is set out in th''Canada School of Public Service Act'' Governance and organizational structure The School is headed by a Deputy Minister/President (currentlTaki Sarantakis who has supervision over and direction of the work and staff of the School. The School reports to the President of the Treasury Board The president of the Treasury Board () is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Service Alliance Of Canada
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC; french: Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada, link=no, AFPC) is one of Canada's largest national labour unions and the largest union in the Canadian federal public sector. PSAC members work in every province and territory, and also work abroad in embassies and consulates. Many of PSAC's some 200,000 members work for the federal public service, crown corporations, or agencies as immigration officers, fisheries officers, food inspectors, customs officers, national defence civilian employees, and the like. However, an increasing number of PSAC members work in non-federal sectors: in women's shelters, universities, security agencies and casinos. In Northern Canada, PSAC represents most unionized workers employed in the Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. PSAC's National President is Chris Aylward. PSAC is headquartered in Ottawa with 23 regional offices across Canada. PSAC's Ottawa headquarters building, designed in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Dairy Commission
The Canadian Dairy Commission (French: ''Commission canadienne du lait'') is an Ottawa-based Government of Canada Crown Corporation that plays a role of administrator, facilitator and stakeholder in the public policy related to the Canadian dairy industry. The CDC's mandate is to coordinate dairy policies in a jurisdiction that is shared between both provincial and federal governments. In the early 1970s, when the dairy industry became the first industry in Canada to be operated under the national supply management system, the CDC was named as facilitator and administrator coordinating dairy policies and providing a framework for the management of the Canadian dairy industry. Mandate The CDC coordinates dairy policies in a jurisdiction that is shared between both provincial and federal governments. In its role as stakeholder and facilitator, the CDC provides a framework for the management of the Canadian dairy industry. The CDC's mandate was to ensure producers received a fair r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Grain Commission
, image = The Canadian Grain Commission building at 303 Main Street, Winnipeg Manitoba.JPG , image_caption = CGC building at 303 Main Street in Winnipeg , formed = , preceding1 = Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada , headquarters = 303 Main St., Winnipeg, Manitoba , minister1_name = Marie-Claude Bibeau , minister1_pfo = Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food , chief1_name = Doug Chorney , chief1_position = Chief Commissioner , chief2_name = Jocelyn Beaudette , chief2_position = CEO , chief3_name = , chief3_position = , keydocument1 ''Canada Grain Act'' (R.S.C. 1985, c. G-10), website = https://grainscanada.gc.ca The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC; ) is an agency of the Canadian government responsible for regulation of the grain-handling industry in Canada, as well as to protect producers' rights and ensure the integrity of grain transactions. Overview The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food is responsible for the Canadian Grain Commission. The Commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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