The Agriculture Union is an affiliate of the

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 e ...

(PSAC). It has more than 8,000 members who work for Canadian federal government departments and agencies such as the: *

Canadian Food Inspection Agency The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA; french: Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments) is a regulatory agency that is dedicated to the safeguarding of food, plants, and animals (FPA) in Canada, thus enhancing the health and well-being of ...

* Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, including ** Agri-Environment Services Branch ** Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal **

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency is a special operating agency of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada that regulates and supervises pari-mutuel Parimutuel betting or pool betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed t ...

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 ...

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 dair ...

* Public Service Commission * Department of National Defence (language training) *

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 ...

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 form the PSAC.Andrew Stewart obituary, http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-315275-andrew-stewart.html

COVID-19

On 11 May 2020, the embedded inspectors at slaughterhouses (as represented by the AU) said that CFIA management is "threatening disciplinary action against employees who refuse to be reassigned to work at COVID-19-infected meat plants", while Deputy PM

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 Libe ...

said that "those who feel unsafe won't be forced back to work."

Executive

2021-2023 Term *Milton Dyck, President *Patrick St-Georges, 1st National Executive Vice President *Randy Olynyk, 2nd National Executive Vice President *Dorothy McRae, 3rd National Executive Vice President *Audrey St-Germain, 4th National Executive Vice President

References

Canadian Labour Congress Public Services International UNI Global Union Organizations based in Ottawa Trade unions in Canada Trade unions established in 1960 Public Service Alliance of Canada {{Canada-org-stub