One of the largest components of the
Public Service Alliance of Canada
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is the Union of National Defence Employees.
They represent more than 19,000 civilian employees working in support of the
Department of National Defence. This number includes members at the
Communications Security Establishment
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, a number of employees of the Staff of the
Personnel Support Programs and a growing number of private sector employers including
Serco
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,
Aramark
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,
IMP
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,
ATCO-Frontec.
History
The UNDE was created in 1966 when
civil servants
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were given the right to
collective bargain
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. The representatives of
civil servants
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at the time the
Civil Service Federation
The Civil Service Alliance was a trade union federation bringing together civil servants in the United Kingdom.
Predecessors
The organisation's origins lay in the Civil Service Federation, established by nine unions in 1911. By the following y ...
and the
Civil Service Association of Canada
Civil may refer to:
* Civic virtue, or civility
*Civil action, or lawsuit
* Civil affairs
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* Civil disobedience
*Civil engineering
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decided to merge their membership in their departments. So the
National Defence Employees Association
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* Nation or country
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and the members belonging to the
Civil Service Association of Canada
Civil may refer to:
* Civic virtue, or civility
*Civil action, or lawsuit
* Civil affairs
*Civil and political rights
* Civil disobedience
*Civil engineering
* Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism
*Civilian, someone not a m ...
working in National Defence merged to form the UNDE. The
Civil Service Federation
The Civil Service Alliance was a trade union federation bringing together civil servants in the United Kingdom.
Predecessors
The organisation's origins lay in the Civil Service Federation, established by nine unions in 1911. By the following y ...
and
Civil Service Association of Canada
Civil may refer to:
* Civic virtue, or civility
*Civil action, or lawsuit
* Civil affairs
*Civil and political rights
* Civil disobedience
*Civil engineering
* Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism
*Civilian, someone not a m ...
then merged to form 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 ...
.
Executive
President
*June Winger
Executive Vice-President
*Benoit Laberge
See also
UNDE web page*
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
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*
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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Trade unions in Canada
Defence and munitions trade unions
Trade unions established in 1966
Public Service Alliance of Canada
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