Resources on Campaigns and Issues
Anti-oppression
- Aboriginal Rights Resource Tool Kit [pdf]
- Are We All equal? Questionnaire
- Are We All equal? Answer Sheet and Source
- Basic Human Rights: It’s time [pdf, french only]
- Disability Rights and Collective Bargaining Manual [pdf]
- Expanding the Circle: People who care about ending racism. We need your help. [pdf]
- A Place for All: A Guide to Creating an Inclusive Workplace [pdf]
- Understanding Trans Issues [pdf]
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- A Way with Words and Images – Guidelines for the Portrayal of Persons with Disabilities [pdf]
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack [pdf]
- Words First – An Evolving Terminology Relating to Aboriginal Peoples in Canada [pdf]
- Links:
- Amnesty International
- Canadians for Equal Marriage
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation
- Egale Canada
- Government of Canada – Workplace Equity
- Human Rights Watch
- New Brunswick Human Rights Commission
- Rights and Democracy
- School of the Americas Watch
- United Nations Global Teaching and Learning Project
- University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre: International Human Rights Web Sites
Globalization
- A Better World is Possible [pdf]
- Diverting the Flow. A Resource Guide to Gender, Rights and Water Privatization [pdf]
- A Fair Globalization Toolkit
- Fair Trade Coffee Facilitators’ Guide [pdf]
- Globalization – Who’s Winning and Who’s Losing? [pdf]
- Global Water Grab [pdf]
- Making the Links: A People’s Guide to the World Trade Organization and the Free Trade Areas of the Americas [pdf]
- Links:
Labour History
- Canadian Labour History [pdf]
- Canadian Labour Hisory 1850 – 1999 [Museum of Civilization]
Women
Local Development
For additional materials on local development, sign up for the basic course Local Officers’ Training (LOT) or the advanced course Local Officers’ Advanced Training (LOAT).
- The Art of Strategic Thinking (pdf)
- Commemorative Dates
- Consensus Decision Making (pdf)
- Education on the Picket Line [pdf]
- Guidelines for Application to PSAC Local Accessibility Fund [pdf]
- Local Analysis [pdf]
- Local Union Equity Coordinator Sample Job Description [pdf]
- Member Address Change
- Links:
Representation
These are some of the materials you will work with as a steward or local representative. If you would like to learn from other workplace representatives and have “hands on” practice using these materials, sign up for courses such as Understanding and Interpreting the Collective Agreement, Grievance Handling and Representation Skills.
- Acting Pay: Some Principles [pdf]
- The Conduct of a Hearing
- Discipline: Mitigating Factors [pdf]
- Discipline – Rights to Union Representation [pdf]
- Duty of Fair Representation [pdf]
- Duty to Accommodate: A PSAC Guide for Local Representatives
- Estoppel [pdf]
- Freedom of Speech in the Union Context: Speaking Freely, but Truthfully, and not Maliciously
- Interpretation of Collective Agreements [pdf]
- PSAC Grievance File Checklist [pdf]
- Off-Duty Conduct [pdf]
- Operational Requirements: Some Principles [pdf]
- Sample Consent Form [pdf]
- Sick Leave, Medical Certificates, Medical Examinations and Related Issues: Some Principles [pdf]
- “Special Leave” with Pay – Snowstorms/Inclement Weather: Some Principles [pdf]
- Steward Factsheet [pdf]
- Unfair Labour Practices [pdf]
- Union Representative Immunity [pdf]
- Using the 7 “Ws” to gather facts… some examples [pdf]
- Links
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
- Canada Industrial Relations Board
- Legislation (federal, provincial and territorial) governing labour relations of PSAC bargaining units)
- Public Service Staff Relations Board