I have been quite busy, as our Department (VAC) has just gone through
massive cuts, with 232 jobs in my own office and a total of 802 for
the Department.
I maintain my position as President of UVAE local 90001, VP of the PEI Area Council, Treasurer of the PEI Human Rights Committee, Member of the PEI Federation of Labour H&S committee and Alternate PSAC Rep. for the PEI Federation of Labour.
Below is a list of activities I have been involved in since my last report:
- Attended all Charlottetown Area Council Meetings
- Attended all Charlottetown Human Rights meetings
- Met with MP Peter Stoffer re: Veteran Affairs Office closures
- Met with Provincial NDP leader Mike Redmond
- Met with MP Sean Casey several times
- Met with MP”s, Senators, Mayor
- Have done several TV and News Paper interviews
- PSAC representative on the Government of Canada workplace charitable
campaign
- Member/Chair of the VAC Health and Safety Committee
- Attended a CLC Together Fairness Works one day workshop
- Helped organize our PSAC National campaign on Veterans Cuts
- CBC radio interview on the PSAC event in Ottawa to keep the
Veteran Affairs District offices open
- Spoke at a town hall meeting with Jeannie Baldwin on Veterans Cuts
- Attended PSAC H&S conference in Halifax
- December 6th Vigil
- Attended Provincial Rally/March for Pension in Charlottetown
- Interview with CBC television on Veterans Cuts
- Prepared a 4 page information sheet on the Veterans Affairs cuts and sent
it to the Mayor, MP’s MLA’s City Councillors etc, which resulted in
the NDP doing a rally at the Charlottetown Legion on January 10th with
guest speaker Peter Stoffer (got great media coverage), with other
rallies and meetings also schedule in the future as a result of this
same document.
Respectively Submitted,
Jody LaPierre
PSAC Provincial Director, PE