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In the PSAC-BC Region young workers who are thirty-five years of age and under actively come together to share their experiences, discuss common struggles, and analyze the issues they face at work and in the Union.

We first formed as a Caucus in 2002 through the Solidarity Campaign for Young Workers and held many events and educational opportunities designed to appeal to younger workers. In 2012, the PSAC formally recognized the need for Young Worker Committees in the Regions. BC was the first to form such geographically-based committees, beginning with Vancouver Island, and soon after for the BC Mainland and Haida Gwaii.

Young Workers have a political voice - for PSAC BC there is a Regional Council Young Workers Coordinator, Vanessa Miller. Each Committee also has its own leadership. Please contact Brittany Wiens for the Vancouver Island YW Committee and Maggie Humen for the BC Mainland and Haida Gwaii YW Committee.

Here are the minutes of the various Young Workers Committee and Caucus meetings.

Get involved today!

April 29, 2013 - 4:45pm •
PSAC members are the foundation of our union. Everything our union is able to achieve depends on the strength and vitality of members and on their active participation.This five page step-by-step guide booklet is designed to help your Area Council, Womens, Young Workers or Human Rights Committee significantly increase member participation so that you grow and thrive. Most important of all, these are simple tools to ensure that you are always in the process of developing more activists.
April 3, 2013 - 9:43am •
“I’m concerned about the direction that Canada’s heading. So many people my age are struggling for jobs, working contract-to-contract, or going to grad school to avoid the labour market. And that won’t change until the rebirth of the labour movement. We need good jobs you can build a life on.” - Daniel Bastien, a former hotel worker and organizer with UNITE HERE Local 40 in Vancouver.
November 20, 2012 - 2:12pm •
Here are the Regional Council reports presented at the November 2012 Regional Council meeting, as well as the Council Committee Terms of Reference and the meeting minutes.
November 16, 2012 - 2:07pm •
The Canadian Labour Congress One Minute Message Contest is back! And this year we're taking on all the negative trash-talk about unions.
October 3, 2012 - 12:02pm •
Posted on behalf of Daphne Ho, A/Regional Council Young Worker Coordinator The B.C. Federation of Labour is made up of thousands of members of different trade unions in B.C.  The B.C. Fed is holding its Convention from November 26 to 30, 2012. As Brother Jim Sinclair's attached letter mentions (scroll down), each year the B.C. Fed holds a young workers conference just prior to the Convention and this year is no exception. 
August 30, 2012 - 9:48am •
Just a quick reminder that the application deadline for our young workers conference is this Saturday, September 1. We are almost full, so this may be your last chance to get your application in! Please note applications are now closed.
August 27, 2012 - 9:59am •
Applications are now being accepted for Next Up: A Leadership Program for Young People Committed to Social and Environmental Justice
June 1, 2012 - 3:09pm •
To: PSAC-BC Young WorkersWe are happy to announce that PSAC-BC Region will be having its first ever Young Workers conference for our members 30 years of age or younger from November 3-4, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel in Richmond!Under the theme, "Up Next: Young Workers Renewing Our Union Legacy!" we hope that PSAC young workers from across British Columbia will apply.
April 20, 2012 - 12:00am •
Here are the Regional Council reports presented at the March 2012 RC meeting, as well as the Council Committee Terms of Reference and the meeting minutes.
April 5, 2012 - 9:47am •
Young workers prepare to re-shape unions for the 21st century.They sign up new members, they organize picket lines and demonstrations, they conduct high school classes in labour rights and workplace safety, and they cook meals for fundraising events to send young workers on solidarity trips to Cuba, South Africa and Central America. One even came back from a vacation in Las Vegas with a tattoo declaring their commitment to the cause. (You'll find out where in a minute.)

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