UVAE Component Life Membership 2022

Magali Picard is a past member of Local 10042 and she was recently awarded a UVAE Component Life Membership which was presented to her at the 2022 National Local Presidents’ Conference in October 2022. Magali has been an activist for many years and held the following positions: National Executive Vice-President, PSAC REVP/PSAC, Quebec Region NVP …

2022 Theme: Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All

International Human Rights Day – December 10 Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10 — the day on which the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. World Human Rights Day inspires everyone to speak up and take action to end discrimination in all forms, whenever and …

International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3rd, 2022

Today, the world population is over 7 billion people and more than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability; 80 per cent live in developing countries. What disability means A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the …

Report of the Regional Vice-President, Western Region – September 2022

It is my pleasure to report on my activities since my acclimation as RVP West on May 1, 2022. The listed undertakings attached to this report also include my time listening to and advocating for union members and those of us who have disability challenges and those who have grievance issues. In all cases, I …