Young workers, like all workers, want to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect!
In 2002 the PSAC BC Regional Council embarked on a journey to look at the needs of young workers in the region through the Solidarity Campaign for Young Workers. This involved contacting, educating and organizing young workers under thirty, regardless of their employment status. This goals of this campaign, which led to the creation of the Young Workers Caucus were to:
- identify young workers' issues and rights in the workplace
- build and strengthen the relationship and involvement of young workers with the PSAC
- build understanding of our common issues as workers, regardless of age or employment status.
Get involved today! Contact the PSAC BC Regional Council Young Workers Coordinator YangE [at] psac-afpc [dot] com (subject: Young%20Workers%20Caucus) (Erica Yang) or PSAC Regional Rep urrutim [at] psac [dot] com (Monica Urrutia).
Erica Yang is the newly elected Youth Coordinator on the PSAC-BC Regional Council.
Erica originally came from Taipei Taiwan about 14 years ago, and she has made Canada her home since. She is a full-time Citizen Service Officer with the Service Canada Multilingual Extension Services based at New Westminster. Her union activism started when she was studying at UBC and working as an undergraduate teaching assistant for the UBC Mathematics Department. The TA strike hit the campus. She took on being one of the union reps for the math department, and she, too, walked the picketlne in the cold Vancouver winter weather.
Erica became active with PSAC in 2008. Since then, she has participated at different levels, including working for PSAC as the BC Youth Outreach Worker in 2010. In past and most recent years she has volunteered with: The Heart&Stroke Fundation BC&Yukon, Canadian Mental Health Association, and Landmark Education in Vancouver. Her friends often see Erica as a dreamer, an idealist, and a person crazy enough to actually pursue those dreams. Most days she shares that she is really that unreasonable. Please feel welcome to e-mail her with your youth related queries or input at yangp [at] psac-afpc [dot] com. She would love to hear from you, especially if you can think out side of the box.
Daphne Ho is the Alternate BC RC Young Workers Coordinator
Hi, my name is Daphne Ho and I am your newly elected Alternate Youth Coordinator for the BC Regional Council. I am 24 years old and am currently employed with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. I attended SFU and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, major in Social and Environmental Geography and a minor in social justice. I have been actively involved with the PSAC since 2008. I actively attend community events and take courses with the PSAC and CLC in regards to the young workers movement. I believe that it is importat that we build a strong front within our locals, our components, PSAC and our labour affiliates. Now for something a little more light hearted, I enjoy long walks on the beach and strolls under the star light. Haha! I only kid. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions!
Eric Bouffard is the 2nd Alternate BC RC Young Workers Coordinator and is ready, willing, and able to correspond in French or English.
I am a university graduate from the University of Ottawa as well as La Cité Collegiale in Ottawa. In 2004, I began my career in the public service as a student through FSWEP working for Environment Canada. I've been actively involved with the union for some time now, taking on such roles as Union Steward and Secretary Treasurer at the Local Level. My current component is the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE) and I work at the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in Victoria BC. I am currently the 2nd alternate Youth Coordinator for PSAC BC.
Je suis un gradué de l'université d'Ottawa ainsi que de La Cité Collégiale à Ottawa. Le début de ma carrière dans la fonction publique fut en 2004 en tant qu'étudiant chez environnement Canada à travers PFETE. Cela fait quelque temps maintenant que je suis actif auprès de l'union, ayant tel rôle que délégué syndical et secrétaire-trésorier pour ma section locale. Je fais présentement partis de l'élément Union des employés de la Défense nationale (UEDN) et travail sur la Base des Forces canadiennes Esquimalt à Victoria en C.-B. Je suis à présent le second suppléant coordinateur délégué à la jeunesse.
