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Regional Executive Vice-President
Jamey Mills was re-elected as the PSAC Regional Executive Vice-President for British Columbia in May 2023. He was first elected as REVP in June 2017.
Jamey is a long-time union leader who started his journey as an activist by serving as the young workers coordinator on the PSAC BC Regional Council and as a chair of the BC Federation of Labour Young Worker Committee, where he sat on the BC Fed Executive Council.
As the Region’s REVP, Jamey sits on the Alliance Executive Committee, where he represents members in British Columbia and helps set PSAC’s national direction. In British Columbia, he chairs and coordinates the work of the PSAC BC Regional Council.
Jamey chairs the PSAC National Board of Directors (NBoD) Health and Safety Committee and sits on the NBoD Environment Committee. Jamey is also the AEC officer responsible for the Education and Library Services (EB) bargaining unit under Treasury Boarda and Canada Food Inspection Agency Group bargaining.
In addition to his PSAC roles, Jamey serves as a Vice-President of the BC Federation of Labour and as a member of the Federation’s Executive Officers. Jamey also sits on the Board of Directors for Union Savings (a non-for-profit, union run members’ benefit program).
Given Jamey’s health and safety experience, Jamey sits as a member of the National Joint Council Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (SWOHS), which is tasked with participating in the development and review of all Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat policies, programs and issues relating to occupational health and safety.
As the REVP, Jamey is responsible for the following in the BC Region:
* BC Regional Council;
* Organizing and recertifications;
* Education;
* Political and social action;
* Women’s and equity programs;
* Area Councils;
* Directly Chartered Locals and Separate Employers;
* Federations of Labour and related committees and District Labour Councils.
Jamey is always happy to hear from PSAC members – email revp-bc@psac.com or call the office at (604) 430 0191
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