Young Workers

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History of the Young Workers Committees

Young workers first formed as a Caucus in 2002 through the Solidarity Campaign for young workers where they held many events and educational opportunities designed to appeal to younger workers. Thanks to the hard work of young members across the Regions, the PSAC’s Constitution was amended in 2012 to formally recognize Regional Young Workers Committees. BC was the first to form geographically-based committees, beginning with Vancouver Island, and soon after for the Mainland and Haida Gwaii.

Role of the Young Workers Committees

Young Workers Committees are expected to identify issues of concern to young PSAC members, and to develop action plans to address priority concerns. In recent years, Young Workers Committees have developed initiatives to address:

• Precarious and term employment
• The push by employers to pay newly hired employees less than those already employed
• Inadequate or non-existent pension coverage for young workers

For more information, contact the PSAC BC Young Workers Coordinator, Kaj Stirler or PSAC staff representative, Yameena Zaidi.

Role of the Young Workers Coordinator

A Young Workers Coordinator and alternates are elected every three years at the PSAC BC Regional Convention. The elected coordinator sits on the PSAC BC Regional Council and represents young workers voices. Your elected officials are:

• Young Workers Coordinator – Kaj Stirler
• First Alternate Young Workers Coordinator – Maxwell Gawlick
• Second Alternate Young Workers Coordinator – Cheryl Chu
• Third Alternate Young Workers Coordinator – Klara Wyse

BC Young Workers Committees

Currently there are two Young Workers Committees (YWC) in the BC Region: the Vancouver Island Committee includes both the north and south areas on Vancouver Island and the Mainland and Haida Gwaii YWC covers the rest of BC (Metro, North, Southern Interior, West and East Fraser Valley) as well as Haida Gwaii. Each Committee also has its own leadership.

Vancouver Island Young Workers Committee

List of Executives:

• Chair – Kaj Stirler
• Co-Chair – Susan Young
• Secretary – David Marrack
• Treasurer – vacant

The executive can be contacted via email at PSACBC-YWC-VancouverIsland@psac-afpc.com.

Mainland and Haida Gwaii Young Workers Committee

List of Executives:

• Chair – Maxwell Gawlick
• Vice-Chair – Mohdeep Atwal
• Treasurer – Kiera Duhamel
• Secretary – Albel Deol

The executive can be contacted via email at PSACBC-YWC-MainlandHaidaGwaii@psac-afpc.com.

Connect with the Mainland and Haida Gwaii Young Worker Committee on Discord.

PSAC BC Young Workers Committee and Caucus Meetings

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

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