
	Thursday December 4, 2008

PSAC Structure - Components

Defined as an organized group of members, Locals or Branches, a PSAC Component is established in accordance with the PSAC Constitution.

The current 17 PSAC Components, process appeals and grievances involving their members in the department/agency/separate employer concerned, up to by not including grievances against a collective agreement at the adjudication level. Component functions may be delegated to the PSAC Centre from time to time by any component requesting assistance or service.

Upon delegation from the PSAC Centre, a component shall assume responsibility for collective agreements signed by the PSAC covering employees in the department/agency/separate employer within the jurisdiction of the component.

A component also represents its members on matters such as classification problems and working conditions, not already covered in collective agreements, and on all other matters which are solely of concern to them within the department/agency/separate employer concerned.

The PSAC Components include:

Agriculture Union
Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU)
Customs and Excise Union Douanes Accise (CEUDA)
Environment Component
Government Services Union (GSU)
National Component
National Health and Welfare Union (NHWU)
Natural Resources Union (NRU)
Nunavut Employees Union (NEU)
Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE)
Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE)
Union of Northern Workers (UNW)
Union of Postal Communications Employees
Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE)
Union of Taxation Employees (UTE)
Union of Veteran Affairs Employees (UVAE)
Yukon Employees Union (YEU)

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