Employee organizations

• Author: Christopher Rootham
• Pages: 253-265

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EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS

A. INTRODUCTION

is chapter provides a brief overv iew of the history, duties, and rig hts of the

main employee organizat ions in the federal public service.

B. THEBARGAININGAGENTSINTHEFEDERALPUBLIC

SERVICE

ere are currently twent y-one employee organizations cert ied as bargain ing

agents under the Public Servic e Labour Relations Act in ni nety d ierent barga in-

ing units in bot h the Treasury Board a nd separate employers. ose employee

organizations represent ,  members employed in the federal public service.

A list of those bargai ning agents and their membership can be found at the end

of this chapter.

By far the largest employee organi zation in the federa l public service is t he

Public Serv ice Alliance of Canada . e Alliance was formed in  as t he result

of a merger between most members of the Civil Ser vice Federation of Canada

and the Civil Ser vice Assoc iation of Canada. e Al liance’s predecessors were

organized in t he early part of the t wentieth centur y. e Civil Service As socia-

tion of Ottawa was founded in . is employee organization wa s open to all

civil ser vants in the capita l area. In , a number of employee organiz ations

formed the Civil Ser vice Federation of Canada. e Civ il Serv ice Federation of

Canada was comprised of sma ller organizations of civil s ervants organized a long

departmental l ines. e Civil S ervice Assoc iation of Ottawa decided to join the

Public Serv ice Labour Relations Act , S.C. , c. , s.  [PSLRA].

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