Employee organizations
Author | Christopher Rootham |
Pages | 253-265 |
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS
A. INTRODUCTION
is chapter provides a brief overview of the history, duties, and rights of the
main employee organizat ions in the federal public service.
B. THEBARGAININGAGENTSINTHEFEDERALPUBLIC
SERVICE
ere are currently twenty-one employee organizations certied as bargaining
agents under the Public Servic e Labour Relations Act in ni nety d ierent barga in-
ing units in both the Treasury Board and 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 organization in the federal 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 Service Federation of Canada
and the Civil Service Association of Canada. e Alliance’s predecessors were
organized in the early part of the twentieth century. e Civil Service Associa-
tion of Ottawa was founded in . is employee organization wa s open to all
civil servants in the capital area. In , a number of employee organizations
formed the Civil Service Federation of Canada. e Civil Service Federation of
Canada was comprised of sma ller organizations of civil s ervants organized a long
departmental lines. e Civil Service Association of Ottawa decided to join the
Public Serv ice Labour Relations Act , S.C. , c. , s. [PSLRA].
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