Employee organizations

• Author: Christopher Rootham
• Pages: 253-265

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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 certied as bargaining

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