Agriculture Union

The Agriculture Union is an affiliate of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). It has more than 8,000 members who work for Canadian federal government departments and agencies such as the:

Agriculture Union
Full nameAgriculture Union
Founded1960
Members8,000 (2012)[1]
AffiliationPublic Service Alliance of Canada
Key peopleFabian Murphy, president
Office locationOttawa, Ontario
CountryCanada
Websitewww.agrunion.com
Not to be confused with Agricultural Union.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada Building in Ottawa.

History

In 1960 the Canada Agriculture National Employees' Association (CANEA), a national organization, was created to represent Canada Agriculture employees across Canada. In 1967, the CANEA became the newly formed Agriculture Union of the PSAC. The new Agriculture Union became one of the 16 founding staffing associations, representing almost 40 occupational groups, at the Presidents' Conference on Unity which negotiated a merger to form the PSAC.[2]

COVID-19
Main article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the meat industry in Canada

On 11 May 2020, the embedded inspectors at slaughterhouses (as represented by the AU) said that CFIA management is "threatening disciplinary action against employees who refuse to be reassigned to work at COVID-19-infected meat plants", while Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland said that "those who feel unsafe won't be forced back to work."[3]

Executive

2017-2020 Term

  • Fabian Murphy, President
  • Rick Cormier, 1st National Executive Vice President
  • Milton Dyck, 2nd National Executive Vice President
  • Patrick St-Georges, 3rd National Executive Vice President
  • Melanie Desrochiers, 4th National Executive Vice President

References
  1. Membership info from Agriculture Union web site - http://www.agrunion.com/en/aboutus.html%5B%5D
  2. Andrew Stewart obituary, http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-315275-andrew-stewart.html
  3. "Food inspectors could face sanctions if they refuse reassignment to COVID-19-infected meat plants, union told". CBC. 11 May 2020.
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