PSAC Social Justice Fund  

From Québec City to Miami – PSAC speaks out for social justice!  

The PSAC has been increasingly active in the anti-globalization and social justice movements over the past few years.   PSAC leaders, activists and members participated in the Second People's Summit of the Americas in Québec City in 2001, and the teach-in and mobilization around the G-8 Summit in Calgary in 2002.

On May 1, 2003, delegates to PSAC Convention adopted an Action Plan to fight globalization as we know it, and endorsed the PSAC Social Justice Fund as adopted by the National Board of Directors in January 2003.

We're now in Miami speaking out against the FTAA and for social justice.   PSAC leaders will be participating in a number of coalition workshops, labour forums, teach-ins, panels and events sponsored by the AFL-CIO, PSI and others.   These activities are designed to mobilize against the FTAA and for a better world.  

In addition to all these events, our Union leaders will be actively working to set up the PSAC's Social Justice Fund.   These leaders, who sit on the PSAC Social Justice Fund Steering Committee, will take the opportunity to meet with a number of representatives from Public Services International affiliates and other union and coalition groups throughout the Americas.   During these discussions, we will work on initiating worker-to-worker exchanges and education projects designed to connect PSAC members with union members in other parts of the Americas. These are two of the activities that the PSAC Social Justice Fund is designed to fund.