Become a PSAC Member Organizer

Campaigns to unionize workers are labour intensive.  They require the commitment and effort of the employees from the workplace, PSAC staff and officers and, many times, trained PSAC Member Organizers.

What role do PSAC Member Organizers play?

There are many tasks that need to be undertaken for an organizing campaign to be successful.  The PSAC Organizer and the Organizing Committee will assign tasks to interested employees of the group that is being organized or PSAC Member Organizers who are assisting in the campaign.

The types of tasks involved include: leafleting, making telephone calls, database entry, assisting with membership application card signing, staffing information tables, assisting in event coordination, playing a role in representation votes, or any other task that the individual may be suited to.

Who is eligible to become a PSAC Member Organizer?

Any PSAC member who has an interest in seeing non-unionized workers benefit from union representation can play a role in an organizing campaign.  Member Organizers are able to legitimately share what it means to be in a union.   If an interest is expressed, normally you would be plugged into upcoming organizing training or asked to help out in a campaign.

What type of person makes the best Member Organizer?

Everyone has something to bring to an organizing campaign.  Those who are outgoing and gregarious make excellent union membership card signers; those with a stronger administrative capacity are good membership list managers; those with a creative bent develop interesting communication tools and campaign events.  While there is no