The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is a Canadian
trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
. Taken in total it is the second largest union in
Canada
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. Most of its 425,000 members work in the provincial public service sector. Its mission is to monitor provincial and federal labour laws and developments as well as analyse restructuring of social programs and public services. The national union reports on and contributes to legislation affecting the Canadian workplace.
The 13 component unions are:
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British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
* Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers (CUBGW)
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Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA; joined 2003)
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Health Sciences Association of British Columbia (HSABC)
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Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS)
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Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP)
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Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU)
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New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees (NBUPPE)
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Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)
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Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU)
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Ontario Public Service Employees Union
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU; ) is a trade union representing public sector employees in the province of Ontario, Canada. It claims a membership of approximately 180,000 members. OPSEU was established in 1975 as the successo ...
(OPSEU)
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Prince Edward Island Union of Public Sector Employees (PEIUPSE)
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Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU)
The
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees was a member of NUPGE until 2001 when it was suspended for trying to take members from another union. Then in 2006 the AUPE decided to disaffiliate from the NUPGE and by extension the
Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC ( or ), is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian trade union, labour unions are affiliated.
History Formation
The CLC was founded on April 23, 1956, thro ...
and
Alberta Federation of Labour.
References
External links
www.nupge.caNational Union of Public and General Employees – Canadian Labour Unions
– Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries
Canadian Labour Congress affiliates
Public Services International
1976 establishments in Canada
Trade unions established in 1976
Public sector trade unions in Canada
Organizations based in Ottawa
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