John Gordon was the president of

Public Service Alliance of Canada The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC; , AFPC) is one of Canada's largest national labour unions. It is the largest union in the Canadian federal public sector. PSAC members work in every province and territory, and also work abroad in emb ...

, a public service union in Canada. John Gordon first joined PSAC in 1974 as a tradesperson with Public Works Canada. In the 1980s he was a board member and Secretary-Treasurer for the Labour Council of

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. He also was on the

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committee and other committees in the

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. From 1982 to 1999 he was the National President for the now defunct Union of Public Works Employees, which is now part of the

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. From 2000 until 2006, he was the National Vice-President for PSAC. On May 6, 2006 he was elected President of PSAC at the union's fourteenth triennial national convention in Toronto. His mandate ended in 2012.

References

External links

Biography at PSAC website
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