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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 September 12, 2002

 MEDIA ADVISORY

 PSAC women meet to chart economic action plan

 OTTAWA - More than 250 women members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) will meet in Ottawa in September to develop plans to advance and promote women’s economic justice and security in the face of increasing globalization.

Act Now!  Build Our Future! is the theme of this national conference.  PSAC takes great pride in its important gains for women in the areas of pay equity and collective bargaining.  However, much work remains to be done to achieve full equality in our workplaces, our union, our communities and in society at large.   Nor can PSAC women ignore their connections to other women not just in Canada but around the world.

Guest speakers will address how globalization is affecting Canadian women and women from the developing world, strategies to counter globalization and the need to link collective bargaining and political action.

DATE:                        Friday, September 13, 2002

TIME:                        9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

 SPEAKERS:             Maude Barlow, Chair, Council of Canadians

                                    Nahla Abdo, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton
                                    University

                                    Nycole Turmel, PSAC National President

 DATE:                       Saturday, September 14, 2002

 TIME:                        10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon

 SPEAKERS:             Vivian Barbot, President, Fédération des femmes du Québec

Jamie Kass, Child Care Coordinator, Canadian Union of Postal Workers

                                    Theresa Johnson, PSAC Negotiator

 PLACE:                    Victoria Ballroom

                                    Ottawa Marriott Hotel, 100 Kent Street

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For information:      Louise Laporte, PSAC Communications Section, (613) 560-4287

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