Members of ACYWI are young workers under the age of 35 from NUPGE Components (one per Component). This committee deals with issues confronting young workers.
For more details, see the ACYWI Terms of Reference.
Our Components’ ACYWI sites
- BCGEU Young Workers Committee
- HSABC Young Workers Committee
- HSAA Young Worker Committee (Instagram)
- MGEU Young Members’ Committee
- OPSEU/SEFPO Provincial Young Workers Committee (web page)
- OPSEU/SEFPO Provincial Young Workers Committee (Twitter/X)
- NBU Youth Committee
- NSGEU Young Workers Committee
- PEI UPSE Young Workers Committee
- NAPE Young Workers’ Committee
Resources
- NUPGE’s Union Mentorship Programs in Canada and the United States of America
- NUPGE’s Finding Yourself in the Labour Movement
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ Next Wave program
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety’s Young Workers
- Government of Canada report What we heard: Developing greater labour protections for gig workers
- NUPGE’s Communicating with Young Members
- NUPGE’s Generational Cohesion Survey
- NUPGE’s A Pivotal Moment for Post-secondary Education in Canada
- NUPGE’s Affordability Crisis: Addressing the Root Problems to Build a Fairer Economy
- NUPGE’s Child Care Poll
- NUPGE’s Affordable Housing Can’t Wait
- OPSEU/SEFPO’s Social Mapping Project
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