After the conclusion of business on Monday, Aug. 12, the first day of the convention, Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride will join honored guests and panelists from international public service trade unions at the Exhibit Hall Soundstage for an important discussion.
They will talk about the latest global trends that AFSCME members should be aware of and stress the importance of international solidarity.
The panel will include Euan Gibb of Public Services International (PSI) and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) National President Mark Hancock.
Gibb is a regional assistant in PSI’s Inter-America Office and a global multinationals organizer. Formed in 1907, PSI is a global federation of public service unions like AFSCME and has offices in every continent. More information about PSI is available here.
Hancock has been the national president of CUPE, Canada’s largest union, since November 2015. Before that, he spent two terms as president and four terms as secretary-treasurer of CUPE in the province of British Columbia. He became a CUPE member in 1984 and served 15 years as president of Local 498, representing Port Coquitlam Municipal Employees. More information about Hancock is available here.
