{"id":10899,"date":"2023-09-08T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10899"},"modified":"2023-09-08T08:27:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:27:13","slug":"union-of-national-employees-elects-first-black-women-to-national-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10899","title":{"rendered":"Union of National Employees elects first Black Women to National Executive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 8, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time in its history, the Union of National Employees (UNE) \u2013 representing nearly 24,000 workers in workplaces across the country \u2013 has elected two Black women to its national leadership team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alisha Campbell, a Parks Canada member, was elected National President, and Hayley Millington, from Employment and Social Development Canada\u2019s Learning Branch, was elected National Executive Vice-President at UNE\u2019s National Triennial Convention, held August 21-25 in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the dawn of a new era for UNE members and the Labour movement at large,\u201d said Campbell. \u201cThe future is bright, and our members led the charge. I am a Black and Cherokee francophone woman, and a proud member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. I am pansexual and a person with disabilities, and I\u2019m here to represent all members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campbell and Millington bring a lot of activist experience to their roles on the UNE\u2019s National Executive. Millington was the National Equity Representative for Women, National Equity Representative for racialized persons, Assistant Human Rights Vice-President and held numerous terms in her Local as a Local Human Rights representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What we have achieved here today is truly historic,” said Millington. \u201cMembers voted for this, and together, workers made history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am a black, single mother of a son, Malachi, and I know all too well that sense of being excluded, of not being able to have a voice in spaces where decisions are made. We are ready to place the needs of all our members at the centre of our decision-making.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campbell and Millington will connect with as many members as possible to build a strong base. As agents of change, we foresee new ways forward through a review of our structure as voted in by members. We have a clear mandate to invest in our young workers and all members, and this aligns with UNE’s core belief of unity in diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media inquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNE media relations team
613-298-7892<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Union of National Employees is a component union of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, representing members working in 70 different workplaces in the public, private and non-profit sectors, in all corners of our great country and around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are teachers and mechanics, librarians and foreign service officers, plumbers and researchers, clerical workers and program administrators, passport officers and investigators \u2014and more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 8, 2023 For the first time in its history, the Union of National Employees (UNE) \u2013 representing nearly 24,000 workers in workplaces across the country \u2013 has elected two Black women to its national leadership team. Alisha Campbell, a Parks Canada member, was elected National President, and Hayley Millington, from Employment and Social Development … <\/p>\n

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