Regional Executive Vice President's Office

Robyn Benson
REVP Prairies

Contact

email:	revp-prairies@psac-afpc.com
post:	460 - 175 Hargrave Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3R8
phone:	(204) 956-4625
cell:	(204) 782-0040
fax:	(204) 943-0652

About

Robyn Benson is the Regional Executive Vice-President (REVP) for PSAC's Prairies region. She was re-elected as REVP in 2005 at the union's triennial Prairies regional convention.

As the REVP, Robyn is responsible for the following activities in her region which includes the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba: the Regional Council, organizing and recertifications, education, political and social action, women's and equity programs, the Area Councils, Directly Chartered Locals and separate employers, the Federations of Labour and related committees and District Labour Councils.

She shares responsibility for the following national portfolios, special projects and conferences:

Federal sector reorganization and modernization
Separate employers
Classification reform and pay equity
PSAC's communications strategy
Human Rights
PSAC's Investment Committee
PSAC Women's Conference

and she is responsible for:

Women's Program and Women's Rights
PSAC's Zone Committee
The implementation of the PSAC convention resolution on a bargaining unit for Ships' Crews
Operational Services Group bargaining unit
Canadian Food Inspection Agency bargaining unit

Robyn represents PSAC on the following:

Federal Dental Board (with REVP Jeannie Baldwin)
Public Service Commission Advisory Committee (PSCAC) (with REVP Ed Cashman)
Canadian Labour Congress Executive Council

and sits on the following PSAC National Board of Directors' Committees:

Privatization, P3s, Contracting-Out
Equal Opportunities (Co-chairs with REVP Ed Cashman)

Robyn worked for 20 years with the Winnipeg Taxation Centre of Revenue Canada (now the Canada Revenue Agency) before her first election as an REVP in 2000. Her union involvement dates back to the 1980 strike by the Clerical and Regulatory (CR) bargaining unit when she was a term employee. She has held a variety of union positions including Regional Vice-President in the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE), a position she held until 2000.