Join UPSE
Organize your workplace.
Speak with UPSE confidentially about how organizing works, what the next steps could be, and what it may look like in your workplace.
Start the conversationSteps to joining UPSE.
- 01
A confidential first conversation
Meet privately with a UPSE organizer. Ask anything about unions and how joining would work at your workplace.
- 02
Build an organizing committee
Bring together a small group of trusted coworkers from across the workplace. UPSE helps them prepare for the next conversations with colleagues.
- 03
Talk with your coworkers
Meet one-on-one with the people you work with, outside of work and not on employer time. UPSE helps you prepare for questions and any pushback from management.
- 04
Sign cards and apply for certification
Once enough cards are signed in person, UPSE helps file the certification application. The PEI Labour Relations Board then handles the process, which may include a vote.
- 05
Bargain your first agreement
UPSE supports your workplace through the process of negotiating a first collective agreement with your employer.
Tell us a bit about your workplace.
Fill in as much as you’re comfortable sharing. A UPSE representative will follow up with you privately to talk about next steps. Your message goes directly to UPSE.