During a typical organizing campaign, you might find Alex Bailey walking through a university campus to meet with workers or to sit down for a chat over coffee with potential members about the benefits of joining a union. That was before March 2020, when Covid-19 suddenly put an end to public gatherings.
PSAC organizers, like Alex in the Atlantic region, had to quickly adapt once the pandemic hit. Their work didn’t simply disappear. In fact, organizers got more calls from workers who were facing worse conditions during the pandemic and wanted the help of a union.