Category: Bulletins

March 2022

General Membership Meeting

You must register in advance for this meeting.

Registration Deadline: Friday March 25 @10am

 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsf-qorzsqGdd3bg_Af7qwn20GVCUHVAS0

*Due to the information needed to be sent to participants, and the time required to authenticate registrations, all participants must register by the deadline above. *Admission to the meeting will close fifteen (15) minutes from the start of the meeting. 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  

AGENDA FOR THE MARCH GMM:

1. Land Acknowledgment
2. Reading of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action
3. Reading of new members
4. Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
5. Business arising out of the minutes
6. Financials
7. New Business:
8. Nominations and elections
   1. BY-ELECTION – Health & Safety Director (description on reverse)
   2. BY-ELECTION – Organizing Director/Tyler (description on reverse)
   3. BY-ELECTION – Recoding Secretary By-laws Chair(description on reverse)
   4. Balloting Committee (8)
   5. Health & Safety Committee (minimum 9)
   6. Education Committee (8)
   7. Organizing Committee (8)
   8. Publications Committee (8)
   9. Regional Conference Delegates Alternate (1)
9. Executive Committee Motions
10.  Unfinished business
11. Correspondence
12. Executive and Committee Reports
13. Good and Welfare
14. Adjournment

In Solidarity,

Blair Bancroft

A/President 

**Sign Language Interpreters have been confirmed.

6.8 THE HEALTH AND SAFETY DIRECTOR:

A.Shall be an elected officer and voting member of the Executive Committee and shall be the Chairperson of the Health and Safety Committee.

B. Shall coordinate the activities of the Health and Safety Committee.

C. Shall report to the Executive Committee 

6.9 THE ORGANIZATION DIRECTOR AND TYLER: 

 A Shall be an elected officer and voting member of the Executive Committee.

 B Shall maintain the membership attendance book for Executive Committee, General Membership and Special Meetings. 

 C Shall maintain a monthly listing of members eligible to run for office in the Local, as set out in Article 9. 

 D Shall check membership credentials at all General Membership and Special Meetings. 

E Shall maintain order at meetings as requested from the Chair. F Shall audit attendance at meetings to see that a quorum is maintained. 

G Shall chair the Organization Committee. 

H Shall assist the Local Secretary-Treasurer as required. 

6.10 THE RECORDING SECRETARY/BY-LAWS CHAIR: 

 A Shall be an elected officer and voting member of the Executive Committee. 

B Shall take the minutes of all Executive Committee, General Membership and Special Meetings of the Local. 

C Shall be the Chair of the By-laws Committee. 

ARTICLE 9 NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS AND VOTING PROCEDURE 

9.1 D  Candidates must be a member in good standing and must have attended at least three (3) of the General Membership Meetings in the twelve (12) months prior to and inclusive of the close of nominations. Subject to Article 9.10 A. and 10.7

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Nominations have now closed for the following positions on the Local Executive Committee:

Nominated

Part Time Officers

3rd Vice President

Joseph Henderson McCance

Bryan Schuck

Secretary Treasurer

Kevin Biggs

John Tweed

Table Officers

Education Director

Angelo Alcantara

Adrian Chow

Jaime McCurrach

Raylene Marshall

Nominated and Acclaimed
Full Time Officers

1^st Vice President

Blair Bancroft

Chief Shop Stewards

Chief Shop Steward Internal PPC/PIFF/Wickets Shift #2

Yogesh Sharma

Chief Shop Steward Internal PPC/PIFF/Wickets Shift #3

Helen De Guzman

Chief Shop Steward External LC (2 positions)
Martin Kosik

Katie Poch

Chief Shop Steward External MSC

Allan Dobbs 

Vacant/Not Filled 

Health and Safety Director 

Organizing Director/Tyler 

*Pursuant to 9.7 of the Vancouver Local by-laws the above vacant positions will be posted for election at the March 26, 2022 GMM

The schedule for the 2022 annual election will be presented in a future bulletin. Congratulations to those acclaimed to a position and good luck to those nominated.

In Solidarity, 

Blair Bancroft, A/President

Women’s Health & Safety in the Workplace All workers face health and safety issues at work – injuries, workplace hazards, diseases, and stress. Many of these issues have a gender dimension – they affect women in particular ways. This webinar will give an overview of the challenges women face in the workplace and ways to take action that address the ongoing inequities. Understand gender-based inequities in health & safety and how they impact women Discuss workplace hazards that put women at risk to their physical and psychological health and safety Explore actions that webinar participants can take to address inequities When: International Women’s Day, Tuesday March 8th 12-1:30 PST (One hour webinar followed by 30 minute Q&A) Cost: Free with mandatory pre-registration Audience: All who want to know more about how to make our workplaces and lives safer and healthier. Pre registration mandatory:  Women’s Health & Safety in the Workplace (12-1:30 PM) This Webinar is offered through the BC Federation of Labor. Unfortunately there will be no bookoffs for those who wish to attend. Blair Bancroft, Acting President CUPW Local 846