General Membership Meeting
October 24th, Thursday 7pm
Italian Cultural Centre
3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver
Agenda for the October GMM:
- Land Acknowledgment
- Reading of Truth and Reconciliation: Calls to Action
- Reading of Harassment Policy
- Reading of new members
- Financials
- Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
- Business arising out of the minutes
- New Business (Motion at the back)
- Nominations and elections:
- Conflict Resolution Committee alternates (2)
- Regional delegates (4) Alternates (10)
- Executive Committee Motions
- Unfinished business
- Correspondence
- Executive and Committee Reports
- Good and Welfare
- Adjournment
***ASL Interpreters have been confirmed for this meeting***
In Solidarity
Anju Parmar, President
Motion 1
Motion to change CUPW Vancouver Local Bylaws and further regionals
Section 6.6 THE GRIEVANCE OFFICER
A Shall be an elected Full-time Officer and voting member of the Executive Committee.
B Shall prepare, arrange, and oversee the hearing of all grievances at the first level.
G Shall maintain an up-to-date grievance filing system.
D Shall chair at least six (6) Grievance Committee Meetings per year to deal with matters relating to the
grievance procedure.
E Shall maintain a liaison between the Local and Regional Grievance Officer
F Shall Report to the Executive Committee.
WHEREAS: language state “an elected Full-Time Officer and voting member of the Executive Committee.”
WHEREAS: notice currently Grievance Officer of Local is very overwhelmed with huge numbers of
grievance being filed daily.
BE it RESOLVED: language to change from ” A’ to ‘Persons up to 2 Grievance Officers’
Motion Submit by CUPW Member Brother Darrell Siebring