Executive and stewards

Executive

Anthony Mazzocca
President
ammazzocca@cbrm.ns.ca

Cheryl MacDonald
Vice-President
cmmacdonald@cbrps.ca

Raylene Fasciani
Secretary-Treasurer
rpfasciani@cbrm.ns.ca

Bill MacDonald
Recording Secretary
CUPE933_Secretary@outlook.com

 

Stewards

 

 

Trustees

 

Committees

Negotiating Committee:
This will be a special committee established at least 12 months prior to the expiry of the Local Union’s collective agreement and automatically disbanded when a new collective agreement has been signed. The function of the committee is to prepare collective bargaining proposals and to negotiate a collective agreement.

The committee shall consist of the President of the Local and five (5) members, all elected at a membership meeting. The National Representative assigned to the Local Union shall be a non-voting member of the committee and shall be consulted at all stages from formulating proposals, through negotiations, to contract ratification by the membership.

Current Members:  Currently not in negotiations

 

Grievance Committee:
• Oversee the handling of all local grievances.
• Receive copies of all grievances.
• Prepare a report on the status of all grievances to be submitted to the Executive Board, the National Representative, and to the membership meeting.
• When a grievance is not settled in the initial steps provided for in the collective agreement, this committee will decide whether or not the grievance should proceed to arbitration.
• If the decision is to not proceed, the grievor(s) may appeal the decision to the Executive Board.

The committee members will be the elected chairperson and 4 stewards. The committee shall appoint its secretary from among its members. The National Representative assigned to the Local Union shall be a non-voting member of the committee and shall be consulted at all stages.

Current Members:
Cheryl MacDonald

 

Education Committee:
• Gather information about appropriate courses, the availability of courses, and make recommendations to the Local Union on whether or not members should be attending.
• Assist delegates in the preparation of reports to the membership on seminars and conferences and maintain a reference file of these reports.
• Cooperate with the National Union Development Department and Communications Branch of CUPE, and with the regional Education Representative, in implementing both the Local Union’s and CUPE’s policies in these fields.

The committee members will be the elected chairperson and 4 members. The committee shall appoint its secretary from among its members.

Current Members:
TBD

 

Health and Safety Committee:
• Work to educate members on the importance of workplace health and safety.
• Prepare and present reports to the regular membership meetings.
• Organize an April 28th Day of Mourning ceremony each year.
• Participate on the Joint Worksite Health and Safety Committees (JWH&SC) at their workplace.
• Ensure that the worker representatives on the JWH&SC meet separately from the employer to prepare for meetings with the employer.
• Promote safe work procedures and environments so as to prevent illness and injury as a result of workplace factors.
• Immediately bring to the attention of the employer any workplace hazard that has the potential to cause members’ illness or injury.
• Work to eliminate all workplace hazards, be they physical, environmental, or social.

Members of this committee should be designated as a “Certified Worker Representative” in accordance with the legislation in their respective jurisdictions (provincial, federal).
The committee members will be the elected chairperson and 4 members. The committee shall appoint its secretary from among its members.

Current Members:
TBD

 

Bylaw Committee:
• Review the bylaws annually and make recommendations to the Executive Board on proposed amendments.
• Review any proposed amendments received from the Executive Board or membership of the Local Union to ensure that the amendments will conform to the remainder of the bylaws and the CUPE National Constitution.
• Ensure that the Local Union’s bylaws are written in clear language, ensuring that clear language does not change the intent or meaning of the bylaws.

The committee members will be the elected chairperson and 4 members. The committee shall appoint its secretary from among its members. The National Representative assigned to the Local Union shall be a non-voting member of the committee and shall be consulted during the review process.

Current Members:
Anthony Mazzocca
Donna Biron
Rhonda Stanley
Bill MacDonald

 

Health & Wellness Committee
Working with the CBRM Wellness Coordinator, the goal of this committee is to promote health, wellness, and overall well-being within our local.

Current Members:
Donna Biron
Kelly MacLeod
Robina Dunn
Dorothy Thomson
Rachael Gerrow
Ashley Eisan

 

Membership Support Committee:
• Visit members who are ill.
• If a member is ill for more than a week, arrange some token of the Local Union’s concern and desire to help, whether the member is at home or in hospital.
• Extend the Local Union’s condolences in the event of the death of a member or one of their immediate family, and make other appropriate gestures in accordance with custom or the wishes of the family concerned.

The committee members will be the elected chairperson and 6 members. The committee shall appoint its secretary from among its members.

Current Members:
TBD

 

Social Committee:
• Arrange and conduct all social, cultural, and recreational activities of the Local Union, either on the committee’s own initiative or as a result of decisions taken at membership meetings. The committee shall submit reports and proposals to the Executive Board or to the membership as required.

A budget for the committee will be fixed annually by the membership but, other than that, all social, cultural, and recreational events and activities shall be self-supporting.
The committee members will be the chairperson and 6 members and may appoint a secretary-treasurer from among its members.

Current Members:
TBD

 

Labour Management Relations Committee:

• Has regularly scheduled meetings with representatives from management to address any issues or concerns that our members may have.

Current Members:
Karen Cann
Cheryl MacDonald
Arlene Nickituk
Anthony Mazzocca

 

Auditing Committee:

Current Members:
TBD

Equality statement

Union solidarity is based on the principle that union members are equal and deserve mutual respect at all levels. Any behaviour that creates conflict prevents us from working together to strengthen our union.

As unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding are our goals. We should neither condone nor tolerate behaviour that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic or homophobic hurts and thereby divides us. So too, does discrimination on the basis of ability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin.

Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment. Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate. Harassment should not be treated as a joke. The uneasiness and resentment that it creates are not feelings that help us grow as a union.

Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different; and they reduce our capacity to work together on shared concerns such as decent wages, safe working conditions, and justice in the workplace, society and in our union.

CUPE’s policies and practices must reflect our commitment to equality. Members, staff and elected officers must be mindful that all persons deserve dignity, equality and respect.